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Free Vs Paid Web Hosting Comparison
Author : Andrew Thorn
Many reasons exist as to why you may be interested in utilizing free hosting instead of purchasing paid hosting. We will not go into that, as that is just a decision you the shopper can decide. Nevertheless, this short article we intend to talk over some critical factors when selecting either a free hosting provider or a paid shared hosting company.
Let's talk a bit about free hosting - There are a couple of types of this kind of shared hosting. One would be that the consumer will not be authorized to make use of a top level domain but a subdomain - i.e. yourname.freehostname.com. This is not a bad thing; however, a top level is indeed better- i.e .domain.com. Quite a few free hosts will also make use of something called forced ads on your internet site. Most of the time these usually are not cumbersome; they generally will appear in the footer on the pages. As a rule, free hosting utilizing forced ads will offer more disk space and bandwidth.
Onto paid hosting; with paid hosting, you can select your options on what you want for your shared hosting plan. You decide on disk space, bandwidth and platform. You are in control basically of what you get. You will not be required to show forced ads. Customer support is almost always more responsive and ready to help compared to a free hosting provider.
With both free and paid shared hosting, you do not actually know who you are sharing you server with. The main difference between the two is the fact that many bad neighborhood web sites utilize free hosting. Not all web sites hosted on free hosting are going to be bad neighborhood, or employed for spamming, even so, there will be quite a few since they are free, a great number of users use the mindset that once their hosting is banned, they are able to move on to the next free hosting service.
Another thing to think about between free and paid shared hosting is that if you are operating a business, it would seem less reliable if someone sees a 'free hosting by' at the footer, or simply sees a sub-domain. I know myself; I would be hesitant to purchase something from a site if I knew or suspected it was using free hosting. If a business can't afford paid hosting, would I want to buy from them?
Other companies do offer free hosting with out any form of forced ads; however one could have to complete surveys or perhaps post on a forum to earn credits. An additional problem with free hosting, it may have hundreds upon hundreds of other internet sites on it. It could easily slow down your internet site, and or make it not reachable.
In our opinion, should you be looking for shared hosting and have a few dollars to pay per month, you really should use a respected paid hosting provider. Why take the risk of having a blocked IP, slow website or other problems that can accompany free hosting.
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If you are searching for shared hosting utilizing a free hosting provider, be sure to read about the companies you are considering.
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Submitted : 2010-08-12 Word Count : 870 Popularity: 61 Times Viewed: 6
