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11/09

What to Look for in Free Hosting Sites

3:46 am by Adam. Filed under: Hosting Advices

For amateurs and novice web site owners just starting out a presence in cyberspace, getting a free web host is often a good start just to get you exposed on what to look for and what to avoid when getting hosted. 

Things like online ads competing with your audience attention on your own site content, slow download times when you reach a certain number of visitors, or unacceptable downtimes that make your site unreachable – all these are easy to read about but are better experienced. 
On the other hand, be wary about sites that have no ads, they won’t last long in the business.  Oh, and those are basically the things to look for you should minimize when looking for a free hosting site.  While they do have to earn their keeps from ads, too much of that can be very annoying to your visitors. Look for web hosting sites that keeps its ads at bay.

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11/09

You Often get What You Pay For When Being Hosted

3:45 am by Adam. Filed under: Hosting Advices

You could get a free web hosting site and there are many offering such service.  Just be prepared for all those ads to litter your web pages from time to time and a constricted bandwidth.   Or you play it neat and safe by getting hosted in name sites that have a reputation to protect. They have the bandwidth, the redundancies and the technical support you need. 

But most of them have such a good reputation, you just have to pay a premium in getting yourself hosted.  The others are just struggling to get by with the few they host and while many are excellent web hosting sites, there are a few really bad eggs not worth considering at all. 
If you want bargains, just be careful.  One sure way to evaluate your prospective web hosting is to check out the sites they host.  Are they fast to load?  Any ads?  Contact their site administrators and find out if they are happy and content with their web host.

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