Pros and Cons of Free Web Hosts
My blogs and previous website had been hosted by Ejam hosting for free for over a year. I was satisfied with their hosting, but since the hosting are provided for free, I have to expect some limitations.
Free Hosting
How to get a hosting for FREE:
You have to sign up for free account, of course. Get a list of these free hosts here. Most of these web hosts provide free hosting in exchange of posts. Ejam for example requires you to post certain number per month to get your account running. Some offers point equivalents of each post (e.g. Hostbidder.com) which serves as your “money” to renew your account every month.
Pros:
1. Features: You get to build a self-hosted WordPress blog or any CMS-built website, get the feature of a paid web host such as cPanel and Fantastico, and site builders all for FREE!
2. Support: If you are having a problem with your website or hosted account, you can post at their forums and get opinions from other members.
3. Link Exchange and Free Traffic: This is by means of site advertising, link exchange for points, and banner ads through signatures, which are offered by most of these forums.
4. Community: Interacting with other members will mean friendship.
Cons:
1. Limited Features: Features that are once exclusive in paid hosts, are now offered by most free ones, however, these are limited like the bandwidth offered and storage space. Thus, free hosts are not recommended for websites and blogs with good number of visitors.
2. Downtimes: Downtimes are inevitable with free hosts since resources are lacking to upgrade some of their servers. I’ve experienced it several times with my previous free hosts.
3. Support: Although you can almost always expect a response from members about your posted help topics, you are not assured that you’ll get the relevant reply you need. Most of the members are posting for the sake of getting points.
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