How to choose the right Free Web Host
All webhosts have abridgement, not only free webhosts. Here you’ll learn the main points that matter when choosing a webhost for your project.
Age of free website hosting.
First of all, you should pay attention to the history of the hosting provider. It is not desirable to entrust your website to a newly-minted hoster. Such hosting service can close or have difficulties due to inexperience. Thousands of players enter this market, and thousands of players leave it.
Ads on free hosts.
Some hosters put ad block on user websites. In such a way users pay to the webhost. The size of an ad block varies from hosting to hosting and in this case it really matters. Therefore pay attention to the size of the ads which a hoster will demonstrate on your website.
Disk space limitation of a free hosting.
Everything is clear here: the more, the better. However, if you need a website consisting of several pages only then even a free webhost of 100Mb will do. But more often than not such disk space will not be enough for you, therefore note to this characteristic as well.
Bandwidth limits on free web hosts.
Bandwidth is the rate of data that is sent from your web host’s server down to the visitors computer. If you have a lot of traffic and they all download large files from you, then you will need a great amount of bandwidth. Many webmasters do not plan for the future and inadvertently have their web sites shut down in the middle of the month because their web site was much more popular than they ever expected. To preven this from happening to you, carefully measure your bandwidth usage and plan ahead!
Some hosting services limit it, some give unlimited bandwidth. This parameter can be also important for your project.
Limitations on scripts that can be used at a free website host.
Free hosting services often limit the usage of various scripts. Some of them do not allow PHP, Ruby on Rails, other won’t let you use Perl or Java. Some will let you use them but not the version you need, others won’t let you install certain libraries. It depends on the hosting service you use – note it when choosing one.
Domain attachment limits of free hosting services.
There are free hosts that forbid attaching of a custom domain at all or require payment for it. If it is critical for your project then it is better to choose another service.
Above are the main characteristics which you should take into consideration in the first place when choosing a hosting service for your website.
You can find and select the free website host you need in the Free Webhosts Directory and in the Large Free Webhosting List.
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