Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Professional Web Hosting or Free Web Hosting, What's Better?

By Ricardo d Argence

Although free or professional web hosting each have their own merits, they both have down sides. The webmaster will consider the main motivator for the website before the best web solution is found.

For no cost a free hosting service will provide the basics of what is needed for a home page, hobby site, or non-profit website. While a free website my be appealing financially, it will not give a professional appearance for a business or a webmaster who is working to develop credibility, which is not suprising when dealing with a free service.

A free website will offer webmaster's free templates for the design of the website, and helpful wizards that take the webmaster step by step through the uploading process. Often a free service may offer free domain names and email facilities with their package.

Customer service is often included, although how good the service is will often vary. The biggest problem with a free service is, the amount of traffic onto the sight may be limited, and the sizes of the files being transported may also be limited. Free hosting companies often experience a lot of down time, so they can at times be unreliable.

The site is free so they may make use of banner ads by sponsors in order to generate revenue. If this is possibly the situation, setting up your business with banners that flash will definitely cramp your style, your loyalty, and possibly frighten future customers away.

Many companies that provide excellent customer service often get extra payment from their loyal patrons to keep things going as efficiently as possible. For customers who are experiencing problems there is usually a professional company that will offer a 100% guarantee with live chats and phone services.

In oder to woo your business, a lot of professional companies offer bonuses, along with rewards if you pay early. Other things that a professional web hosting company will offer is ample web space, and disk space. Often much uptime will be guaranteed, but failure to keep this uptime may result in compensation from the company to the clients.

It's worth the price for professinal services, and they don't take up advertising space from their customers. Depending on what a customer is looking for when they create a website, will have a lot of bearing on their choice of providers. A webmaster who is building a honest/reaible business venture will need, a web hosting plan which is professional as well as necessary to business success.

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