Thursday, January 1, 2009

Look Before you Leap into Free Web Hosting

By Theodore Metagastar

There are many options available to us these days for free web hosting. Before you leap into a free hosting site there are things to consider. Building and promoting a website takes time, and you can lose many good features by choosing the wrong host.

Social networking is a popular type of website these days, and there are many free web space possibilities like Facebook and Myspace. These sites are intended to connect with your friends, and build new friendships. You have some flexibility as to who can view your website as well.

For the photo buff you will want to consider a photo friendly site. While all the free web space hosts give you the ability to load your photos, web hosts such as flicker specialize in this area.

One consideration when choosing a free web space is the options available. There will likely be limits as to the templates and backgrounds available, as well as add on features.

If you are interested in displaying Adsense advertisements and possibly generate a little revenue to support your website then you might consider Blogspot. This site is owned by Google, and they do allow Adsense ad blocks to be shown on these sites.

One key part of having a website is the identity, and the domain name is a big part of that. When you use a free web space host your site location, the address used to find you on the web, will be a combination of your unique name and the host site. One example is a site hosted on blogspot: http://atravel-adventure.blogspot.com. , which has their own name integrated with the hosts name.

If you are set on having your own domain name, like http://afreewebspace.com, you will have more latitude as far as the type of site you will have, such as an html site or a content management system, or CMS site, which we will discuss in the next article in this series. You will have costs involved for a hosting service.

One thing for sure, if you find that your free web space is not going to give you all the features you would like, you can always change to another site. Youre not out any money, just your time. You can keep your free site up and running and link to your new site.

One of the advantages of having a free web space is storage of your photo and ideas. Having an offsite storage place for your memories can save a lot of heartache in the event of a computer crash.

Free web space hosting is here to stay. Isnt it time you start your own website?

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