| There are a lot of so called free web site hosting | | | | frustrated and seek out another web site. If your |
| companies out there touting their services. While | | | | free web site hosting account comes with limited |
| offered by many of these web hosting providers are | | | | bandwidth, you need to be prepared for the |
| free to use, there are sometimes hidden costs that | | | | possibility of missing out on customer sales. |
| can leave you wasting both time and money. If you | | | | Unwanted AdsFree web site hosting services are |
| want to build web sites that are truly free the | | | | notorious for placing unwanted ads on customer web |
| accounts, you are going to have to carefully evaluate | | | | sites. This means that you will have pop-ups and |
| free web site hosting services before signing up. | | | | other annoying advertisements on your site that you |
| Special considerations to keep in mind when shopping | | | | cannot remove. These ads might become very |
| for web hosting providers include: ReliabilityYou can | | | | irritating for you and even more so for your |
| build web sites all day long, but no one will ever see | | | | customers, who may choose not to visit as a result. |
| them if your web host isn't reliable. To find out how | | | | Other LimitationsIf you want to build web sites that |
| reliable a free web site hosting company is, you | | | | include pictures, icons, and large amounts of text, |
| should ask about expected downtimes, traffic | | | | you may want to look for web hosting providers |
| limitations, and customer services procedures. You | | | | that will allow you to build these kinds of web sites. |
| should also ask what type of message will be | | | | Some free web site hosting services will place |
| displayed is the web site is disabled for any reason. | | | | limitations on what you can and can't do. For |
| BandwidthThe amount of bandwidth you have | | | | example, you may be barred from using pictures or |
| determines how long it will take for your pages to | | | | more than five page web pages. If you don't have |
| load. To keep costs low, many web hosting providers | | | | the elements needed to build the type of site you |
| offering limited bandwidth. The problem with this is | | | | want, you could end up wasting a lot of time on a |
| that your pages can take ten seconds or more to | | | | site that will end up having to be rebuilt with a |
| load. That's just enough time for a user to get | | | | different host later on. |