| Choosing or finding the right free web hosting | | | | - Community Forum (To discuss your website) |
| provider is definitely not a simple and easy thing to | | | | There are many free hosts around that might have a |
| do. Surely it's easy to find a free web hosting | | | | good and tempting offer and might have the |
| company on the net, but to actually find a free yet a | | | | requirements that you need. But the next question is, |
| reliable and good host is another story. | | | | are they true to their word. Are they able to provide |
| Choosing a good free host is usually a hit or a miss | | | | reliable uptime for your site? |
| and can be frustrating at times. Searching for reviews | | | | My own experience |
| on a host might help you to know which company is | | | | I previously hosted my site with freeola and |
| good, but not always. There are many existing | | | | kvchosting. I found both of them were fine at first. |
| review web sites where mainly posting positive | | | | But just after a few days or so. I occasionally had |
| reviews about few hosting companies where they | | | | downtime issues with my site which is really |
| affiliate and earn money based on commissions. | | | | frustrating most of the time. I thought, maybe that's |
| Some other smart hosting companies created their | | | | what I get for availing something free. When I was |
| own web hosting reviews web site and promote | | | | about to consider on looking for a cheap hosting, at |
| them self from there. | | | | least something paid, a friend of mine suggested |
| So, when you're looking for free web host providers, | | | | Doteasy and recommended me to try it out. |
| you might want to check what features they offer | | | | I was still a bit hesitant at first, but eventually |
| first before even trying to think of anything else. See | | | | decided to move to Doteasy. So far I've been |
| if what they provide fits your needs. | | | | hosted with them for about 3 months now and |
| Make sure they at least have these features: | | | | surprised that I haven't experienced any downtime |
| - Offers free Control Panel | | | | with my site yet. Until now, my site is always up and |
| - More than 100Mb disk space | | | | running with no issues which really impresses me |
| - More than 1Gb bandwidth | | | | knowing its free hosting. Another thing I like about |
| - At least 1 FTP account | | | | them is that they don't show any ads on my site. |
| - Allows to host your own domain | | | | This could be a minor thing to consider for some. But |
| Some good free hosts may also offer: | | | | this is a major issue for me, since I had already |
| - cPanel Control Panel or DirectAdmin Control Panel | | | | experience of having a host that totally fills my site |
| - MySQL Databases, PHP, CGI | | | | with annoying banner ads. Even my visitors get |
| - Email Accounts | | | | annoyed with it sometimes. And lastly, their technical |
| - Allows to put up your own ads | | | | support is also great. They are very helpful and I |
| - Automatic software installer (Install a blog in | | | | always get polite responses. Hopefully, things would |
| minutes!) | | | | keep up this way and I'll surely be staying for good. |