| There is no one service which will please everyone. | | | | - More than 100Mb disk space |
| You can find free web hosts services by searches | | | | - More than 1Gb bandwidth |
| on Google and other search engines for "free web | | | | - At least 1 FTP account |
| hosting". | | | | - Free subdomain (i.e |
| How to choose a choose web hosting provider | | | | yourname.freewebhostprovider.com) |
| Choosing a free web host can be tough, especially | | | | - Allowed to host your own domain |
| since they are many who claim to be the best free | | | | - No ads on your sites Some good free hosts may |
| web hosts around. There are some that are great, | | | | offer: |
| some that are average, and some that are really bad. | | | | - cPanel Control Panel or DirectAdmin Control Panel |
| They might offer nice features, but with ads on your | | | | - MySQL Databases, PHP, CGI |
| site. They wont put advertisements on your site, but | | | | - Email Accounts |
| have really bad features and/or support. Choosing a | | | | - Allowed to put up your own ads |
| good free host is usually a hit or a miss, and can be | | | | - Reliability (this is hard to determine) |
| frustrating at times. Remember that you don't get | | | | - Automatic software installer (Install a blog in |
| any guarantees with free hosting, so if your site isn't | | | | minutes!) |
| there when you wake up next morning, you can't | | | | - Community Forum, to discuss your website(s) |
| complain about it because its free! | | | | You cant really expect too much from a free host, |
| Make sure you have these features when choosing a | | | | since they are providing the service for free. |
| free host: | | | | |