| This question became almost rhetorical. Today the | | | | schedules. But in any case each project receives |
| inexpensive hosting for the small project costs about | | | | qualitative services. |
| 5-6 dollars a month. Thus owners of a resource have | | | | Even an inexpensive hosting allows to use php and |
| an opportunity to use all modern technologies, | | | | mysql (from one to several databases). This means, |
| including php, mysql databases and many other things. | | | | the project owner can install a content management |
| Nevertheless, thousands of sites continue to use a | | | | system (CMS) without which customization and |
| free hosting, despite its apparent defects and | | | | service of a today's web-resource is very hard. |
| limitations. Perhaps, there are some deep waters in | | | | Besides, it is possible to make a qualitative forum, the |
| this question? Or we do not take into account all | | | | guest book, to add popular scripts (for example, |
| factors? So, yes and no. | | | | voting, the form of a feedback and other). All this will |
| Free hosting | | | | make the project on an inexpensive hosting much |
| A free hosting, as a rule, allows to create only the | | | | more interesting and more attractive in comparison |
| most simple sites consisting of a set of HTML-pages. | | | | with the limited free hosting. |
| Sometimes it is possible to use the built-in forums or | | | | An important question is a domain name. Any paid |
| guest books, however, very limited on the | | | | hosting, including an inexpensive hosting, allows to use |
| possibilities. For example, without registration of | | | | a domain name of the second level ( .net, .com, .org |
| users, without possibility to moderate a forum or a | | | | etc.). Thus the domain name belongs to a client of |
| guest. Any site control systems are out of question. | | | | the hosting company and is his/her property. Besides, |
| One more point is that for CMS functioning php and | | | | to promote a site is possible only if the site is located |
| mysql are necessary, but no free hosting provides | | | | on a paid hosting. For promoting sites on a free |
| this. Besides, more often a hosting company that is | | | | hosting it is required more efforts as search engine |
| giving a free hosting, uses sites of clients for | | | | crawlers consider them less serious. By competitive |
| advertisements allocation. And, opening a site on a | | | | queries it is almost unreal for the sites on a free |
| free hosting, you will have to reconcile to presence | | | | hosting to be on the top of a search engine result |
| of banners and pop-up windows on it. In the end of | | | | page. |
| all the domain name will belong to the hosting | | | | Thus, even an inexpensive hosting gives much more |
| company. The free hosting can be used for personal | | | | advantages, rather than a free hosting. The paid |
| pages (e.g., I and my hobby), noncommercial | | | | hosting is a metric of solidity of a site and gravity of |
| projects, as trial platforms. Serious projects, which | | | | intentions of its owners. Also in case of a paid |
| aim to get income, or corporate sites in most cases | | | | hosting there are defined all legal issues connected |
| use a paid hosting. | | | | with the property right for a domain name and a |
| Advantages of a paid hosting | | | | web resource. If you are limited in resources, an |
| A paid hosting is a possibility to use all modern | | | | inexpensive hosting will allow you to open and to |
| technologies for a web-resource creation and | | | | develop successfully your own project in a network. |
| support. An inexpensive hosting allows to open a site | | | | It is good that the question price is insignificant: only |
| for a small or a moderate-sized firm, or a small | | | | 5-6 dollars a month. |
| project. Large portals use more expensive tariff | | | | |