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Posted on 02. May, 2009 by admin in Web Hosting

Often, you may prefer not to pay for web hosting services, but do require some form of web hosting.The internet was once full of free web hosting services.The number of free web hosting services on the internet started dropping with more and more companies forcing their clients to place inline ads, banners and flash advertising on their websites.

The remaining free web hosting services started offering paid web hosting services where they offered extra features, as well as existing everyday services

The advantage of using free web hosting services is that you can avail of web hosting for your website, without having to pay any money.

It is the amateurs of the internet world who benefit the most with free web hosts. People creating small or experimental websites, looking for web hosting for their backup website and those looking for a test platform, are normally those who require and prefer free web hosting.

Despite so many advantages, there are some disadvantages with using free web hosting.Being obliged to show some type of advertisement on your website is the most well known and obvious disadvantage of free web hosting.This is generally because the free web host has to make up their costs somehow, and therefore try to earn money through these advertisements.Their advertisements are available as banners, pop-ups, pop-unders, text links and also as various combinations on your site.

There may be some restrictions on the type of files you use and the content of your website and you also receive limited storage space with free web hosts.Free web hosts usually have size limits on the files you can upload while not all web hosts provide features such as shopping carts, databases and scripting.

Don't expect custom domain names with free web hosts as some of them have sub domains and directories.Lastly, going with free web hosts does not offer any professionalism to your website, which is essential in mainly e-commerce and business sites.

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