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What is free hosting?
Free hosting is exactly that – hosting for free. Companies
that offer free hosting usually derive their income from
advertisers. This means that more often that not your website will
be required to display an advertisement on it. Advertisements may
be in the form of banners or pop-ups. While it is possible to host
your own domain for free, most free hosting providers will only
allow you to host a subdomain of their main site: eg.
yoursite.freehosting.com.
How can I find a good free web host?
Before signing on with a "free" web host, make certain you know
just what hosting features you will be getting, as well as which
features and benefits you might have to sacrifice. For example,
some hosts provide free webspace in return for running
advertisements on your website. So remember, the warning, "You get
what you pay for," applies just as much, if not more, in the
hosting industry as other consumer industries.
To find free hosting providers, start by searching FreeWebspace.net.
You can also find information at CompareWebHosts.com, which
provides a front-page link to its free host listings, and at
HostSearch's
free hosting search page.
As always, it's good to ask for recommendations and input from
hosts, resellers and others on the web hosting forums before
deciding to go with a free web host.
How do free web hosting providers stay in business and pay the
bills?
Free webhosting providers are usually sponsored by banner, popup,
or popunder ads and in many cases do not offer tools such as PHP,
Perl, etc.
Some free webhosting providers also use cheap bandwidth from
providers such as Cogent
Communications
Is there a forum or online community dedicated to free web
hosting?
Yes, FreeWebSpace.net (aka "FWS") operates a very
well-trafficked
forum. In addition to the popular
Free Webspace board, there is
Paid Hosting and other boards devoted to many aspects of
webmastering.