Get What You Pay For Why bother paying for hosting when there are plenty of companies offering free hosting? Well, in web hosting, when you pay nothing, you often end up with nothing. Most free web hosts offer limited services. Even though they are not charging you to host your website, they still need to [...]
Have you ever visited a website (possibly one you saw advertised in an email or through a link on another site) that did not have its own Domain Name? For instance, was the address of the site something along the lines of…. http://members.freehost.com/~business24701/… or anything similar to that? (note that link is made up). Of [...]
It really depends on what your needs are and what you are trying to accomplish. There are advantages and disadvantages for both paid and free web hosting. Free Web Hosting Advantages: – The most obvious benefit is that it’s free. – You can use your free web space to practice programming. Not many, but some [...]
Before you start searching for a web host, you must familiarize yourself with the terminology used in this field. The following terms are also considered key factors in deciding the suitable hosting plan that meets your requirements. You can start learning what does each term mean and how does it affect your selection. Web Host [...]
Just finished your first website? So it’s the time to look for some hosting and make a choise. Your first qustion probably will be whether to choose free or paid hosting service. Let’s have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of these solutions. Free web hosting: (+) It’s for free. You don’t need to [...]
Having a problem managing your free image host? Well i’m sorry but so many new free image hosts are poping up now adays, and then closing because they are not setup to handle abuse properly. If you plan on running one, you have to plan FOR abuse. The main way I am solving this now [...]
So you want to publish a web site do you? Welcome to the club. These days it seems that almost everyone has a web site of some kind, and thousands more continue to be launched every day. It’s challenging enough to design a site and fill it with interesting content, but when all is said [...]
There is paid web hosting and there is free web hosting. Most people tend to steer clear of free web hosting as they tend to believe that “there is no free lunch”. Free web hosting must have its catches? Well, that really depends on your purposes and your position. Why purpose? If your web hosting [...]
A host is a server which provides a home for your website on the World Wide Web. Just as your computer contains all your files, so a host contains all the files needed to run your website. Why can’t you just keep all those files on your own computer? Because that would mean users would [...]
Choosing a host or switching hosts can be an agonizing experience. There are so many choices and price structures. You see the service level guarantees you want, but there is no way to ensure the Host’s promised service level will be kept. Sadly, past experience tells you all too often the service promises are unfulfilled. [...]
