After designing of website next important thing is to get it hosted on the internet. The task is not at easy as there are so many companies offering various types of web hosting packages like shared web hosting, dedicated web hosting, managed web hosting etc. Now the problem is which one to use?

In general it is considered a good idea to go for shared web hosting if the user is in a small business and wants to save cost. However before finalizing the deal it is good to know what is shared web hosting service and what are the merits and demerits of shared web hosting.

Defining shared hosting:
If extremely high performance and high bandwidth are not the points in question, then shared web hosting service can be a most convenient and economic way of hosting web sites.. As name implies, in case of shared web hosting service, the web server that hosts the web pages is shared by several other websites. Talking about number of websites on a shared hosting server, they can be in thousands. Now due to the fact that just one server is fulfilling the requirements of many other websites, the plus point is they can offer cheap prices for their server.

As there are so many websites hosted on a single web server, still there is no pint of worry for the user as the web hosting providers will not compromise on any kind of security and performance issues in case of shared hosting servers. Not only that, shared hosting web servers are operated, monitored and look after around the clock by IT professionals, so as to minimize server downtimes.

Shared hosting servers run on UNIX or other multi-user operating system and each website hosted on the web server is provided a separate account in the operating system. These websites hosted on shared servers are provided unique shared IP addresses and are provided with a fix amount of web resources.

The following are some of the merits and demerits of shared web hosting:

Merits:
1. Cost effective: Due to the fact that many websites are hosted on a single web server, web hosting providers provide economic shared web hosting services. Generally, the cost is as low as $5-10 per month for shared web hosting services. Now-a-days due to cut throat competition in web hosting industry, one can find several web hosting companies offering huge web space and bandwidth with as high as 1000 MB disk space and 40 GB bandwidth.

2. Feasible: Due to the fact that shared hosting web servers are operated, monitored and look after around the clock by IT professionals, who are experts in their respective field, one can concentrate more effectively on his/her web business and the problem of downtime and maintenance will not bother him/her any more.

3. Utility options: In case of shared web hosting, though web resources are shared, utility options are provided by the hosting company so that user can manage his/her website using control panel or similar tools. User is having an option to upload files, modify /remove web pages, add database, check web statistic etc. Not only that, user is also provided facility to create domain name specific e-mails accounts.

4. Efficient: Now-a-days shared web hosting service usually comes with web space and bandwidth that are more than sufficient for small business websites. Efficiency lies in the fact, that in addition to above, one can add more resources and can even overrun the web space or bandwidth usage.

Demerits:
1. Problem with response time: As the web server is shared, websites in the shared web hosting have to face problem of slower server response time as compared to dedicate server hosting.

2. Problem of Reliability: In case of shared web hosting, problem of reliability remains as usually web hosting providers may take care of the security and performance of the shared server but it is also possible that some of websites hosted on the shared server run a nasty program or script or over-utilize the resources, resulting in bringing down the web server. Thus due to fault of one all websites have to suffer downtimes and inaccessibility in case of shared web hosting.

3. Problems related to sharing: As discussed above also, due to fault of one all users have to face the problem for example if there is any one “bad” website in shared web server, due to it all websites on the server can be banned altogether by ISP or search engine due to shared IP address. However it is worth to note that one can always pay extra to get a dedicated IP address to avoid the above problem.

4. Problems related to Security: As many websites shared one server, problem of security always remains in case of shared web hosting as it is quite easy to hack one’s sensitive datas by another on the same server.

Thus in conclusion it can be said that before deciding to deal with shared web hosting, one should consider all the merits and demerits of shared web hosting as highlighted above. One should not forget the success of his/her business depends upon his/her website which in turn depends upon good host provider.

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World never ever run on the idea of one-sided benefit, mutual benefit is accomplished one way or the other. This very concept ere is applicable on free Web hosting also. But before that one must what the hosting term is; it is a process of accumulating files onto a web server so that through a web browser visitors can evaluate it.

Webmasters who have recently built the sites always face a dilemma in choosing an appropriate host for his/her site, they get magnetized towards free host providers which are available throughout the cyber world, however, as discussed previously, the service provided by a free web host is not actually free as it declares, it has it’s own drawbacks such as lack of sovereign domain name for the user.

In the case of a new webmaster, selection of ideal host can be a daunting task and even when it comes to free web host; the choice should be selective one, because the majority of free web hosts aim to exploit their users. Moreover, as user counters some of the drawbacks such as assisting a small server place and inability of utilizing the FTP clients, lack of domain name, and ample amount of ads via the Web Company and scarcity of benefits, needs to be faced while searching for a free hosting. The web hosts attempts to wrap up their costs by publishing their or any other companies ads on their user’s website.

One should account about few things, before deciding about a host, it includes requirements of the user, features offered by the host, space allowed by the host, any statistics, what form of domain name offered by the host, can user use his/her own domain name or rather provide name servers, do the host provide feature of email address, type and location of advertisements on user’s site? Firm answers of all these questions are must before coming to any of the conclusion.

If one talk about the requirements, then now a day’s websites are available in two forms static or dynamic, majority of hosts prefer static hosting and if a user’s website is dynamic then he/she should search for a host providing the potential to host the website with the use of scripting languages. Dynamic services are provided by only few companies but with several restrictions, such as no data availability, etc. Same happens with availability of space which is in the range of 5MB to 50 MB, changing with respect to other factors; companies extract more benefits as they provide more space to the user. There are many free hosts who don’t provide the use of own domain names as it is not beneficial for them. That is the reason why most of the time the user’s web address becomes www.myname.freehosting.com.

Further to long URLs accounts, a further contentious issue is their reliability. It is generally believed that free host providers means hosts with old servers and giving free space wrapping up the amount through free advertisement. This is the reason why majority of free web hosts don’t provide the guarantee of servers running through out the day excluding general breakdowns? Another problem lies in scarcity of bandwidth providing, it may create problem when user’s site starts gathering a large amount of traffic and bandwidth extends its genuine limit.

Hence after judging all the factors one can say that free web hosting is not that bad as it looks, here one can surf without many charges. One may need to counter some of the restrictions but it is a boon to newcomers who want to do something new on the web.

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Over the past few years, a lot of development has taken place in technology and this has significantly affected our lives. One of the most noticeable results of the development in technology is the development of World Wide Web. World Wide Web, also called as Internet, has affected a number of things around us which include the way we communicate, the way we study, the way information is passed from one place to another and it has also affected the way we used to entertain ourselves.

In today’s life, almost everyone uses Internet and it has become a part of life. As a result, a number of Internet services have been introduced. Internet services allow organizations to reach large audience and consumers enjoy the convenience offered to them by these services.

Some of the popular Internet services are listed below.

E-Mail: E-Mail stands for Electronic Mail. E-Mail has changed the way we used to send the message from one person to another and it’s now used by almost everyone. E-Mail has replaced the old mailing system as it’s very easy to send an e-mail and also, the message is transmitted instantly even if you’re sending a message to someone who’s located in a distant country. So, e-mail saves a lot of time and money when compared to the old mailing system. An individual can send text messages or even multimedia files via e-mail. Google Mail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail are some of the popular e-mail service providers.

Online Shopping: Online Shopping is another great Internet service being enjoyed by people. With online shopping, an individual can do his shopping from a website and he’s not required to move to the store in order to do his shopping. All he’s required to do is to place an order online and then wait for the product to arrive at his place. Almost every vendor is providing this service as it helps them to increase their sales and also to grow their business.

Secure methods have been developed for making payments and so, the consumer doesn’t need to worry about anything. As online stores are never closed, an individual can do his shopping whenever he wants to.

Web Conferencing: Web Conferencing is used to conduct meetings over the Internet and the participants can be located in the different parts of the world. Each participant is connected to the other by Internet and cameras, headphones are used for real-time communication. The matter for the meeting can be easily shared between the participants. Conferences are secure as a password is required for joining the conference and so, only the allowed people can join the conference.

Web conferencing is gaining popularity among organizations as it’s a great alternative to traditional method of meetings in which each participant was required to be present at same place. Web conferencing saves time and it also saves the traveling cost.

Entertainment: A number of websites are available which allows you to see movies, cartoons and play music whenever you want to. These websites also maintain a large library of movies and music files and they allow you to download the movies and music files for a nominal price.

Once you make the payment, you can either see the movies online or download them so that you can see them whenever you want to. Some websites even maintain a collection of the serials shown on the television and they let you download the files for a nominal price.

Chicago, IL — midPhase, Inc, a premier provider of turnkey webhosting solutions, today announced a stimulus package for entrepreneurs seeking to launch their startups: a $1 website reseller hosting offer. For the next 30 days midPhase will provide new and existing customers with an unlimited number of websites to resell for only $1.00.

“This is an incredible offer for anyone seeking to develop a new revenue stream through website hosting. If you’re a designer, developer or entrepreneur you can get into the hosting business for only a buck. The amount of money you can make is limited only by your own energy and drive. This plan is our way of stimulating the economy,” says Marc Bollinger, midPhase General Manager.

Key features of the robust midPhase package include 100 GB of webspace, 1000 GB of bandwidth, an unlimited number of accounts to resell, custom nameservers, client billing software, dedicated IP’s, unlimited SSL certificates and 50 advanced anti spam and stat applications. Users can create and host unlimited cPanel accounts as well; one click will install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Type03. Many advanced hosting features are also available for managing accounts, online statistics, Ecommerce and web design. Complete details: http://www.midphase.com/reseller-hosting

midPhase offers a variety of hosting products for virtually any hosting need, including budget linux and windows, VPS, dedicated servers, Ecommerce, hosted web design and merchant services. *The plans will be billed from $24.95 per month after the limited time offers expires.

About midPhase:
midPhase provides budget, shared, advanced and other types of web hosting services to a wide range of clients ranging from small business to individuals, and currently hosts over 120,000 websites. midPhase is dedicated to providing the widest array of easy to use tools and solutions to customers seeking an online presence, ranging from advanced users to those with little or no technological expertise. midPhase is able to distinguish itself from countless other providers by offering an incredible value to their customers; a combination of advanced products and affordability has helped midPhase retain a record breaking growth pattern, faster than the industry average every month since inception. midPhase is part of the UK-2 Group (uk2group.com) www.midphase.com

Steve Lundin, slundin@bigfrontier.com (312) 602-2434

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FREMONT, Calif. – SEO Hosting Network (SEOHN) opens its services today to web hosting companies all around the world.

Through SEOHN, web hosts will be able to offer geographically distributed IP addresses to their clients. Clients will be able to pick which country and city each websites will be hosted on. SEOHN goes beyond the typical “Class C IPs” in the SEO Hosting terminology. SEOHN introduces a new technology which is called Geo IP.

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SEOHN is purely powered by cPanel nodes supplied by web hosts in various countries around the world which makes it possible to provide geographically distributed nodes to its distributor.

As a node supplier, web hosts will only need to register cPanel accounts into the SEOHN platform. Suppliers will then gain a steady stream of income through the FTP accounts created by SEOHN on their cPanel nodes.

SEOHN also provides a readymade WHM Complete Solution (WHMCS) plugin which enable web hosts to immediately offer SEO Hosting solution from their existing WHMCS installation.

An API is also available for other web hosts which utilize other hosting automation/billing system than WHMCS.

“SEO Hosting market is an exclusive high priced market. Today, SEO hosting is priced at around $6/Month per Class C IP with a minimum bundle of 5 Class C at $30/Month.(Google up seo hosting). Now, through SEOHN, smaller web host can offer exactly that, even better!” said Jimmy Tanzil, managing director of Ichthys Media LLC, SEOHN parent company.

To learn more about becoming both a supplier and a distributor for SEOHN, please visit http://seohn.net

About SEOHN
SEOHN is a subsidiary of Ichthys Media LLC, a media company providing various online services for the web hosting industry.

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Mobile devices were primarily used for sending brief messages, checking the weather, getting lists from the Web, getting stock quotes, placing orders on forms, reviewing documents, graphics development, or editing. The explosive growth of cell phones was powered by the revolutionary capability to provide (and receive) timely information anytime, anyplace reliably. This allowed, for example, the immediate updating of inventory through handheld devices, making plane or hotel reservations online from a cab in the middle of the George Washington Bridge, checking sports scores, updating forms, broadcasting messages all interacting with the Web world when physically away from a computer. The promise of the devices was increased productivity at times and in places that had hitherto been considered unavoidable dead spots in a worker’s day.
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There are more than 50 companies producing mobile telephones in significant and marketable quantities. By 2009, projections indicate there will be 3 billion mobile phone users worldwide. The market for the delivery of Web content to these mobile device users dwarfs the market for desktops. There is theoretically unlimited potential for expansion of the Web (or Web 2.0) into these devices, and we are now on the cutting edge of Web site design for Mobile Web (or the ‘‘Ubiquitous Web,’’ as it is also becoming known). Mobile Web, Web 2.0, and Ubiquitous Web all express the concept of a boisterous, erratically developing electronic frontier.

The mobile device market is huge, but the very small screen sizes, relatively slow and weak processors, stripped down (simplified) operating systems, and limited memory and storage make it difficult to use the Web as efficiently as you can with static desktop computers. As an example, in growing acknowledgment of the importance of the handheld mobile market, and to help develop content specific to that environment, Adobe has reworked its Device Central development module to allow for previewing of Web content on such devices as cell phones and PDAs early in the Web page development cycle.

The discussion in this section begins with an overview of Web design for the Mobile Web. We will discuss the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) and review common difficulties hindering Web development (such as the lack of standardization, lack of new technology, network connectivity, hardware, and human factors). We will explore problems unique to developing and delivering Web content to the Mobile Web, look at current Web development and content tools (what role will scalable vector graphics play in content delivery, for example), look at Mobile Web browsers, and hazard a guess as to future technologies for Web site authoring for the Mobile Web. For more information on the MWI, see http://www.w3.org/Mobile/.

Background for Mobile Web design
The Web is designed for physically static devices over a network, using tried-and-true technologies to access, store, and transmit data so that the process of sending and storing the data is entirely transparent to the user. The data transferred over the Web is the entire Web page (including the content), rather than content only. The underpinning of the Web protocols is that they are vendor-neutral and can used by any machine to upload/download content. Some Mobile device providers would appear to take the view that, in order for the Web to function reliably, the coding must be device-dependent. However, the lack of standardization actually hinders the spread of Web technologies to mobile devices because each mobile device has its own proprietary coding scheme that will work on a particular device, but will not be rendered in a similar way on other devices. Therefore, W3C has established the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI) to establish a common set of standards that all communications companies can adopt (but are not required to) and work from so that there would be interoperability, cross-platform support, and common display configurations.

Even though we do discuss Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) again in the text, we can point out that, here-and-now, there are no standards. However, because WAP has been used for years, it has become the default standard. Many high-end handheld devices (such as the iPhone, the Sprint Blackberry 8830, Verizon Palm Treo, Samsung SCH-i760, Motorola Q Black, or even the SmartPhone) are coming out with much more capable browsers (for example, Windows Mobile Pocket Internet Explorer and Safari for iPhone).

As in the early days of network chaos (before standardization brought about by common reference to the OSI model), there are a plethora of platforms and physical sizes and types.

Screen sizes and resolutions vary, and a prime objective of MWI has been to bring forth standardized data formats that would be accessible by all Mobile Web devices. The MWI is developing a technology analogous to device drivers (called the Device Description Repository) to cope with the great variety of devices out in the worldwide market. These standards (or guidelines) are available to Web developers in W3Cs Best Practices Software Checker Tool.

One of the questions MWI dealt with was the type of content that was to be displayed on mobile devices (such as mobile phones and derivative smartphones, as well as pagers and PDAs, as shown in, and other handheld devices utilizing Internet access on demand from any location and the tools required to develop that content.

As of July 2007, the Device Independent Authoring Language (DIAL) for the Web authoring tools was still officially a work in progress of the W3C. The purpose of DIAL is to provide a uniform coding structure and syntax that will allow content to be displayed on all handheld devices subscribing to the standard. DIAL is designed to allow the development and display of the typical formatting elements of a Web page, including lists, text, links, objects (images) tables, and forms. Objects would include both images and plug-ins, and forms would be interactive. Coding would conform to the XHTML 2.0 standard.

The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the issue of backward compatibility. No entirely satisfactory technological solution (hardware or software) has yet been reached for accessing the millions of existing Web sites in the Web 2.0 environment.

There are a number of minibrowsers available, but most are stripped down WAP versions of existing full-featured Web browsers (to compensate for the limited bandwidth and simplistic operating systems used in many handhelds). WAP browsers are used throughout most of the world (Japan has its own indigenous standard) to provide all of the basic services of a computer-based Web browser. Examples would be Opera Mobile and Pocket Internet Explorer. Nokia also has its separate (but proprietary) microbrowsers. As of late 2006, a few began to incorporate more advanced Web authoring technologies such as CSS and Ajax.

A Web hosting provider is like an ISP, except that it doesn’t give you access to the Internet; it gives the Internet access to you. Specifically, the Web hosting provider makes your Web site available and visible to the public. Web hosting providers fall into three categories:

- Virtual hosts

- Dedicated servers

- Co-located servers

These providers generally offer different amounts of Web space, allowable bandwidth use, customer support, and technological expertise. The server itself might run on a variety of software and hardware, some of which vary in reliability and ease of use. Naturally, more choices mean more prices; as you choose a Web hosting provider, be sure to pay attention to how much the service costs, compared to how much you’re getting.
Picking the right Web server

A Web server is the combination of hardware and software that holds and displays your Web site to the Internet. Many people will try to connect to your server all at the same time, so the machine itself should have a powerful processor and lots of random access memory (RAM). Your server should also use a strong server software program to deliver your Web pages quickly and with few errors. For the same reason, your Web server should have a very fast connection to the Internet, at least a T1 line, or better a T3. You should put as much thought into your Web server as you do into your domain name. It’s a key part of your Web site without it, there’s no site at all.

Finally, the Web server software should be secure enough that you don’t have to worry about hackers getting in and changing your pages or hijacking your site without your permission. If you’re going to be accepting or storing financial information (including credit card data), your server should use a high level of encryption. If you’re inside the United States, use 128-bit for domestic connections and 40-bit for international connections (the higher the bit rate for encryption, the better the encoding is).

Although a Web server can generally run on almost any computer, most commercial Web servers will have a sufficient amount of RAM, hard drive space, and processor speed for a small

- to medium-scale Web site. Any site holding more than 100MB of data or transferring more than 500MB a day should have its own dedicated server, either onsite or in a co-location facility. Dedicated servers and co-location are discussed later in this section.

Web servers run a variety of server software programs on all operating systems (OS). Some of the most common and reliable server combinations are the following:

- Sun Solaris OS with Apache as the Web server

- Linux (any flavor) with Apache as the Web server

- Windows Server with Internet Information Server (IIS) as the Web server

Other combinations include Macintosh with Netscape or another Mac OS Web server, BeOS, and even DOS. There are even tiny Web server programs available for the PDAs! If you’re shopping for a Web server combination, and you’d like to know what your competitors or partners use, go to the Netcraft Web site at http://www.netcraft.com and enter the Web site’s domain name in the field. Click ‘‘What’s that site running?’’ to see the results. You’ll be given a short description of what OS, server, and extensions are installed on the server.

One other thing you should look for are server extensions, APIs, and installed languages that enable you to install scripts to automate your site. An example of a Web server API is Microsoft API for Windows (MSAPI). Programmers can write scripts and programs to use MSAPI features and automate the site. The free, open source options include Perl, a scripting language that has been used extensively on the Internet. In addition, PHP is a server-side HTML scripting language. It’s probably the most effective way to create browser-independent dynamic Web pages, and it is an open source project, so no single company has control over its development.

Determining your space needs

The next question you’ll probably be asking is ‘‘How much space do I need?’’ Well, that depends on a few things. First, are you just hosting a couple of HTML pages with a few graphics? Will you have a downloadable program on your site? Are you including audio files? Are you planning to serve Napster audio and video files? The more complicated your media, the larger the files. The larger the files, the more space you’ll need. As you know, HTML is just plain text, the simplest type of file. Compressed graphics such as GIFs and JPEGs are the next simplest type of file, followed by PDF files, audio files, and finally FLASH video. Executable programs can take up a little bit of space or a lot, depending on the size of the program. In general, however, you should plan for a lot of hard drive space if you want your users to be able to download programs and audio/video files from your site. Most Web hosting providers will provide much more than you need since storage is so cheap these days. Take the size of your site and multiply times five.

There is one other reason you might need more storage space. If you plan to run a database on your Web site, or to deliver database-driven content, you’ll need to have a database available on your server. A database can be a simple Perl script and take up very little room on your hard drive, or it can be a full-blown relational database such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle, in which case you’d better invest in a multigigabyte dedicated drive. If you’re doing database work (the discussion of which is out of the scope of this article), keep in mind that database space is not nearly as cheap when provided by the hosting service. However, it’s usually much cheaper to pay for space from the host’s database server, since you don’t have to pay any of the database server licensing fees (which can be tremendous for an individual or small business).

Many web hosting companies offer hosting with cPanel, nowadays. It’s not critical to have, but it certainly helps in the process of creating an maintaining multiple web sites. Hosting with cPanel offers a multitude of features that streamline the process of making money online easier. So, cPanel truly benefits both the newbie as well as the veteran webmaster.

A great feature that hosting with cPanel provides is great tracking software through awstats. Granted, there are other freely available visitor tracking software on the market today like Google Analytics, but its really nice and convenient to have this software with your hosting. With awstats, you can check a myriad of different visitor statistics. Obviously you can check how many daily unique visitors and visits you get, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

A great feature awstats has is that it lets you know the average duration a visitor stays on your website. That an important statistic, especially if your web site is more information based than product based. Another great tool that awstats has is that it lets you know how often you site is being spidered by search angines like google, yahoo, etc. This is critical information, especially when you are first putting content on your web site. You have to know if those little spiders keep coming back for the new content.

Hosting with cPanel allows you to create email addresses based on your domain names. This is very important because nothing looks more unprofessional on a web site when the contact email address is from a free email account like gmail, yahoo, or hotmail. This doesn’t exactly install a great sense of confidence from the visitor of the site. It looks cheap and third-rate. People just automatically expect the email address to match the domain name of web address.

But easily the best feature of cPanel is that it brings Fantastico. With Fantastico you’ve got a ton a great scripts that you can load right onto your domains. You can literally build a full fledged website from the many scripts freely available.

You can load forums, discussion boards, polls, surveys, e-commerce sites, blogs, and so much more. All of these tools can be put on your domain with just a simple click of the mouse button.

By far, the most popular script used from Fantastico has to be WordPress. Wordpress was originally created to be used as a blog. But it has evolved so much from when it first started, that many people use them to create full fledged product websites. You’d be amazed how many websites you run across that were built just using WordPress. Its extremely accessible and user friendly. But best of all it’s absolutely free. With the amount of money that it costs to pay for some of the premier site building software in the market today, its really amazing you can get top notch site building for absolutely no cost. With site building tools like dreamweaver and frontpage costing several hundred dollars, WordPress offers similar features without the worry of having to know HTML.These are just some of the many perks that hosting with cPanel provides.

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Everyone likes something for free. However, free may not always be the best thing to choose. Sometimes, it may even be harmful.If you have thought about paying for web hosting, you will want to take the following points into consideration.

Web hosting companies that offer their services for free will probably not remain in business very long. Why is it that some companies offer free hosing? How is any money being made? There is always a price for everything, even something that is purported to be free. A company may offer free hosting if they are trying to build up their business. Their value may be demonstrated, but they may charge their existing customers additional fees in order to counteract their loss. It is just another form of advertising.


Many companies that do not have the capability for managing servers for websites may make a play with free hosting. However, if the company’s load is excessive, your website may be shut down! Another problem with free hosting is resource limitations. Free hosting will only offer you a limited amount of space. It will probably be enough to put up a few dozen pages. However, if you have a very active site, you will find that you quickly run out of space.

A very serious limitation is load. If you decide to go with free hosting, you may find that strict limitations are placed on the amount of bandwidth that you can use. If your site is hot and draws a lot of traffic, the web host may ask you to leave or to be blocked for the rest of the month. A certain amount of bandwidth may be given to you to use each month. Once you have reached that amount, you will not be able to have any other visitors until the beginning of a new month.

With free web hosting you will share equipment with lots of other websites which may very well affect your performance. If you choose to migrate your already established site, it can raise other issues that could have been avoided. Another problem with free web hosting is the lack of support. When you pay for hosting, you can usually get a certain amount of technical support to be able to help you as problems crop up.

If you happen to lose some files due to either accidental deletion or a virus attack, free web hosting companies have no available options to help you out. If the server happens to fail, your website will be up and running when the server comes up. If you have a small site, this may not be a problem for you. It is true that free web hosting companies may be able to protect your website against viruses and attacks. However, you may only receive minimal help if you need services that go beyond that.

One of the most serious limitations may not have anything to do with technical issues. Free web hosting services usually require your website to carry advertising that pays the web host. This may or may not bother you. This all depends upon the individual. If you are planning that your website will grow and be active, then you will soon outgrow the need for free web hosting. In the end, you get what you pay for, so you may actually end up paying for web hosting.

Source: http://www.212articles.com/