Beginners should learn about the different types of webhosting services before they sign up for one. Each web hosting provider offers different pricing plans and features. In this article, we will look at the three standard web hosting services that are available in the market.
Free web hosting offers free hosting solutions for people that are not willing to spend money in creating their website. They want to be sure that their future investment in the website project is worth it. Free web hosting is usually supported by advertisements such as Google Adsense, Yahoo Publishers Ads and etc. You will be assigned with a small space and low bandwidth. It can take a long time to upload your files and visitors may be annoyed by the long loading time. The ads which are displayed on your free hosted site could distract the attention of the users.
Free web hosting is not secure and can be easily hacked by hackers. A paid hosting plan is more secure because they are maintained by an established company with a customer support team to help you with any problems you may have. If you face problem with a free host you will have to solve it yourself. There is no customer service to attend to your needs since you did not pay.
Some free hosting services do allow you to host your own domain. However, most of the free hosting service requires you to host your site as a subdomain on their site. If you are selling greeting cards, the URL to your site will look like “greetingcardstore.somefreehost.com”. Visitor could have a problem remembering the URL because it consists of many extra words that are not really related to your website.
Paid web hosting allows you to have more control over your website. Types of paid web hosting plans include shared hosting, reseller hosting, virtual private server, and dedicated hosting. For personal use, you should buy a shared hosting plan. Shared hosting plans offers enough space and bandwidth for websites that are just starting out. For a small business that wants to host many small websites a shared hosting plan with add-on domains is perfect. Most companies allow customers to host unlimited domains. Hosting plans that include Fantastico allow you to install all kinds of scripts. If your website expands, you can upgrade/signup for a better hosting plan such as a VPS (virtual private server) or dedicated hosting.
Alternatively, you can buy your own server and host your site on it. However before you setup the server, you should check with your ISP provider to make sure they don’t block home web servers.
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