Almost every experienced online publisher will tell you to avoid free web hosting. They’ll argue vociferously that free web hosting is an absolute disaster--a series of catastrophes just waiting to happen. They’ll plead with you to pay for hosting and to never, ever rely on a free hosting option.
Overall, that position is extremely persuasive. Generally speaking, you shouldn’t use a free host. There are huge reliability issues, destructive forced advertising problems, potential content restrictions and that ever-present chance that your whole site and all of your content could disappear tomorrow without warning. Besides, strong hosting is very inexpensive and easy to find.
However, you don’t want to take the “no free hosting” argument to its extreme. There are cases when it’s okay to utilize a free hosting option for smaller aspects of your overall online publishing strategy. By setting up free blogs at Blogger.com and Wordpress, lenses at Squidoo and hubs at Hubpages, you can improve your site’s search engine performance and your bottom line. And those are all free hosting situations.
Don’t rely on free hosting, but don’t be afraid to use it at the right times.
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