| "Of course there is an up side to going with a | | | | If you are planning on using your website as a |
| free web hosting service. The obvious is | | | | person site for family and friends, then a free |
| it’s free. There will never be fee for your | | | | web hosting is sufficient. However if you are using |
| domain name. Unfortunately that’s about | | | | your website for business purposes, then like |
| the only up side I can see. | | | | mentioned before it is highly recommended you |
| The main downside to selecting a free web | | | | invest in a paid web hosting service. |
| hosting service is the advertisements and pop-ups | | | | There is only one downside to paid hosting, they |
| that are non stop. Also you URL will have their | | | | cost you money. However there are many |
| company name in it, for example | | | | upsides included in this investment. With paid |
| Free web hosting services usually allow a lower | | | | hosting you host your own domain, so if you |
| bandwidth then paid hosts. Sometimes free web | | | | change the web hosting service in the future you |
| hosting sites have been known to change their | | | | can easily transfer the domain to your new |
| terms & conditions, or even cancel their free | | | | provider with out any loss of traffic. |
| hosts and force you to either pay them or lose | | | | Paid hosting services usually offer 24/7 customer |
| your site. In essence, the free host controls | | | | support through email, live-chat, or toll-free phone |
| everything you and your website does, and this | | | | support. With paid hosting you are generally |
| isn’t good. If you ever want to monetize | | | | offered enough disk space and bandwidth. The |
| your site in the future, you’ll be severely | | | | internet offers free PHP scripts that you can |
| limited with what you can do. How can you | | | | download and easily use, even if you |
| monetize your site if you don’t control it? | | | | aren’t a computer programmer. |