| If you want to start online business or want to | | | | Using redirect URL feature allows you to redirect |
| take your local business online, you need a web | | | | users from your domains to the hosted sub |
| site. Just making web site won't take you online. | | | | domains. This makes sense from user point of |
| You need one reliable and good web hosting | | | | view but redirecting creates another problem. |
| company to host your web site on the Internet. | | | | When you redirect user from your site to |
| Many web masters and entrepreneurs make | | | | another site, you are just forwarding all requests |
| mistake at the beginning. They think of hosting | | | | to another site. So in reality, your site doesn't |
| their web site at free web hosting company. | | | | have any data. When search engines like Google, |
| There are many problems attached with free | | | | Yahoo! or MSN live requests for your site, you will |
| web hosting. In this article, I am going to discuss | | | | forward them also to another site. So search |
| some of them. | | | | engines will think that your site doesn't have any |
| Advertising | | | | data and they will not index your site. So there is |
| The most common problem with free hosting is | | | | no chance that you will get organic traffic from |
| ads. Free hosting providers are not taking money | | | | search engines. |
| from you but they need money to maintain their | | | | Limited Control & Limited Band Width |
| hosting service. So they will give ads on your web | | | | Free hosting service providers don't give full |
| site and they will make money from your site. If | | | | control to you. So you cannot implement some |
| these ads are content ads from Google AdSense | | | | advance operations like databases and .htaccess |
| or Yahoo! Publisher Network than we can | | | | file. You are just given an ftp account to upload |
| understand that those ads are related to your | | | | your files. No other access! |
| content and it will add some value to your | | | | There is also a limitation on the bandwidth you |
| contents. However, in many cases these ads are | | | | use. So when you run out of your limit, your site |
| not related to your contents. So your site will not | | | | access will be blocked. When any visitor visits |
| make your visitors happy. You don't have any | | | | your site, they will get message something like |
| control over the ads given by your hosting | | | | "This user has exceeded the data transfer limit. |
| company. You are forced to show their ads on | | | | Please visit back again after a month". So nobody |
| your web site at the time of sign up service | | | | will get an access of your site until the end of |
| agreement. So there is nothing you can do about | | | | that month. |
| these ads. | | | | Account Cancellation |
| URL and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Issue | | | | All above problems are still fine but what if they |
| Another big issue with free web hosting is with | | | | cancel your free hosting account? Yes! It may |
| URL. They don't allow you to host your own | | | | happen. Your months of efforts to promote your |
| domain to their hosting company. So you will have | | | | site will be wasted. So there won't be any online |
| to use their sub domain to name your web site. | | | | business for you. If you are really serious about |
| Now you definitely don't want to name your web | | | | online business then don't go for free hosting |
| site using their sub domains. There is solution for | | | | service. There are many cheap and reliable |
| this issue. | | | | hosting services available. You can use any one of |
| Use Redirect URL | | | | them. |