free web hosting

A question I usually get is : why would you want to try free web hosting? Well it's quite obvious. The first big advantage of free web hosting is... that it's free! ofcourse! I wouldn't want to buy hosting for a project that might not work. Paid web hosting is cheap these days. But if you want quality hosting with good support.... the price goes up dramatically. I would never ever buy budget hosting packages. Free web hosting has evolved tremendously lately. Offering a wide variaty of scripting languages like php, perl, ruby and python combined with a mysql, sqlite or postgresql databases you have the option to host any kind of dynamic web site quickly. Forget third party free website builders like weebly or freewebs. With free web hosting you get the best customization options and no restrictions!

Quality free web hosts are hard to find. Generally I expect a free web hosts to offer atleast 5GB bandwidth and 100MB disk storage in combination with a database (Mysql) and server side scripting options ( PHP, ASP, PERL,... ) but most free web hosts only allow pre made templates. Allowing no customization for the actual lay-out. Blogging sites like blogger and wordpress are quite similar. They provide an easy solution to start publishing content but in the end you get stuck because of the low customization,management and promotion options. Here is a list of decent Free web hosts

List -Free web hosts with cpanel control panel

Blogging is
another option when you want to reach an audience. Third party blogging services like wordpress or blogger are great and easy to use, but customization options and plugins are hard to handle when you are using third party services. A better idea is to sign up for free web hosting and install a wordpress blog on it yourself, either manually or using a script installer. The advantages are endless. You can install custom free wordpress themes, add standalone scripts and html files. Link Media and Youtube videos without restrictions. Not to mention you have access to server logs with detailed visitor statistics and Search engine optimization statistics! I do not think all of this is an option when you sign up for a regular blogspot blog... I'm just trying to make a statement here : )

You can even get a free domain name to point at your website content. A .co.cc for example. But there are more options to pick from, Here are a couple of free domain and dns services on the internet
Free domain registrars + Free DNS service