| Both free and professional web hosting have | | | | business with flashing banners will really |
| their benefits and down sides. However, | | | | cramp your style, credibility, and scare away |
| before the best type of web solution can be | | | | potential customers. |
| found the webmaster will need to consider the | | | | |
| main motivator for the website. | | | | Paid services are used by webmasters to keep |
| | | | things running smoothly in business, what |
| For those looking for a home page, hobby | | | | this means is the good web hosting companies |
| site, or non-profit website a free hosting | | | | will provide excellent customer service, and |
| service will provide the basics of what is | | | | have plenty of happy customers who are |
| needed at just the right price- free. | | | | willing to add their testimonies. |
| Although a free website will not provide a | | | | Professional companies will usually offer a |
| professional scene for a business, or a | | | | 100% satisfaction guarantee, live chats, and |
| webmaster looking for credibility, as | | | | telephone services for customers experiencing |
| unfortunately free services look very "cheap" | | | | difficulties. |
| then little else can be expected from | | | | |
| something that costs nothing. | | | | Many professional companies will also offer |
| | | | discounts and bonuses for your business, and |
| A free website will offer webmaster's free | | | | reward you for paying early. Other things |
| templates for the design of the website, and | | | | that a professional web hosting company will |
| helpful wizards that take the webmaster step | | | | offer is ample web space, and disk space. |
| by step through the uploading process. Often | | | | Often large amounts of uptime will be |
| a free service may offer free domain names | | | | guaranteed, and sometimes failure to keep |
| and email facilities with their package. | | | | this amount of uptime will result in |
| | | | compensation from company to their clients. |
| Customer service is often included, although | | | | |
| how good the service is will often vary. The | | | | Professional services may cost money, but the |
| biggest problem with a free service is, the | | | | service is far more advanced, and |
| amount of traffic onto the sight may be | | | | professional companies never take space from |
| limited, and the sizes of the files being | | | | their customers in order to place their paid |
| transported may also be limited. Free hosting | | | | advertisements on. Depending on what a |
| companies often experience a lot of down | | | | customer is looking for when they create a |
| time, so they can at times be unreliable. | | | | website, will have a lot of bearing on their |
| | | | choice of providers. For a webmaster that is |
| Because the site is free, the hosting company | | | | creating a credible business venture, a |
| may very well be relying on sponsors in the | | | | professional web hosting plan is vital to |
| way of banner ads to keep the company in | | | | business success. |
| business. If this is the case, setting up a | | | | |