Reliable Free Web Hosting

if anyone is just starting out on the web and looking for free web hosting for their new sites, i recommend Freewebs.com and 50webs.com since ive been using them for quite sometime now and they have already proven their reliability to me. one important feature in choosing a free web host is they dont place their ads on your pages so you can display your own, particularly Adsense ads, which is a good way to make money out of your work.

I'm a little surprised, it's possible to host for 15-20 USD a year (incl. Domain name) why hosting on a free host? Until now each setup from a website takes more time than with a regular host.

What is you have a free webhosted website and getting inbound links and you have to move to another host do you gonna change al this links? A real domain is much more flexible. Free hosting is for beginners without aa idea what they do on the internet (it's nothing personal)

If you earn 10 USD a month than its time to get a real host (you can pay the hosting from your earnings)

"I'm a little surprised, it's possible to host for 15-20 USD a year (incl. Domain name) why hosting on a free host?"

yes, its cheap for you. but to me living in a 3rd world country like the Philippines, $20 is already Php 1000.00. besides, its difficult to pay in dollars here since it is scarce and the government restricts it.


"Until now each setup from a website takes more time than with a regular host."

not really. i can have a website on a free webhost up and running in just 3 minutes.


"What is you have a free webhosted website and getting inbound links and you have to move to another host do you gonna change al this links?"

assuming you have your own domain, most free webhosts also offer domain hosting as part of their service. on the other hand, if you dont own a domain and you have to transfer to another host, just redirect the traffic to your new host.


"Free hosting is for beginners without aa idea what they do on the internet (it's nothing personal)"

thats whom this thread is for, the beginners...

how about databases, php...

I understand that there are a lot of people looking for free services, but my experience is that using free hosting is often more work then profit...

"how about databases, php..."

there's orgfree.com that provides free php hosting.


"I understand that there are a lot of people looking for free services, but my experience is that using free hosting is often more work then profit..."

i started making websites back then only as a hobby so i use a free webhost. i now have 17 info sites hosted on free servers earning almost $200 monthly with Adsense ads with no monthly hosting bills to pay.

The biggest problem with the free hosts is that if you decide to move, you can't as you are hosted under their domain name.

At least you should have your own domain with a hosting company (free or not free)

yes Nik, ideally you should. but if otherwise, and you have to transfer to another host, just redirect the traffic from the old host to your new one.

be carefull with redirects, they are poisons for searchengines and the Google PR

yes olaf, thank you for reminding me. search engines dont like meta-refresh and javascript redirects. a manual redirect like this ok:

We have moved to a better & faster server. Please click here to go there.

for seo purposes, it is also better to still optimise it for your keywords by writing a little content about your new site.

vbignacio,

the way is to use redirects by apache with mod_rewrite or RedirectPermanent only thsi redirects gives the right headers back to the searchbot...
Of course a link is OK but in this cas you will loose you PR

will keep that in mind olaf. thanks!

free hosts are not always bad. I provide lots of free hosting for the community here n Georgia... and i have been online almost a year now and i dont plan to ever go offline.

freehosts are what i use. as far as freewebs they're a noob host but to start out-yea i used them.

what do you mean by a "noob host"?

I guess he means it is a good hosting for newbies.

heres another FREE host i found that is also very reliable, and their support is topnotch. they call themselves FreeHostia.com and they offer domain and subdomain hosting, email, php, database, ftp, etc. just like in a paid host. data storage is 250 MB and monthly bandwidth is at 5 Gig.

as always, i've tried and tested them already and i wouldn't post it here if they are not OK!

try unlimitedmb.com they offer 5mb space with 50mb bandwith i think or it might be 500mb bandwith.. anyway i havent used them but they look professional, have a whole lot of members and so yea

sorry, i dont there are any reliable free hosting companies, besides, tripod, angelfire, freewebs, etc.

these guys are not really cheap:
Xtra  $ 9.95/mo
# 10,000 MB disk space
# 120 GB bandwidth
# 10 domains hosted
# FREE domain name

check dreamhost.com (the same price and a much better package and if you use a promo code its much cheaper the first year)

huh? what im talking about is their FREE HOSTING here...

olaf, i think he's looking for FREE hosts. no money involved. I'd say you can try, http://forums.post2hostit.com/index.php?

yes, I know but they offering really free hosting, they offer you frre hosting if register/transfer you domain to them (or do I missed something)
My information about the dreamjost is a comparsion of a paid service they provide...

free hosting is a service where I have to submit only (totally free)

Luis, im not looking for "FREE hosts", im discussing it. that's why i called this thread "Reliable Free Web Hosting" in the first place. please read the previous posts to this thread.

and Olaf, FreeHostia will host your pages for free even if you dont register a domain with them. they will provide you with a limited number of subdomains under their own domain.

OK, I got the idea upon the information I got during my first and only visit... (maybe I should offer free hosting too...have enough space with my dreamhost account ;))

dont forget to give me some, okey? with lots of databas... he he he

this was not only a joke, but what do you give me back? :D

free hosts usually earn their money from displaying ads in the member's control panel.

I don't think that I would give free hosting to everyone

is dream host really legit. i mean 20 gigs and 1 TB of transfer/month is alot jsut for about 8$ a year... or do i have my facts wrong?

yes of course, actually they overselling the server, but it's important how they handle this kind of big accounts (I shpuld they doing good).
by the way you get every week additional space and bandwidth for free...

Is it not possible to move?.  What steps one should take to redirecting the sites?.  Will this affect ranking. Advance thanks for the comment.

If you want to redirect a site that uses a free host, you need php or .htaccess witch both are difficult to find in free hosting web sites. In my opinion a site at least should have a domain of its own.....

yeah. get your own domain. freehostia.com will host 2 domains for you for free. in that way, when you move, you can take your domain with you.

i suggest this site http://xrl.us/berk8 - 300mb and no ads on your site, php + mysql

Rackspace is really good, but the are out of your budget and they manage it for you.  Serverpronto is pretty cheap, but not sure how reliable they are.