Free Web Hosting

Free web hosting service is provided by web hosting companies free of cost. These free web hosting companies do not charge anything for hosting the sites on the server. These free web hosting companies provide limited services and earn their profits by advertisements. The user who utilize the benefit of free web hosting service do not pay anything to the host.

There are some limitations which are associated with the free web hosting service. Some of the limitations are:

• The bandwidth offered per month is very small compared to what is offered in paid hosting.
• Free web hosting prevents hot linking of files.
• Free web hosting service providers put limitation on the size of each hosted file.
• Free web hosting does not guarantee any uptime.
• Free web hosting service do not allow certain file types too like MPEG, MP3, ZIP, etc.

Along with these limitations on the free web hosting service, there are certain features also which are offered by some free hosts. These features depend on host to host. These extra features are:

• Scripting languages: PHP, ASP, Perl etc.
• Scheduled processes, which are known as cronjobs.
• Relational databases such as MySQL.
• File transfer via FTP.
• A web based control panel.

There are many free web hosting providers in the market who provide free web site hosting. Some of the free web hosting providers are:

• StartLogic
• Dot5 Hosting
• BlueHost
• HostMonster Web Hosting
• SimpleHost

Free web hosting is a very good option for people who cannot invest much for hosting sites on the server. However, this free web hosting service is not a good option for business hosting. Thus, this feature of free web hosting has its pros and cons.