Everybody likes to get something for nothing, right? Well I have made it no secret in the past that I am not a big fan of free Web hosts. When dealing with a free Web host, you have to be careful when handing over personal information. Also, you need to read whatever terms of service or acceptable use policy they might have posted. I will give the devil his due though, there are a lot of free Web hosting companies out there that you probably have never heard of. Here recently I have ran across several places listing more free Web hosts than you can shake a stick at.
Free Webspace offers the biggest selection of free Web hosts I have seen on one Web site to date. The reason I trust them a little better than most is because the offer a place for customers to come back and rate the free Web hosts. They also have a division for free image hosting as well. As far as things I would like to see on the Web site. I’d like to have an RSS feed of the most recently added Web hosts to the Web pages. Also, since they do allow for rating of free Web hosts, I’d like to see a top ten list or something to that effect added as well.
When it comes to getting something for nothing though, I guess beggers can’t be choosers.
The free Web hosting power search is one feature on the Web site I really do like. That allows you to narrow down your search, based on things you would usually get with a regular Web hosting account. Some of these include, PHP, Ads, ASP, POP3 Access and more.
Free Web hosting is good for folks just getting into the whole hosting a Web site idea and who know nothing about it. I wouldn’t recommended it to people who are doing bigger or more important projects though. You might also learn that you will quickly reach the borders of your free Web hosting account if you are not careful. If you need somewhere to play around and learn though, free Web hosting can be a great tool.
So go check out a few free Web hosts and let me know what you think! I might pick the best of the best to look at myself and decide who is the best free Web host of them all.
