4 Features to Look for in a Free Web Host
Uptime – Free web hosting websites sometimes get abused via spammers and other attacks. Thus, free web hosts often have a lot of downtime. Since the customers are not paying, they cannot complain or ask for their money back. When looking for a web host, take a look at their web hosting uptime. If they do not list it at their website, find a host tracker to tell you or email the webmaster and tell him or her to get a host uptime tracker. Having down time can potentially lose your website revenue.
Backups – Similar to why uptime is of great importance, backups also takes priority. Attackers often break into free web hosts through their account’s access and steal information. I have often seen websites hosted on free web hosting be defaced. Check to see if your free host offers online backups. If they do not, consider backing up the files periodically on your hard drive or another host. This will lessen the risk of losing your entire website’s valuable data.
Domain Hosting – Many free hosting sites now offer domain hosting. .Info domains now start at under $1 per year. Take advantage of this offer and purchase a domain to get hosted for free. A free website that is hosted on its own domains show a sign of professionalism. This will allow you to get more advertisers since they will be more willing to purchase ads from a site hosted on their own domain. Selling links and blogs especially will benefit if you have your own domain.
FTP Access – File managers can sometimes be annoying to use. Some only allow you to upload one or a few items at a time. This is tedious, especially if you have dozens or even hundreds of files for your website. FTP Access will allow more flexibility on the files you upload. For example, you can CHMOD via FTP Access which will allow you to use more PHP functionality.
T35 Web Hosting has all 4 and more of these top features.