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sequencehosting · #16 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

I've been using a free host for about a year now (000webhost.com) and I'm really happy with them. They don't force you to display ads or anything and they have something like 99.5% uptime. Really good service to say it's free.

Once you experience paid hosting you will never look back

PiX06 · #17 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lkpub

I gave 000webhost.com a shot and tried a Wordpress setup... what a joke... worst hosting I've ever seen... they were constantly down... always having database issues if it worked at all... and support (if you want to call it that) was horrendous... what a nightmare... dumped them real quick...

You're the FIRST person I've come across that hasn't complained about them!

Hope you luck holds out...

Yeah I don't blame you for switching to a new host after those issues, I'd have probably done the same. So far my blog and website (both hosted on 000webhost) have only had minimal problems like the occasional database hang, (has only happened once or twice). So I suppose I can't really complain, bearing in mind that the service is free.

As for the support, I don't think they really provide support to free customers and instead direct them to the forums. I've managed to solve a couple of issues by posting on the forums and actually got a response from 000webhost themselves for one of my problems, although I must admit, their response was in no way helpful lol.

All in all I'm happy to stick with them for the time being until my website grows to a point where it will be worthwhile to get some decent hosting.

Thanks for your post lkpub

PiX06 · #18 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sequencehosting

Once you experience paid hosting you will never look back

Yeah you're probably right there, but tell me, what can paid hosting provide for me at the moment that I'm not getting from my current host?

sequencehosting · #19 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

Yeah I don't blame you for switching to a new host after those issues, I'd have probably done the same. So far my blog and website (both hosted on 000webhost) have only had minimal problems like the occasional database hang, (has only happened once or twice). So I suppose I can't really complain, bearing in mind that the service is free.

As for the support, I don't think they really provide support to free customers and instead direct them to the forums. I've managed to solve a couple of issues by posting on the forums and actually got a response from 000webhost themselves for one of my problems, although I must admit, their response was in no way helpful lol.

All in all I'm happy to stick with them for the time being until my website grows to a point where it will be worthwhile to get some decent hosting.

Thanks for your post lkpub

Thats really nice to hear your happy with them. But if you used a paid host with a real domain search engines will index your site and it will look like your serious so really it would be faster to start on paid hosting.

sequencehosting · #20 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

Yeah you're probably right there, but tell me, what can paid hosting provide for me at the moment that I'm not getting from my current host?

A reliable service, more freedom (disk space, bandwidth, no ads) SUPPORT this is the biggest reason its free there is no support. Search engines will only take a site seriously on paid hosting and real domain. One of the biggest is that visitors don't take a site on a free host seriously.

PiX06 · #21 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 03:18 PM

I rank top in google for my keywords with my free host, so that isn't an issue. I'm sure support would be great to have available 24/7 and that's probably the main reason that I'd upgrade to paid hosting. Also the disk space and bandwidth advantages could be necessary at some point.

As for the point you make about visitors not taking the site seriously, as far as I can tell, my visitors cannot tell that I am using a free webhost without doing some digging through whois lookups to see which nameservers the site uses.

sequencehosting · #22 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

I rank top in google for my keywords with my free host, so that isn't an issue. I'm sure support would be great to have available 24/7 and that's probably the main reason that I'd upgrade to paid hosting. Also the disk space and bandwidth advantages could be necessary at some point.

As for the point you make about visitors not taking the site seriously, as far as I can tell, my visitors cannot tell that I am using a free webhost without doing some digging through whois lookups to see which nameservers the site uses.

May I ask if your using your own domain? or are you using a extention from your free host?

PiX06 · #23 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 03:31 PM

Oh sorry I'm using my own domain, I should have made that clearer! Yeah I can see what you were getting at now, obviously if my website was located at something like myname.000webhost.com or something it would look bad and probably be quite bad for my search engine rankings etc.

sequencehosting · #24 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

Oh sorry I'm using my own domain, I should have made that clearer! Yeah I can see what you were getting at now, obviously if my website was located at something like myname.000webhost.com or something it would look bad and probably be quite bad for my search engine rankings etc.

Ahh yeah that makes sense lol. Yeah I agree then not a problem at all as long as they don't display ads and your site is never offline.

But paid hosting is always better but yeh I agree you may as well use them untill you need to upgrade.

tech diz · #25 (**permalink**) 07-21-2009, 03:07 AM

chk out resellersquare it's free linux 5 GB whm panel u can host unlimited domains there

mrbeo · #26 (**permalink**) 07-23-2009, 12:50 AM

Have you tried with novahost.
That's the best one I have used

csscoll · #27 (**permalink**) 07-23-2009, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by muthumadhu

Where can i get the free hosting?

There's another free hosting company that I would recommend. It's called Weebly.

I have one site with them. Never had any problems. You get a subdomain for free, and you can buy domains through them, so it's very straightforward.

It's so easy to use. Templates are all there. And there's a blogging tool also.

The templates look kind of basic, but are still sleek and appealing.

Wish I'd discovered them earlier. Would have saved a bit of money if I had.

ultimate · #28 (**permalink**) 07-23-2009, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by PiX06

Oh sorry I'm using my own domain, I should have made that clearer! Yeah I can see what you were getting at now, obviously if my website was located at something like myname.000webhost.com or something it would look bad and probably be quite bad for my search engine rankings etc.

Actually it does not affect your search engine rankings at all. Im surprised how many people don't know this. Here is an excerpt from an article on subdomains and seo:
"Subdomains rank just as well as regular domains. Having a subdomain doesn't decrease your chances of ranking on search engines. You'll just have to treat each subdomain as a new, individual site. This means work on building PR and links. As with any domain, you don't get a free ride."

So even though the url might not look good, you have the same chances with search engines as with any other domain name.

arslan220 · #29 (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 12:53 AM

you can get free hosting by searching on google.

chakru · #30 (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 01:21 AM

go for the paid ones, I wont really suggest getting a free hosting, its really wont work that good.

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