December 14th, 2007When FREE is NOT FREE
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December 14th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
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December 15th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Still there are few free host that alow you to use phpbb , smf without ads.
but you want some really wworking effective forum then simply purchase the paid hosting.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:18 am
These are some excellent points. People often fight too hard for $1 (I know I have), when the effort expended is worth far more.
I think the longer you spend on the web, the clearer the value lost to “free” hosting becomes. A beginner probably wouldn’t know enough to care, but after a while, the truth begins to set in.
Hopefully some surfers will learn it sooner by reading helpful posts like this!
December 20th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
yea. there is no such thing as free, you or someone will have to pay for it
January 14th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I agree it’s totally not worth going for free solutions, best to get your own host and try to monetise it yourself it’s much more satisfying and you have all the control.
January 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I couldn’t agree more. Sometimes your time is far more valuable than money. The hours of nonsense endured with “free” hosting versus a few dollars is a perfect example.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:47 pm
So it takes 20 comments before you get free hosting? I think this probably ends up distracting you and taking an hour or two. You would be earning $2-$4 per hour, assuming the free hosting is worth that much. I know for about $6 a month you can have php and mysql enabled, but I seriously doubt a free hosting plan would enable php and mysql. In my oppinion, it’s worth paying the $6 a month.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Making useful content on a another domaine is not that wise - so use a couple of bugs on a cheap host with your own domain …
I like the point: Frre is not free and u are absoloutly right
January 30th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Some of the things that are “free” are extremely time intensive and we all know time is money. Free hosting can equal hours on the phone spent trying to figure out certain solutions.
February 9th, 2008 at 4:43 am
Free sounds good but it comes with opportunity costs and sometimes a lot of hard work. This is what I tell my readers when it comes to college, too. You might find some fully free programs but they might want long term commitments or other considerations.
When it comes to web hosting, I definitely don’t regret paying the few bucks a month it takes to get a good quality shared webhost. Its your website - its your business - you don’t want someone else having such a say in how you’re allowed to run it!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:24 am
No such thing as a free ride. Sometimes you pay for “free” things with your time. So, in essence, it’s not really free.
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 am
Good article, but it doesn’t tell the whole truth. There are a surprising number of free hosts that do not require you to post or run ads for the space. Byethost is the largest, and they make their money when a small percentage of users decides to upgrade to the (very reasonably priced) pro account.
Another thing that really surprised me about byethost was how well they handled it when I got 10k visitors in one day from StumbleUpon. I asked for more bandwidth and they just upped the limit without complaint.
Of course, in the end you’ll want to move to paid hosting or at the very least pay for a domain, but I will continue to argue that free hosting can be a great starting point, as it is for my blog!