Free WebHosting - free webhosting ?
Hi everyone, This is my first time here, looks like a great place to learn lots. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good reliable free webhosting service that will accept business sites as well ?
Thanks in advance..
JP Stones posted this at 21:26 — 17th June 1999.
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Hello and welcome to TWF's. I heard Xoom were good - Unlimited Web Space.
http://www.xoom.com
Take care!
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TradeViceroy posted this at 22:16 — 17th June 1999.
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I don't know if you want to use Xoom as a host for a business site. They automatically insert a toolbar that goes the entire width of the page on EVERY single HTML page. This could look bad for a
business site.
Almost any free web hosting provider will have some sort of restriction, etc. That is their only means of generating money.
If you could spare maybe $10.00 or less I can give you a list of suitable hosts. If you go this route, please tell me if you want Unix or NT and what options you wish to have.
TradeViceroy
Zee posted this at 23:00 — 17th June 1999.
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Well, you can try hypermart.net or virtualave.net or check out freewebspace.net to search more free webhost providers.
cybershare posted this at 00:40 — 18th June 1999.
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You might also not want to use XOOM for the simple fact that you cannot host your graphics/banners on their site and use them in banner exchanges.
XOOM implemented something in September of 1998 that if a graphic is called from a place other than the page hosted on their server it replaces the Banner with a nasty looking XOOOOOOM animated image.
I don't know if they have since taken this away, but I know this problem exists, and since it does, we have now allowed our members to upload their banners to our server & to increase load time in the exchange.
http://www.linkhut.com
Just a thought.
Michele
CWebNetCo posted this at 19:49 — 18th June 1999.
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XOOM is not a ideal to start a business hosting. You would need to use a paid host so there wouldn't be a problem.
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JP Stones posted this at 00:42 — 19th June 1999.
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ooops, sorry, I did'nt see it was a business site - try Hypermart then.
JP
Anonymous posted this at 22:45 — 15th July 1999.
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Hypermart is a fine free BUSINESS only site. You can either pay to get rid of the banners, or place a line of code in your HTML that forces the banner ONTO your page. Service is excellent, and CGI, form mail with unlimited aliases, Frontpage extensions, etc. Check out my FREE website (I have paid nothing for this site, and am very please with it.) http://www.consumersrevenge.com
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Jaiem posted this at 00:44 — 16th July 1999.
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My advice is to pay a host. Depending on what you need you can find some very cheap hosts to start with. I can't imagine running my site from a free host. No way I could provide the style or service I want from a free service with all their restrictions and automatic banner ads etc.
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GDesign posted this at 19:21 — 23rd July 1999.
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I think the best free service provider is free.prohosting.com. Not only do you get virtual hosting, but no advertisment what so ever.
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Tempist posted this at 17:03 — 28th July 1999.
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I have been pleased with http://www.angelfire.com
There are no banners, you get plenty of room
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cyber_mike posted this at 20:41 — 4th August 1999.
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There are a few other free sites that I like.
tripod.com - 11mb popup banner
geocities.com 20mb(i think) - branded logo and popup
forturecity.com - 20mb banner or a popup don't remember
angelfire.com - 5mb no banners
freeservers.com - 10mb i think banner at top of your page but can be a short URL [email protected]
virtualeve.net - ??mb banner at top of page
webjump.com/net cant remember 20-25 mb of space but a top frame is added and looks bad only 1meg downloadable per person per day
Xoom.com says unlimited space but doesn't allow more than 100meg. also puts top frame looks nasty as someone said before.
most of these places are upgradable for about $10 a month and gets rid of the popup banners
if you want a yourname.com its gonna cost 70$ at least internic(sp?) Fee then its probally gonna be $70 every 2 years.
Its your choice. Choose Wisely for, the force is with you
dyc posted this at 03:28 — 5th August 1999.
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Very few will accept business pages; I think Hypermart is the only one. I should warn you that using a free hosting service for a business page makes an extremely bad impression on clients, who immediately assume that the company is cheap, worthless, and unreliable. If you need cheap hosting, try http://www.pair.com (pair Networks, $4.95/month for basic service - not feature-packed, but reliable and fast) or http://www.hypermart.net/ Hypermart, which offers a paid hosting service as well and supports CGI.
Brian Farkas posted this at 16:00 — 5th August 1999.
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Soon that is about to change... I am part of a new free hosting company that will blow Hypermart out of the water. We are basically offering everything, including POP accounts, mySQL, etc. I'll tell you guys the URL when it launches...
Brian
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Webmaster posted this at 18:21 — 5th August 1999.
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What's the catch?
JP Stones posted this at 02:05 — 6th August 1999.
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Sounds good Brian
Keep us updated...
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Brian Farkas posted this at 02:45 — 6th August 1999.
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You'll learn more when the web site is up... I don't want to give out too much info now
. But really, it will blow all the other free hosting companies away....
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anti posted this at 20:55 — 6th August 1999.
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Hi Brian,
I want a "test"-account to make a review
ciao
Anti
phatgames posted this at 22:43 — 11th August 1999.
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Hi All
Just want to add my two cents
Hypermart is always a good place to start out from - we started out on hypermart when we had 1 employee (me) and a small design business - over the years we moved to communitech and are now buying a dedicated server (and a have 6 employees and a small, but nice, office in Roslyn NY)
Anyway - if the person's clientele are people who dont use the internet very often (IE, a contractor/cook or whatever) they probaly wouldn't even notice that he is using hypermart - and wouldn't care.
Of course, if the audience is a group of professional internet users, then going on hypermart can be one of the worst decisions ever made (unless you are truly strapped for cash)
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Brian Farkas posted this at 03:58 — 12th August 1999.
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I think you made a very good point, Ben... and I had a similar situation while I was on Hypermart a while ago. It really does depend who your target audience is. For example, if you have a webmaster site, such as web hosting, webmaster software, etc. it would be a bad idea to host on Hypermart. Web design is kind of a toss-up: it depends whether you are marketing to the people who are not experienced with the Internet or those who are. However, if you are a restaurant or other business whose customers generally don't know that much about technology, Hypermart may be the perfect place for you.
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