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How Professional Web Hosting Differs from Free Web Hosting?

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Usually, beginners and internet marketers opt for free web hosting service to cut down their operating cost. Free web hosting allow them to make their presence felt over the internet until they start making profits. But, you'll be surprised to know that free web hosting may not be a good idea for you.

Here are some of the key differences between a professional web hosting service over free web hosting service:

  • Advertisement – Professional or paid web hosting will not display any form of advertisement unlike free web hosting where advertisements such as banner and text ads are displayed on the pages they offer free.
  • Bandwidth – A professional web hosting offer sufficient bandwidth and space to manage your sites and files dissimilar to free web hosting which offer restricted bandwidth and web space and might cause certain problems if you have big size files and constant traffic of visitors.
  • Support – Professional web hosting services are known to offer 24x7 support service to their customers disparate to free web hosting.
  • Flexible – Professional web hosting is more flexible and easy to handle as compared to free web hosting where it doesn't exists most of the times.
  • FTP Access – Paid web hosting services offer one or more FTP accounts to upload/download files from any FTP client unlike free web host where users need to upload files using a web based upload manager.
  • Domain Name – Professional hosting also provide domain name which helps in increasing search engine ranking dissimilar to free hosting where you're provided with a sub domain name, which doesn't look professional.
  • Database – Access to database, flash and scripting languages are provided in professional hosting unlike free web hosting where you can upload only static pages.
  • Forums & Blogs – A professional web hosting service provide support for forums and blogs where customers can interact and communicate with each other. Free web hosting doesn't offer this facility.

Hence, a free web hosting is a good idea for beginners or personal web pages. But, if you want to earn profit from your site and stay longer in this business then opt for a professional web hosting.

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