hatterftw1
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- May 23, 2012
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I haven't ever really used free web hosting except for some test site many years back I put on. What are the best couple totally free web hosts to use now days?
The catch is that some freeloaders are eventually going to need more resources than the free plans provide. Thus they will probably become paying users; once you're already up and running, you're 90% committed to sticking with that host.Sorry to revive an old thread, but this is awesome to know! Since I didn't even know there was such a thing as free hosting without major drawbacks. How are they able to offer free hosting? I visited all the ones mentioned and it doesn't appear to be ad supported or whatnot. So what's the catch?
BUT, if you're using the free hosting to host a PBN site that is not designed to have real traffic (thus eventually exceeding the free limits), but simply to create or sell high metric backlinks, it becomes an attractive option. For the cost of just buying an expired domain at a normal price ($9-$15), you can deeply minimize your annual overhead for managing several second rate PBN sites.The catch is that some freeloaders are eventually going to need more resources than the free plans provide. Thus they will probably become paying users; once you're already up and running, you're 90% committed to sticking with that host.
At least, that's the case with 000webhost.
Google/AWS is effectively the same principle... once the free trial is expired or the resource limits are exceeded, freeloaders become paying clients.
Just one way of attracting customers in an ultra-competitive market.
BUT, if you're using the free hosting to host a PBN site that is not designed to have real traffic (thus eventually exceeding the free limits), but simply to create or sell high metric backlinks, it becomes an attractive option. For the cost of just buying an expired domain at a normal price ($9-$15), you can deeply minimize your annual overhead for managing several second rate PBN sites.
My comments were not about why people offer or give free hosting. They were about maximally cutting down on PBN costs, as a reason why a person might USE free hosting.Of course you can. You can also post your kid's fingerpaintings, a blog about tinfoil hat making, and countless other projects which are likely going to be low-traffic.
But, the question being answered was "what's the catch?"
PBNs have nothing to do with why people give free hosting away.