LIMITATIONS OF FREE WEB HOSTING:
If you think of saving web hosting expenses then considering free web hosting services which do not cost a single penny is the best choice. Though they do not have adequate functionality like the professional web hosting services, they still offer us some web space so as to show our presence in web. Before choosing free web hosting services, we must be aware of its limitations and ensure if it can meet our expectations.
The first limitation of free web hosting service is the constraints on the size of hosted files and the amount of bandwidth allocated to our website. They do not allow linking with other files and they do not have facility to support several files types like zip, .mpeg, .mp3, .wmv etc. And also, the free web hosting companies put banners and pop up ads on our web pages to promote their services and company. Also, free web hosting services never guarantee the uptime they can provide to us. Also, free web hosting services do not provide advanced services in the control panel like FTP transfer, analyzer, script support, database support etc.
The free web hosting services provide instant activation as well as forum hosting. In instant activation method, the free hosting companies offer limited storage space and also the there is limitation on bandwidth. The risks of getting spam and other virus attack is also high as free web hosting companies do not contain anti-virus software and other tools to prevent virus attacks.
For approved activation, there is higher bandwidth and some interesting features and they need approval from the free web hosting administrators who validate our application based on what information we supply to them. In order to avoid spamming and phishing on our website, we should get approved activation since it offers some protection for our website.
The free web hosting services ask the users to post on their forums in order to provide the free hosting service. The forum hosting is based on the points for individual post based on which users are selected and offer free hosting accounts by the free web hosting service providers.
Free web hosting services do not allow files or images to be hosted since they need those spaces for hosting their own advertisements to promote their website. Also, the files are restricted to be within a particular size limit and they do allow extra large files to be hosted in them.