Once you develop your website or blog, you start to find a web host and many time you come across word “Free Web Hosting”.  And you ask yourself should you go for it? If this question came to your mind do you wonder how do they survive free hosting business?  They have to pay for server, bandwidth and software.

There is nothing in this world for free. They earn by placing an advertisement on your site. They even use tracking tools to find out if the ads placed on your site is generating any income or not, If they find your site is not generating any income, they close your account.

Drawbacks of free web hosting company are.

• Free web hosting usually place ads on your site. They can even choose not to show ads on your ip, and you won’t be able to catch them too.
• Many tools and script might be disabled like PHP, CGI, Perl.
• You get limited space and bandwidth.
• Their customer support would be limited or none.
• They even change their hosting terms without informing you.
• With free hosting account, there is always chance to get your account blocked without any reason.
• Your data might never be safe.

Quick Tip: You can always choose free web hosting service for testing purposes. You can get better idea how your website is performing on a server.