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Free Web Hosting – Are You Sure You Want It?

May 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Thousands of people are searching for free web hosting every day.
There are many companies that do offer free hosting plans, but even though you may not be paying for it, the free web space will come as a cost.
Let me say there are certain times when you may want to use a free hosting provider.

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Teachers – Free Web Host Program for Schools

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Lunarpages Web hosting provides free web hosting for educational purposes for all K-12 public schools in the United States.
This free web site hosting program is only offered to public schools K-12 located in the United States.
Being a teacher is very difficult work but very important and Lunarpages hosting company would like to be able [...]

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Compare Web Hosting – What to Look For

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments

When you start to compare web hosting companies there are a few things you need to consider before you actual purchase their plan.
What Services Do I Need In A Web Hosting Plan?

Money back guarantee
No set-up fee
Affordable cost
Own e-mail (example: webmaster@yoursite.com)
Excellent Customer Support
No ads
Private domain registration (optional)
Toll Free Support
Affordable domain renewal

Some web host companies will offer you [...]

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Compare affordable web hosting to fit your budget

January 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

With the price of everything going up these days, you can still find affordable web hosting. You don’t have to purchase software to help you create a website as many of the web hosting companies have included with their hosting plans a quick installation of blogging software, like Wordpress.
With so many different types of hosting [...]

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GoDaddy vs Site Build It web hosting

April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Many people are looking to compare GoDaddy and Site Build It. Even though these are both web hosting providers, the jobs they do are very different.
GoDaddy
With multi level hosting plans and able to register a domain name for a very cheap price, this hosting company does have a website builder plan that can be purchased [...]

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Why pay for web hosting a blog when you get it free?

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

If you are looking at free blogging software be aware that it can be very limited to what you can do.
I checked into the domain mapping for this blog when it was at uponmainstreet.wordpress.com, but found out that I would still be very limited on what I could do with it. I would [...]

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