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Why Is It Difficult To Find A Good Free Web Host, Umakant Mishra Feb 2012

Why Is It Difficult To Find A Good Free Web Host, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

This article illustrates how the advertisements on free hosts are deceptive, the evaluations are fake, and the user feedbacks are manipulated. As a search engine cannot differentiate between good and bad free hosts per se, it is likely to serve you a list of free hosts, which are discussed more or advertised more and not necessarily better. Searching a good free host is as difficult as searching a diamond in a coalmine.


Should You Use A Free Server For Hosting Your Site?, Umakant Mishra Feb 2012

Should You Use A Free Server For Hosting Your Site?, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

Contrary to the general belief that the paid servers provide better service, the services provided by paid servers are often horrible. The matter of the fact is that you may not need much of service from a well-configured server. But the service provider wants to provide you service in order to prove its service efficiency. But how will they provide service when there is no need of service? So they have to create many artificial problems for you (e.g., by changing server configurations etc.) and then solve those problems promptly on your request, in order to prove their service efficiency. …