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	Private/Dedicated Hosting With dedicated hosting, you get a server of your own. They have no restrictions, except for those designed to maintain the integrity of the Web host's network. Unless a separate management plan is purchased from the host, the user is also generally on his own. This can be an expensive proposition, as the purchase of the dedicated server itself is generally far more expensive compared to shared hosting. 1075 plans available		Co-Located Hosting This involves a server the user purchases himself and installs at the host's data center. Besides unmonitored reboots, the user must pay extra for many services dedicated hosting provides by default. Co-located hosting is generally chosen by people with server administration experience and those with more significant needs than which can be satisfied by dedicated or shared hosting. 237 plans available
	Shared/Virtual Server Hosting Web site is placed on the same server as several hundred other sites. A problem with another site on the server can bring all of the sites down. Shared hosting also brings with it some restrictions regarding what exactly can be done, although these restrictions are nowhere near as restrictive as for free hosting. 8983 plans available		Unix/Linux Hosting Most Web servers are run under the UNIX operating system and commonly run Apache as the web server software. Whether a server is running Unix/Linux as it's operating system is independent of whether it is a Dedicated, Shared or Co-Located server. 7451 plans available
	Windows Web Hosting The second most common operating system for web servers, typically Windows IIS. Whether a server is running Windows as it's operating system is independent of whether it is a Dedicated, Shared or Co-Located server. 2789 plans available		Budget Web Hosting Budget web hosts can run either Unix or Windows operating systems, but all will fall at the low end of the shared hosting category. Functionality and support is often less than you would get from a more expensive shared or dedicated web host, but at a discounted price. 3211 plans available, all for under $10/month.
	Free Web Hosting Free web hosts will always be under a shared environment, and the hosting company will generally place ads on your web pages to help pay for the free service they are offering. Features are minimal, and support usually limited to email only. 100 plans available		Compare Web Hosting Plans Search all web hosting plans to find one right for you.

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Free or paid web hosting? Just finished your first website? So it's the time to look for some hosting and make a choise. Your first qustion probably will be whether to choose free or paid hosting service. Let's have a look at some advantages and disadvantages of these solutions. Free web hosting: (+) It's for free. You don't need to pay for domain name. (-) Your URL will be something like http://username.freehost.com or http://freehost.com/username. As I noticed above, the advantage is that you don't need to pay for domain. But note that if you move your website to another provider in the future you can loose some or all your traffic (there are some solutions how to solve this problem but it is not the point of this article). (-) Your provider will probably include ads to your pages - usually 1 or 2 banners, sometimes popup windows. If you plan to use banner exchange on your site read carefully their Terms and conditions. Some free hosts doesn't allow it. (-) Free hosts usually allow lower bandwith then paid hosts and a lot of them don't offer futures like PHP and MySQL. (-) A lot of free hosts change their Terms and conditions during some time. If your free host offers hosting wihtout ads now, don't be surprised when banner or popup appears on your site in the future. (-) Sometimes happens that free hosts cancel their free service and longer offer paid hosting only. In this case you have only 2 choises - pay them or loose your website. Paid web hosting: (+) You can host your own domain. If you decide to change the web hosting provider in the future, you easily transfer the domain to the new provider and don't loose your traffic. (+) Most paid hosts offer 24/7 support via email or live chat and some of them provide toll-free phone support. (+) You can expect better uptime then on free host. Some paid hosts offer uptime guarantee. (+) Paid hosts usually offer enough disk space and bandwith. Futures like PHP and MySQL are standard. Even if you are not programmer you can download plenty of free PHP scripts from internet. (-) Paid hosting coast money :o) Before you make the decision if choose free or paid host you should answer this question: How big ambitions do I have with my website? If you are starting small personal page for your friends consist of a few *.html files then free host will be sufficient. In case you plan to run serious business website, need PHP, database and don't want ads on the site I recommend to look for quality paid host. More...