Free Websites
If you’re searching for a free website or a service to create a website, it’s worth spending some time to research the available options before selecting a provider.
Free Websites vs Free Blogs vs Free Web Pages
When you look for free websites,the first thing to note is that “a blog is a type of website and a website is a collection of web pages”. There are providers offering free websites, free blogs and free web pages where the majority of the features are similar.
So, it is important for you to be clear on what you want for your site. Is it a blog with your rants and rambles or a more structured site?
- For blogs: although most of the ‘free website’ providers also have a blog feature, it may be better to focus on the dedicated blog providers such as Blogger or WordPress (for more details refer to our free blogs page).
- For websites: the major free web hosting and free website providers have lots of features and tools for you to include lots of functionality into your site with blogs, forums, polls, surveys, galleries and more.
Free Websites = Free Web Hosting + Site Builder + Web Address
The other thing to note is that there are basically 3 components that make up a free website or free blog offer:
- *Free Website/Blog Address
- Free Web Hosting
- Free Website/Blog Builder
* normally “www.free-websites.com/YourSite” or “YourSite.free-websites.com”
As a result, the companies offering ‘free websites’ are essentially offering ‘free web hosting’ as well, and companies offering “free web hosting” normally also provide ‘free websites’.
However, not all free web hosting providers offer an integrated website builder which is the tool required to create your free website.
Free Websites for Beginners
If you have limited knowledge in website design and hosting, it is probably better for you to focus on companies which specifically offer ‘free websites’, ‘free blogs’ or ‘free web pages’, as these services are targeted at beginners and have very intuitive and feature-rich website builders.
Here are some of the service providers for free websites:
Free Web Address
One key decision which you’ll have to make is to decide on the Web Address for your free website, blog or webpage.
All of the service providers will provide you with a free web address but it will be attached to the providers domain name ie. “YourSite.Provider.com” or “www.Provider.com/YourSite”.
For the majoirty of website and blog publishers, this free address is too long and not unique enough to brand their site.
Unique Domain Name & Email Address
The better alternative for your site’s web address is to purchase a unique domain name (ie. YourSite.com) and forward it to your site at the free site provider.
A unique domain also allows you to have a personalized email address such as “yourname@yoursite.com”.
Find out more about domain names and cheap domain registration services.
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