With so many websites trying to offer you 'free' solutions to have your own place on the internet, now more than ever it is so important for your to have your own self hosted website.
Whether you want a website for business or for pleasure, a website, blog or forum - there are countless places online where you can set up and run these services for your self, for free.
Let me explain why you should use these offers and what I recommend you do instead.
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You Don't Control Your Content When you have your own website, you want to be able to run it the way you want.
But a lot of these free hosted solutions have specific terms that you must agree too (and some don't even allow you to have ad's on your website).
Aside from that, there is no guarantee that this service will still be available in 12 months time - and all your content (and hard work) could be wasted.
2.
You Aren't Unique One of the benefits of having your own hosting is that you can have your own domain name.
Most of the free offers make you use a 'subdomain' of their website which makes their website more popular and yours just like the thousands of other people using their service.
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You Don't Appear Credible Have you noticed how most business and professional websites have their own domain name? This is because most people do not put much credibility behind a website that is hosted for free.