LAST EDITED ON Oct-20-07 AT 08:05 AM (PST)
 
Power of Free Hosts - This includes all types of free hosts, blogs, sites, things like MySpace, etc.

Sure, it's "best" to have your own domain, IF you are only going to have one site and don't want to take advantage of some of the benefits fre hosting and blogs can give you

Free host sites can be considered "authority" sites. However, in general if you want the benefits, then the host should use sub directories, not sub domiains.

- They give you fast and easy access, nothing to install.

- They are free and save on hosting fees. They also save on domain names.

- You get access to a variety of IP addresses
Power of Free Blog Hosts

Some Important Notes

They can be gone tomorrow - So back up and diversify. Don't put essential info on free hosts. Even Google owned Blogger may lock up your blog for whatever reason.

Many of the free services are actually the same service, using the same servers, IPs, DNS, etc. I'm going to have Top Hat Bob run an IP check on the free hosting sites as soon as he can.

Free hosting sites often require you to log in via FTP every so often, usually once a month. If you don't, you lose your account, even if your site is getting traffic. We'll learn to automate this in the months to come.