Google web hosting is said to be free, but have you wondered what you get with it? Let’s talk a bit about Google’s free web hosting, and how it can meet your needs.
If your goal is to operate a small website for personal purposes, for a church, or for a small community, then free Google web hosting is right for you. They have plenty of templates that you can choose from, making it easy to start your own website if you are new to all of this.
The templates are good and allow much room for being creative. The features can be customized to meet most needs: The project Wiki template, for example, allows you and members of your team to go back and update as you need. You can also include a calendar for your big events which has many uses for a project or sports team website.
Another template is the Classroom site template which allows a teacher to post information for students and parents. You can use this template, for example, to post updatable information about field trips that would otherwise be handed out by hand. The contact form can be used by teachers and parents to get in touch with you.
The Company Intranet is another popular template, and it can be used to set an internal site for a business. Again there is a calendar for upcoming events and a section for news. There is also a family site template with a more informal design and plenty of space for posting photos.
Storage is secure and you can choose to make your site public (so that it is viewable by anybody in the world with an Internet connection) or private, so that you can choose who to give access to.
Being a free web hosting account, it does some limitations. This is not something that you would use for ecommerce sites with a shopping cart, or where you could store huge video downloads, etc. But it is great for small sites used for personal purposes or for groups.
In the event that you will need an upgrade, the Premier Edition offers 10 GB of space, which is more than enough to set up most sites. You can also take advantage of unlimited e-mail storage space and free voice calls with a Google Apps Premier Edition account.
If you are thinking of starting multiple sites or use your site for business, you might want to own your own domain. Something like Google Apps lets you point your Google site design to your own domain.
Choosing the free service will limit you somehow. If they find your site questionable or objectionable, they can shut it down. Of course, this is not likely to be a problem if you have a site that is legal and ethical. But that possibility is something else you need to consider before you use a free hosting service.
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