Free space, really free?

The author of the blog used to use free home space, although it is free, but let me have a lot of resentment, such as not to use Feedsky, speed is not stable, some places in the country can not open, at any time there is the risk of shielding, space function limit ... In view of these considerations, the author finally decided to change a pay space, is the money to buy a convenient. The following article mainly said that free space why free, as well as the use of free space and so on.

　　is free space really free?

Use free space to do your personal or personal blog, should be a lot of novice friends of the first choice, not only space free and free of two domain name, it seems that no cost can be made into a station, this looks very beautiful, but think back, are free, space providers earn what? Take a look at these common free space circle money routines:

　　1) function charge type

I used a free space in the country a few years ago, 100M space size, support asp,access database, HTML, provide two domain name, but traffic only to 2G, run out or go to their forum water earn points (of course earn points is not easy), and also want to bind the top-level domain name to pay, Want to open FTP to pay, want to support. NET to pay ...

　　2) Space Advertising type

Some space functions look good, but to hang their ads on your site, the site you build, content you to write, advertising fees they earn. In disguise pay space use fee.

　　3) False Free type

Space is free, but the use of very unstable, in the background of space management constantly remind you to upgrade your space, until you have a mental breakdown click on the Upgrade button, they charge for the purpose of even achieved.

　　4) Compulsory charging type

Free space to use a good, suddenly one day can not visit, was told that the website would like to open again to pay so, even the opportunity to download the data, do not pay before the Kungfu is in vain. This is the most vicious of free space business recruit, encounter such rogue space trader can only consider themselves unlucky.

The free space strategy is certainly not limited to the above several, in short, the world really does not have the free lunch, the so-called free also is only the space business general marketing strategy, once you on their ship, will find ways to let you pay or achieve other marketing purposes. And now large and small free space providers are also a lot of choice of space to pay the cost of time, but also to take the risk of improper choice.

　　Who is suitable for free space?

If you meet the following conditions, you are suitable for free space:

1 First contact with the site's novice, the site does not have too much budget, want to use free space to practice practicing.

2 free space to meet your site requirements, including scripting and database support, bandwidth, space size, and so on.

3 The site does not have a lot of important content, such as Webmaster own original.

　　How to reduce the risk of using free space?

It is understandable that friends who try to build a site at the beginning of the site, and do not want to spend money on paying for it, is how to minimize the risk of using free space?

　　1 Use your own top-level domain

If you use the site space to provide the level two domain name, equivalent to you have been bound by this space, the future of space, the site has accumulated outside the chain and PR, etc. is not inherited, because you have the space before the level of two domain name will not have control, let alone set 301 redirect.

Must start with their own domain name, do not wait until the site was built to a certain scale in the want to change, before the efforts have been wasted.

　　2 Regular backup of website data

The use of free space has a lot of uncertainty, so you can not put all the eggs in a basket, to develop the habit of regular backup, so that is the site by the space provider sealed, you can calmly face, of course, you can always back up the best, because you can not know when the problem:

In addition, the domestic free space to apply for the record seems a little trouble, if you do not want to record, with foreign space, but also worry about whether the site will be domestic shielding, the author used the free space of the same IP on the same 1400 sites, one station was sealed, the other 1399 stations will not be spared, so whether to use free space, Careful consideration is also needed.

Source: Liu submission, original link. The source of the article.