Tips
Ways to host your website for free
Even if your budget is limited, there are ways of setting up a website yourself without spending much money. In fact you can even get quality web hosting for free, with no advertising on it.
- Free hostia: This US based company provides ample bandwidth and storage capacity for a SME. There is even a resource centre to help you design and create your own site.
- Blogger/ Wordpress: Blogs have developed from modest online journals to comprehensive content management systems, powerful enough to act as a small website, yet as simple to use as a word processor.
- Google pages: Google provides a website service that is not actually a conventional hosting solution. It is the equivalent of a modern day scratch pad with some interesting additional features that can cater for the needs of most SMEs.
- Microsoft: Microsoft Office Business users can subscribe to Office Live Basics. It is a set of internet-based tools that can help you easily create a professional Web presence, including domain name, hosting, email accounts and traffic monitoring.
To learn more about websites, why not read our related guides
Buying a website
Choosing someone to build your website
Designing a website
