HoundsGood: Chronicles of a Virtual Volunteer

If you have a charity website, you are often tempted to look for volunteer help and deep discounts to maintain fiscal responsibility. There are some things, however you have to pay for to make sure that there are no breaks in service. Webhosting is one of those things. It is great to get a website that is hosted free, or a local business provides you, but then no one is accountable should your site go down, or the person granting the service leave the company. You may have to start all over.

It is difficult sometimes to determine which is the best web hosting for you. There is an article resource at WebHostingRating.com that helps you sort it all out. Look in particular at the articles concerning the benefits and pitfalls of cheap webhosting services.  I, for one, dissuade people from using free hosting services.  The primary reason is because there is no guarantee that your site will always be up, as stated prior, or it will have the bandwidth to support your traffic.  The other reason is something I have not thought about but is highlighted in an article. Sometimes “free” sites are breeding grounds for malware. Free hosts are trying to combat it by limited the number of accounts an individual can have, but it is difficult to police.

It might save you some headache researching a little bit first before venturing out with your own spot on the web.

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