What Does Google Web Hosting Offer?

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.

Free Google web hosting can work out beautifully if your aim is to put up a small site for yourself, for your church, or for your community. They offer enough free templates and tools that even if you have never opened a site before, you should have no problems.

The templates are creative and designed well. They offer different features for all needs: for example the Project Wiki template allows members of a team to access and update the site easily, so that all members of your team or group can contribute. 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 to update your students and their families about events such as field trips, and post information that you would otherwise have to hand out. Students and parents can use the contact form to e-mail you.

Other templates include the company intranet (internal website for a business) which has a more business-like design, as you would expect. It includes a calendar and space for company news. There is also a family site template with a more informal design and plenty of space for posting photos.

You can choose to make your site public or private, depending on whether you want everyone to be able to access it, or only a few people of your choosing.

Of course, being a free web hosting account, it does have limitations. This type of account would not work for commercial sites that need a large video download or need to have a shopping cart. But it works great for small sites, whether personal or 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 have email storage and free voice calls through your Google Apps Premier Edition account.

If you are likely to want to develop many sites or offer a commercial service there are advantages to owning your own domain. Something like Google Apps lets you point your Google site design to your own domain.

Opting for the free Google service will bind you in some ways. If they have objections to your site, they could close 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.

About the author: Barbara Jennings is a trainer and expert in home staging. Her home staging training will teach you every aspect of staging a house plus you get listed in highly visible directories and have access to exceptional tools to help you succeed.

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