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It’s very easy nowadays to get a free website. With just a few mouse clicks, you can create a site for your small online business or one that allows you to communicate your opinions to the world at large. Before starting, however, ask yourself, what do you plan do to with the site?

If you would just like to share information with visitors, then a blog is the ideal solution for you. A blog allows you to post articles, pictures, videos as well as links to other web sites, and it requires little technical knowledge. Visitors can also post their comments on the various posts and you can manage these comments, editing and deleting offensive posts.

If you would like to establish a reputation for expertise on a particular subject so you can build a career as a freelance consultant, a blog is the ideal solution. A hosted blog service allows you to set up a blog in a matter of minutes. You can easily design your blog using the site’s pre-designed templates and write and post entries using its text editors. An alternative is to use free content articles from content generating sources other than yourself.

If you would like to restrict access to your blog to family and friends, you can create your blog using an online diary service or a tumblelog. These blogs are essentially online journals or scrapbooks where you can post photos, videos, text entries and links to other sites. You can also use your online diary to social network in online communities.

If you’re creating a site for an online business, however, you will need to use a free web hosting service to create your site. A web site set up on a free web host allows you to include e-commerce features such as multiple e-mail accounts, a shopping cart and online payment solutions.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of disadvantages to using free web hosting. For example, many hosts will offset hosting costs by placing their own advertising on your free site. Your URL will look something like this mybusinessname.webhost.com, which many clients might interpret as unprofessional. And the amount of bandwidth you are allocated is limited, which means that if you start to get a lot of visitors, many of them may not be able to access your site once you have exceeded your allocation. If these limitations don’t bother you, go ahead and set up your site on a free web host. You can always upgrade to a paid web host once your business starts to take off.

Before selecting the web host to get your free web site, here are some criteria you should consider.

First, how much web space are you allocated by the host? Consider what your needs are and whether you intend to embed a lot of pictures, sound files and video clips. You should also consider if the web space allocation will give your site room to grow in the future.

Second, once you’ve gained some technical expertise and want to upload web pages that you’ve designed yourself to your site, does the web host allow FTP access?

Three, what is the maximum file size and what are the kinds of files the web host allows you to upload to your free web site?

Four, is the web host reliable and fast? Many sites on free web hosts are often down or load slowly, which may cost you customers, since they will likely visit another site if they can’t access yours.

Five, is the bandwidth allocated to you by the free web host enough for your need? One to three GB of bandwidth allocation should be enough if you’re just starting your e-commerce site.

There’s little difficulty in getting a free website; the challenge lies in creating and maintaining an interesting one that will make people want to visit it over and over again.