subject: Free Websites are getting More Costly than Paid Websites [print this page] Free Websites are getting More Costly than Paid Websites
Creating your own website for your business and generating business out of it needs a proper attention, knowledge and the proper software. When you have invested so much time and money in starting your business, there is no reason why you can't invest some more in getting a professional website designed and developed by the people who are experts in this field. It takes a little bit of investment and the returns are astonishing over a period of time. Your website needs to be a cornerstone of your entity and a vital part of all your marketing strategies with its effective use. If we talk about the effectiveness and running cost, internet marketing using your own website is the cheapest and most effective way of business promotion and a free website can prove to be costly in the long run.
Self made websites are hosted on overloaded servers making the website very slow and if the visitors of the site don't get the response to what they want in a quick time, they will leave your site and you may lose a potential customer. Even the search engines ignore the pages which are slow in response and as it is the free web sites do not provide the flavor of a professionally created one and the visitors of website will get bounced if they do not find it attractive so it is wastage of time and effort from your end.
Following are some more drawbacks of free websites:
Very Little tech support
Over burdened servers hence unreliable
Very few features and non-attractive
Looks like advert of other websites including your competitors
Limited page capability
Limited space hence less informative with very few images
Almost no ranking as search engines normally ignore free websites
Unprofessional looks
Long site name with no separate identity
No long term hosting guarantee from the providers
Let's now move towards the advantages of professional sites and some of the many are:
No Adware, Spyware etc. which means no irritating pop-ups or banners
Prominent listing in search engines and you can have full control on your site and change its looks & the feel
Multiple e-mail addresses highlighting your brand image
Scope of site expansion due to enough web space availability
Guaranteed presence on the web until you want to remove
Professional design and quick response which attracts the users
Easily available customer service with facility of changing the looks & content
Use of latest technology in designing the website and good, professional user interface with lots of features
Hope so the above information will help you to gain some information regarding the advantages of having a paid website rather than a free website.
