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At this point, construction of your home page should be almost complete,
(if
you've
put
a
few
hours
work
in
to
it),
but your page still resides on your computer, not on the internet...
If you log on to the internet, however, you should be able to test all your links to external web
sites
that
you
have
built
into
your
web
site.
If
you're
using
a
MS
Front
page
software
you
can
test
the
web
page
online
to
see
how
it
will
look
without
actually
uploading
it
to
a
web
hosting
server.
If
all
looks
good
and
you
want
to
take
the
big
step...
you're
now ready to publish your page on the world wide web. To do this, you will need to copy
(upload
or
publish)
your page and all graphic and music files which your page uses from your computer's hard drive to a web server
that is connected to the global network that we call the internet. This is most commonly referred to as
"Hosting".
There are a number of companies around the world that will give you Hosting server space at no charge. You will, however, be required to include banners or icons on your pages to promote their free hosting service and their sponsors. In many cases with a "Free Host" you will end up with banners and ads from the web sites of your competition being placed on your pages. You will not be able to regulate content of those ads, which could lead to some embarrassing advertisements being seen by your visitors.
Another reason that we never suggest the use of "Free Hosts" is because your web site will become just a secondary web page located within the Free Host's web site. Secondary pages are not recognized by
all
search engines and many free hosting services such as Homestead have even been banned from being listed with major search engines. To
learn
more
about
why
you
should
not
use
a
free
or
cheap
web
hosting
company
Click
Here
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