Webhosts

[Sooner]

I know there's a lot of webhosts out there, but I don't know which ones to use. For now I need the host to be a free one, so that rules out a lot of them. Also, I need it to not have ads/pop-ups which probably rules out most of the free ones. If possible I'd also like it to let me set up e-mails@mydomain.com

There's some other features that would be nice, but until I can pay for a host, I guess I can't be picky.


Also, I might want to buy another domain before long. Anyone know of good places to register a domain that let you pay with paypal?

[R1V3R5]

I have used "1&1" as they are pretty damn nice. They used to offer a free package when they were new to the U.S. (but they have been around a while) but I think there smallest package is $5 a month now. Does include a domain name and multiple email at that domain. Highly suggested.

http://1and1internet.com/

[Sooner]

Do you keep your domain even if you switch hosts? I know a lot of places that offer a "free domain" with their packages register the domain under them and not you, then if you switch hosts, they keep the domain.

I guess that's something I could look into myself. Thanks for the recommendation. Right now, I don't have the money to pay for hosting, but once I do, I'll consider that site for sure.

[MDS0LDI3R]

Microsoft has a free hosting thing going on but its not very good but you get your domain name free for a year but once you use your domain name with them you cant change it to a different host for two months.. you have to go for the basic package to get it free http://officelive.microsoft.com/officelivebasic.aspx?xid=cmmsnaub0050001599mrt and if you want to go to a host that you have to pay you might want to check http://www.dzones.com/ there $5 plan is better than Microsofts $30 and I my dad used them in the past for several years and again recently started using them when he started up his site again.

[Sooner]

Alright thanks, I'll check out that Microsoft thing sometime. Do you happen to know if I can host two separate sites on there under one account? I'll also add dzones.com to my list of hosts to check out when I get ready to pay for hosting.

That one sounds promising, but just in case, does anyone have any other free suggestions?