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Homestead - An innovative free Web space provider that makes it easy to create nice looking pages, within only minutes. Features a powerful, "drag-and-drop" online editor that makes the whole process of building a Web site simple, even for newbies. You can build a site from scratch, or select from their pre-designed, customizable pages. They also offer free chat rooms, guest books and more.
- Requires recent versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer (Netscape 3.0 will not work).
- A few visitors have reported glitches with Homestead's online editor, including error messages and problems with saving their pages.
- If you're new to Web authoring and want to get a site set up with a minimum of fuss, check out Homestead Express. This service makes it easy to create a quick site, by following a step-by-step process.
- Homestead offers a Beta program, which lets you try out new features not available with the regular Homestead service. The only drawback is that some of these services can be buggy.
- Note that in their terms of agreement, Homestead requires that you give them a royalty-free copyright on any content you place on a page here.
Free Sites Network - These people offer 20 megs of Web space and "unlimited" data transfer. You also get server side includes, nightly backups of data, FTP uploading and 24-hour monitoring. No files over 100 kilobytes allowed and no "warez" (illegal software, cracks, serials) allowed.
- We've had a few complaints that this service is slow in issuing new accounts. Also, you're required to display a large, slow-loading banner at the top of each page, as well as two smaller thumbnail banners at the bottom of each page.
FreeYellow.com - A fast-growing free Web site provider, Free Yellow offers you a hefty 12 megs of space. There are a number of free Web page enhancements available as well: free animated graphics, a free counter, FTP uploading, free E-mail order forms, a free autoresponder and a "WebSite Wizard," to help you build your pages. FreeYellow.com is also CGI capable (as long as you use their scripts). On the downside, the process of signing up for FreeYellow.com's service is time-consuming and cumbersome. We've recently received complaints from FreeYellow.com users who report problems in updating and accessing their pages at times.
Virtual Avenue - We've been hearing a lot of good things from our visitors about this free Web hosting service. Their package looks impressive. Here, you get "unlimited" traffic and E-mail forwarding, as well as a true FTP account. Virtual Avenue also offers you 20 megs of space, (but note that no one individual file you upload may be larger than 1.2 megs). You also get CGI access from your own directory (a rarity among free hosters). There's a good FAQ to get you started. The only "catch" here is that you must display their pop-up banner. (No adult or warez sites allowed).
Fast Free Webs - (This site has been down lately). A free Web hosting service that offers you 10 megabytes of space (or 30 megabytes, if you get more than 5,000 visitors/day). Offers "unlimited" upload access, data transfer and Web page traffic. You're required to place their banner on your pages.
- Fast Free Webs doesn't allow frames or consoles and requires that you host your entire site (not just a few pages) on their servers.
Zy.com - A major, speedy free Web hoster and free graphics provider, Zy.com offers users a "trial" account that gives you four Web pages, with 10 megabytes of storage space, and a choice of up to 10 template design styles. It's fairly easy to create professional-looking pages here and they offer a nice variety of graphics for use on your pages. Your Web site address here will be: www.ZyWorld.com/(YourSite). Zy.com also offers users a free E-mail service. Technical support here is above average, our visitors report. (Note: they place their banner on all user's pages).
Angelfire - A major free Web space provider that has 5 million members and is owned by search portal Lycos, Angelfire offers you 5 megabytes of space for your files. Note, however, that if you use up your initial space allotment, you can apply for more (and can receive up to 30 megabytes of space). You may advertise your business here, but you may not have paid advertising banners on your page. Angelfire offers lots of helpful advice for getting you up and running with your own Web site, even if you're new to Web site authoring.
- Running ads on your pages here was voluntary until recently. However, in November, Angelfire began requiring members to display ads on their pages, either via a pop-up, or an in-line ad embedded at the top of your pages.
Crosswinds Internet Communications - This site offers free ad-free personal Web pages, with "unlimited space," free E-mail and other goodies, like free Majordomo mailing lists. Free Web space for businesses is also available, although for these types of sites, there's a 25-megabyte limit and you must display a banner on your main page, "above the fold." You may upload your page via FTP or with their upload service that you access through your browser. No porn, "warez" (pirated material) or spamming allowed.
Hypermart - This service offers you a generous 10 megs of space and "unlimited bandwidth" for your non-porn business-related Web site (no personal sites allowed). Hypermart offers you CGI-bin access and supports Microsoft Front Page extensions. We've had complaints that it can take a long time to upload pages here. Tech support is not easy to obtain here, our visitors report.
FortuneCity.com - Stake your claim at this major free Web space provider that uses a city theme. Some people will probably find this concept appealing; others are annoyed by it, judging from our feedback. Fortune City.com offers 20 megs of space and they've added subdirectory support, making it easier to manage your files.
- FortuneCity.com now offers free Web hosting services in Britain, Germany, France, and Sweden as well as a Spanish language service.
InfoTeam - This site provides free Web space for nonprofit organizations. You get five megabytes of storage space and 200 megs of data transfer per month. However, you're limited to one update per month. Your URL will be http://www.infoteam.com/nonprofit/YourName. Files must be sent via FTP. E-mail attachments not be accepted.
Nettaxi - This service that bills itself as a full-fledged Web "community" offers you a free personal Web site with three megabytes of space, a personal FTP "outbox" and an E-mail account. Nettaxi recently introduced annoying pop-up ads on members' sites. Your Web site address here will be: www.nettaxi.com/citizens/youruserid. Note: some of our visitors report that this service is inaccessible sometimes. We've had complaints about their security features (or lack thereof).
Ostriches On Line - Free home pages to worthy people and organizations. No commercial sites. They prefer small, (under 150K) heavily-used sites.
ACMEcity - A new free Web space provider that encourages users to build fan sites for their favorite celebrities, TV shows, music stars, etc. Here, you get 20 megabytes of space, message board, free E-mail and "official artwork and photos" of top celebrities. You may either build your site with their "Homebuilder" utility or you may upload your own content via FTP. ACMEcity is a joint venture between Warner Bros. Online and FortuneCity.com. (Sites here are required to display 468X60 pixel banners).
Spree.com - A free Web space provider that also offers MLM-type money-making opportunities (we're exploring this ourselves and will be posting a report on our results as soon as we get data). Note: click on the "Your Free Website" link to get your free page. Spree offers other features, such as a guestbook, a counter and a directory manager. Spree is also offering a partners program, in which they claim they'll give you commissions for sending traffic their way.
WebSpawner - WebSpawner is a free online Web authoring system that lets you design and develop customized Web pages in a matter of minutes - without having to learn HTML.
Xoom - Once known mainly for its extensive clipart collections, Xoom offers a popular (9 million members) free Web page hosting service that offers "unlimited" space that you may use for either personal or business Web sites. You also get free clip art, chat rooms and E-mail. Also note that you may not display paid advertising banners on your Xoom pages. You will need an E-mail account to sign up. You can get a free E-mail account here.
- Expect lots of junk mail from Xoom after you sign up. We've had visitors report that it's difficult to unsubscribe from their E-mail mailing lists.
- Note: although Xoom doesn't mention it in their terms of service, they do not allow multilevel marketing (MLM) business pages here. We've had visitors report that their MLM pages were yanked off the system abruptly.
- Xoom places a menu bar at the top of members' pages, which many of our visitors have complained about. See an example here.
- Tech support requests here only get you a form E-mail letter, asking you to go to the site for more information.
ProHosting - This free Web space provider offers a generous package. Here, you get 15 megs of Web space, one POP3 E-mail account, an FTP account and CGI access. Your E-mail address here will be yourusername@thor.prohosting.com.
- Some of our visitors report access woes here from time to time. We've had complaints that it is difficult to get a new account set up here. We've also had many complaints about non-responsive customer support.

International Free Web Page Providers:

MujWEB - A Czech free Web page provider that offers 250 kilobytes of space.
Netby - A free Web space provider from Denmark. They offer two megs of Web space, but don't offer CGI access. They don't place banners on your site. Our Danish visitors might want check out Stone's WebWriter for creating their Web pages. It's a fine freeware HTML editor from Denmark.
PI-Web - A Danish free Web space provider. They provide 300 kilobytes of space, with no CGI. You must place their banner on your index page. Your URL here will be http://www.YOUR-NAME.person.dk.
Le Village - This is a French free Web host provider. This service also offers free E-mail (username@cyberbrain.com), a free mailing list, free support, a NetMeeting channel (to chat with other users). Site must be in French.
MultiMania - This French free Web hoster offers 12 megs of space for your personal or commercial site. FTP access is available. A pop-up banner is displayed every 30 minutes on your pages. Tech support is provided through newsgroups. After you've been here a year, they'll increase your free space to 20 megs.
Green Cedars - Here's a free Web page provider for the Lebanese community. They offer three megs of space, with FTP access, stats, counters and more.
Polbox - This Polish service offers free E-mail and Web space. You get two megs of space for your pages and your site's address here will be: http://www.polbox.com/YourSite/
TerraVista - This service is hosting free Web pages for Portuguese-speaking people across the world. It is sponsored by the Portuguese Ministry of Culture. Users are allowed up to seven megs of space and file uploading can be done either via FTP or from your browser. No porn allowed.
TacoNet - A free Web space provider from Taiwan. They provide you with 6 megs of Web space and free POP3 E-mail. You also get free clip art and CGI scripts (which they provide). Note: you must put their logo on your page.
MarketNet - U.K. based free Web page service. No graphics or Link Exchange banners allowed here.

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