{"id":39238,"date":"2014-12-02T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/?p=39238"},"modified":"2014-12-02T10:18:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T18:18:41","slug":"50-reasons-free-website-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/blog\/50-reasons-free-website-bad-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Reasons Why Having A “Free Website” Is A Bad Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do a Google search for “free website” and you’ll get back pages of results, all offering you a quick and easy solution for building your website without spending a cent.<\/p>\n
Sound too good to be true? Often it is – without wanting to come across as too cynical, whenever someone is offering you something for free, it’s always a good idea to ask yourself, “what’s in it for them?”<\/p>\n
Many have fallen prey to the lure of free websites over the years and lived to regret their decisions. I don’t want you to fall into the same trap so I’ve compiled 50 reasons why you shouldn’t have a free website that you may not have considered:<\/p>\n
So there you have it – 50 reasons why you should ignore that tempting offer of a 100% free-for-life website and back away from the computer. Free websites may be fine for your grandmother to upload her crochet patterns or for a temporary school project when you’re 9, but for anything else, forget it.<\/p>\n
You may be wondering if free websites aren’t the answer, what is? Well, there are some paid website services which are worth considering, but most of them suffer from at least some of the problems we’ve discussed with free websites.<\/p>\n
The ideal solution, which offers you complete control and customization is to have a self-hosted website on a platform like WordPress<\/a>. Not only can you make your site look and work exactly how you want it to, but you also keep complete ownership of your content and have full control over security and backups.<\/p>\n Do you have any free website horror stories to share? Spill the beans in the comments and maybe you’ll prevent someone else from making the same mistake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do a Google search for “free website” and you’ll get back pages of results, all offering you a quick and easy solution for building your website without spending a cent. Sound too good to be true? Often it is – without wanting to come across as too cynical, whenever someone is offering you something for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182107,"featured_media":63694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n