: Alternatives to Google Sites for a personal web site? I'd like to find a hosting solution for my personal, fairly low-traffic, web site. I think Google Sites would suit me perfectly, but I've
I'd like to find a hosting solution for my personal, fairly low-traffic, web site. I think Google Sites would suit me perfectly, but I've heard horror stories about Google's algorithms shutting down all your accounts on a whim, with no right of appeal, so I'm naturally worried, because I don't want to lose my Gmail.
Edit I'm talking about cases like this one:
I tried contacting somebody at Google support ("Surely they should
have a support department, right?" Nope, wrong!)
(The victim managed to regain access to his Gmail account when his case went "viral", but he never got an explanation as to why he had been locked out in the first place)
Are there good, preferably free, alternatives to Google Sites and what are their PROs and CONs? One requirement is that I should be able to point the DNS (foobar.com) to it.
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In no particular order:
Blogger - www.blogger.com/ Posterous Spaces - posterous.com/ Tumbler - www.tumblr.com/ Twitter + TwitLonger - twitter.com/ + www.twitlonger.com/ Wordpress.com - wordpress.com/ Wordpress.org + pretty much every web host - www.google.com/search?q=wordpress+hosting Typepad - www.typepad.com/ Blog.com - blog.com/
A recent roundup of free options (some of which I've mentioned): sixrevisions.com/tools/top-free-online-blogging/
As for the DNS issue, many domain name registration services provide domain name forwarding. I use Namesecure for that: www.namesecure.com/
Personally, hosting is so cheap these days, I'd recommend finding the most affordable hosting account you can and hosting your own Wordpress site. It's easy, flexible, and gives you the full power of that tool and any other you might choose to run, as well as some free FTP space and other perks.
You could host it through your dropbox! Site44 or droppages are two good options for this. Super simple and easy to maintain and upgrade. Handy to be able through a simple text editor on the iPhone to update your website by a simple dropbox upload.
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