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Once you've created your page, you have to find a place to put it. Free space is available to members at MSN (www.msn.com), which provides 2MB of server space for each screen name (up to 10MB per account). Earthlink (www.earthlink.com) also offers 2MB per account, and most other Internet service providers make at least some space available for members' Web sites. If yours doesn't, head over to Geocities (www.geocities.com) or Tripod (www.tripod.com), which provide 2MB of free server space to members; membership is free to anyone who registers at the sites. Note: In most cases, professional web developers like ISABIZ.com have preferred web hosting services that provide speed, power, versatility, and good service. Ask your developer what options they have available. There are some drawbacks to free space, however. For instance, some sites require that advertisements for their service appear on your pages. The hitch is that selling at sites erected on free space is generally prohibited. Find out by checking the provider's terms of service, which is usually prominently flagged on the home page. But that doesn't necessarily rule out this space for businesses. You can still erect a cyber billboard that offers plenty of information about products and services in these free spaces. For many businesses, that's the surest way to get initiated to the Web. Have bigger ambitions? If you want more space--specially if you want to retail on the Web--you've got to open your wallet and sign up with a Web-hosting service. For around $69 a month, MyHosting (www.myhosting.net) service provides 20MB of space for creating a Web site; the fee also provides five e-mail boxes. A low-budget option is the Esper service (www.esper.com), which provides unlimited Web storage space starting at $20 per month. Hundreds more Web-hosting options are available; search for candidates using a search engine. And ask any potential Web-hosting service for e-mail addresses of current customers. Contact a dozen and ask for feedback: How reliable and fast is the server? Do the tech support personnel promptly answer cries for help? If their customers are unhappy with the service, yours probably will be, too. Go To Step (5):
Debugging
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