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| Weebly |
Named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites, Weebly has an easy, drag & drop interface to create your own website. It's free, powerful, and professional.
Weebly was created in 2006 with the goal of allowing as many people
as possible be able to set up a professional looking website without
having to incur the costs that typically come with website design. Today
they help over 3 million users do just that. While there are two
packages that the company offers you their most basic package will allow
you to have a free website and a free blog.
Weebly offers some very powerful features for a service that is free including:
• Free Hosting:
Not only is it free to design
your website with Weebly, it is also free to have it hosted. They do not
limit you on bandwidth and are backed with an army of servers that
ensures your website will be up and running no matter how much traffic
you drive to it.
• No Advertising:
While many free website builders
will give you free service, they also require that your website be
littered with advertisements. This is not the case with Weebly and your
website will remain ad free.
• Publish Your Own Domain: If you already have a domain name then you can publish it when you use Weebly. If not, you can either buy one to use or you can use a domain that Weebly will assign you that will look like this, www.yoursite.weebly.com.
• Over 70 Designs: When you set out to create your website for free with Weebly, you can do so with their design templates. They currently have over 70 so no matter what your website will be about, you are bound to find something that you can use.
• Interactive Tools: Use some of the most popular interactive tools there is including RSS feeds, pictures, videos, and the like.
• Drag and Drop Editor: Editing text, pictures, and more is as easy as dragging and dropping with your mouse. If you can point and click, you can create your website with Weebly.
If there is a downside to Weebly it would have to be that they do not
seem to have live customer support. All correspondence is done via
e-mail, but considering that the service is free, that’s not all that
bad a deal really.
If you do decide that you should upgrade to their pro account, you
can do so at anytime. The cost is around five bucks a month and will
allow you to have a website that is even more interactive and packed
with more features. They also offer a 30-day, no questions asked money
back guarantee if you are not satisfied with your upgrade. To see the
differences between the free and pro account, you can check out the
video that Weebly has on their website about it.
Weebly allows you to have a really nice looking website for the most
minimal of costs. However, if you want a huge business website, then you
may wish to consider the pro account versus the free account. On the
other hand, if your website is going to be relatively simple in nature,
then a free account may serve you well.
