There are two basic types of website hosting, free and paid hosting. Free hosting is for people whose websites are small and don’t expect too much traffic. The only advantage of free webhosting hosting is that is free conversely there are many disadvantages to free website hosting. Firstly no individual domain names are used. Secondly you have no guarantee of your webhosts server reliability and software. You also probably have limited web space, bandwidth and technical support. The biggest disadvantage is the web host may discontinue the service at any time.
Often once the decision is made to get a website the first thing most people worry about is who is going to design the website. Web Design is very important but web hosting is often an after thought and to be honest not much thought goes into where your website is going to live on the internet.