Free domain names

[Shawn Gossman]

Do any of you remember the free domain names co.cc and .tk by chance?

These two (among others) were popular TLDs that you could freely register in the early 2000s of the internet. I remember a lot of forums and blogs having them. I don't think I ever used them myself.

How about you all? Did any of you use them? If so, tell us how and was that site successful?

 

[Cedric]

Ah yes, and sytes.com or something. Good times!

Didn't really knew what I was doing though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Ah yes, and sytes.com or something. Good times!

Didn't really knew what I was doing though.

Here's an even older one: Tripod and Lycos or Angelfire. I remember using them.

My first though was WebTV as I had that before a computer hooked to the internet. We had non-internet computers in the very early 90s. Floppy discs. I remember playing really old games on it.

In jr high school, we had a technology class. It just taught you how to start a computer, use a keyboard, and then turn off a computer. LOL

 

[Cedric]

Here's an even older one: Tripod and Lycos or Angelfire. I remember using them.

My first though was WebTV as I had that before a computer hooked to the internet. We had non-internet computers in the very early 90s. Floppy discs. I remember playing really old games on it.

In jr high school, we had a technology class. It just taught you how to start a computer, use a keyboard, and then turn off a computer. LOL

I must be too young! I don't remember those at all. I do remember playing games from floppy discs. Good times. We were so happy with what we had. Imagine having that today though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I must be too young! I don't remember those at all. I do remember playing games from floppy discs. Good times. We were so happy with what we had. Imagine having that today though.

Yeah, those are pretty old school!

 

[JWeb]

I tried .tk for a blog, just to try it out. It was only for a bit but it worked well.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I tried .tk for a blog, just to try it out. It was only for a bit but it worked well.

I recall people having a lot of issues with the .tk domain name. I can't remember what issues, though. That was like 10 years ago.

 

[JWeb]

I recall people having a lot of issues with the .tk domain name. I can't remember what issues, though. That was like 10 years ago.

I didn't have it for long, so I didn't run into problems, but some of what I came across were renewal issues and since the domain was often used by spammers, it was blocked by different sites.

 

[meetdilip]

I tried one, not for a real project, but I wanted to know how it works. It is a futile effort to use free domain and hosting, if you are serious about a project.

 

[CodyCool]

Yes I do an others free domains too, but for a real project I would get a real domain.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I tried one, not for a real project, but I wanted to know how it works. It is a futile effort to use free domain and hosting, if you are serious about a project.

I think I remember when you used on long time ago.

Was it you that used 000webhosting a lot?

 

[meetdilip]

I had tried it, but paid the price soon. Well, it was early 2010 and I was still learning

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I had tried it, but paid the price soon. Well, it was early 2010 and I was still learning

So long ago, right? haha

 

[meetdilip]

Still feels like yesterday. 000webhost was the decent among them all. I never used it for a serious project, though. I created an account and linked it to a test domain.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Still feels like yesterday. 000webhost was the decent among them all. I never used it for a serious project, though. I created an account and linked it to a test domain.

I used to use something called freepgs.com after using free hosting services like Angelfire and Tripod.

It costed like $3 (one time) but gave you a lot of features and no ads. I really liked it.

FreePgs.com - Free Your Site!

Low Cost Webpage Hosting - Get a 75MB website with NO ADS, PHP Support, MySQL Support, and a short URL for a small one-time payment. Hotlinking allowed. True FTP support with chmod, instant signup, and multiple databases. Free your site!

web.archive.org

It's no longer around but back when it was, it was pretty cool. Used it to make simple websites.

 

[meetdilip]

Didn't know. It is best to go for a full-time premium hosting if you don't want to give a bad experience to users. Because intermittent downtime, slow loading times etc are hard to avoid in budget and free hosting providers.