Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : Which host gives free dedi's to famous websites?

[ryan14]

Does any web host give free dedicated server/cluster hosting to non-profit or famous websites? I'm just wondering coz if I made a site and it got 1 million visits per day, who do you think would give me free dedicated cluster server hosting? Or Would only a rich company like google or microsoft be able to do that? I think i remember google offering to host wikipedia.

[kpmedia]

The Planet has been one to do this in the past, for large sites where I was a member, moderator or simply a reader.

[rghf]

It has to be in their best interests to host you so you will need to show decent conversion of visitors to business etc

[microvps]

Depends. But I assume that is not about time for the sponsor webhosting search. Most companies having troubles due to the crisis

[dazmanultra]

It really depends what your website is about and what type of visitors you receive as to whether it would be a good move for a company to sponsor you.

[Guspaz]

If you're getting 1 million pageviews per day on a website and your advertisements aren't covering your costs, you're doing something wrong. That kind of traffic should be generating thousands of dollars per month, even with relatively low-paying ads.
If ads aren't covering your costs, you've either got the wrong ad setup, are running something obscenely bandwidth intensive, or have a horribly unoptimized site. Or you're overpaying for your hosting.
Five years ago, I was running a site that got a quarter million pageviews a day off two boxes from what was then ServerMatrix (now ThePlanet), total cost was about $110/mth in servers/bandwidth, and advertisement paid for WAY more than that.