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You may heard of blogging platform like wordpress, tumblr or blogspot but I am sure uCoz is not familiar to you. uCoz is a blogging platform which joined the CMS arena recently. Using this CMS I made a site just for testing and to see how it is compared to other CMS. With uCoz CMS you can make websites for news, ad board, blog, photo albums, online games, guestbook, tests, email forms, polls and many more.

Although I have not used or looked deeply into it but I can say it has got the following PROS and CONS:

Pros:

• uCoz by default has 250 templates so you have got plenty of choices to choose a perfect design
• When you made a site using uCoz you will get a free subdomain and ofcourse you have the option to add a domain name to your site
• It has got backup options which I think none other CMS provides
• You don’t have to worry about space because uCoz provides unlimited free space !
• Interface is user friendly
• FTP access is supported and you can upload multimedia files like mp3, videos, documents etc
• You have total control of the website you made with uCoz. You can edit CSS, HTML, content blocks, header images and even template code
• Support forum with active community

There is nothing perfect in this world so it is obvious that some products or services may have CONS in it.

Cons:

• Forced ads in free version. So, if you want your website to be run professionally then you have to use the paid version
• No PHP and hence no MySQL and other scripts
• Not SEO friendly like self hosted wordpress
• Website made with uCoz are hosted on shared hosting so your website may face ban if you have high traffic to your site

Here is a review from a user who has been using uCoz free website maker for over three years:

I use UCOZ services for multiple websites for five years. The system is perfect for small business websites. The community is very responsive and the support is responsible.

Written by Lisa, an avid yoga enthusiast who enjoys writing in her spare time for UsDirect.com Want to write for this blog ? Check the guest posting guidelines

I’m sure you have read recent stories similar to the Sony Playstation network breach, if not then look it up. Network breaches result in the theft of personal data of millions of users. The last thing that you want for your online business is a breach. Our lives are becoming reliant on online businesses, and we have to divulge our personal information trusting that these companies can keep it safe. There are a lot of hackers and programmers whose job it is to invade websites and networks.

Small business owners don’t have the money or resources to fight hackers. That is where affordable options like Incapsula come in. Incapsula is a great alternative to Cloudflare CDN

Incapsula is a security solution to keep spammers and hackers from breaching your website. They offer website security, increased speed, and real time updates regarding threats to your site.

There is no size regulation to use Incapsula. Anyone with a website and their own domain are welcome to use the service. Adding it is easy by following directions to change your domain’s DNS settings. Incapsula uses a Web Application Firewall that detects new attackers and threats and protects your website. The servers inspect all of the incoming traffic to your site and keep the threats out.

In addition to security, the service also makes your website faster because it caches the content and serves it from the back end reducing the load on your servers.

The best thing is that there is no hardware or software to install and you can keep your current provider. If you don’t like the service, you can just turn it off, and go about your business as you did before you turned it on.

Incapsula CDN is easy to use. Once you have it on, it is easy to check out statistics about your website by logging onto their site as often as you wish. You can distinguish between human and bots visiting your website, and see the bandwidth being used.

The online support is lacking in that there is not a support chat feature, but they have an extensive forum with a variety of help topics and discussions about features and questions. There are topics for basic users as well as more advanced help available. The user forum also allows users to discuss features.

There are 4 different plans that you can choose from depending on your website needs. The Personal Plan is free, and provides a lot of options for most users. You get up to 25 GB transfer per month, security that includes bad bot blocking, SQL injection prevention and cross-site scripting prevention, performance improvement, monitoring, a management console, weekly digest reports, and community support.