Yes, you hear that right. You donâÃÂÃÂt need to pay any money to host a website on Google Drive. All you need is a domain name, pre-built website, and Google account. Let's see how to host website on google drive for free
Before we move I just want to give a few pros and cons of hosting the website on Google Drive
âÃÂâ No need to pay for any hosting (Free Hosting forever)
âÃÂâ The website loads super fast. (Because it is on Google servers)
âÃÂâ Suitable for small businesses that are not very active online
âÃÂâ You donâÃÂÃÂt have all the flexibility you have on any other hosting platform
âÃÂâ You donâÃÂÃÂt get any emails or applications
âÃÂâ You canâÃÂÃÂt host applications like WordPress or Magento. You can only host simple static websites
How to Host Website on Google Drive?
Now you know the pros and cons of using Google drive for hosting a website. ItâÃÂÃÂs time for you to decide on the kind of website you want to host. If it is a static website letâÃÂÃÂs jump into the step-by-step guide
âÃÂâ Login to your Google Account and open Google Drive
âÃÂâ Create a folder with the name www.yourdomain.com
âÃÂâ Upload your static website to that folder
âÃÂâ Now make it public by turning on sharing the link to the public
âÃÂâ Accept all necessary permission to the website
âÃÂâ Now youâÃÂÃÂll find all the list of HTML pages on your Drive
âÃÂâ Click on the index.html page located in the folder www.yourdomain.com
âÃÂâ Your website is now loading from Google Drive
âÃÂâ To connect that website loaded with your custom domain, copy the URL
âÃÂâ Now login to your Domain name provider
âÃÂâ Change the name servers to self-hosted in my case I am using Namecheap so I select Namecheap basic
âÃÂâ Now go to DNS records and delete all the existing records
âÃÂâ Add a new CNAME record with www and paste the value as URL you copied before
âÃÂâ Delete the https and www.yourmain.com and update the record
âÃÂâ Now add new URL Redirect record with host @ and value httpmydomain.com then save the records
ThatâÃÂÃÂs it your website is now live and hosted on Google drive
If you want to add https for free for this website ask in the comments below
In conclusion, Google Drive is a great hosting solution for websites, but there are also some drawbacks. It's important to take the time to research your options before making your decision
In conclusion, the ability to host website on Google Drive is great way to stay organized and productive. You can do the same with One Drive as well.