The hobbyist’s are pretty much the reason that free hosts are no longer allowed. For the reasons already mentioned above. There are lots of webmasters without “day jobs” trying to make it in this biz for the long haul. Those are the ones that will listen and learn. Along the way they will start making a living. Just like in life outside the net. Hobbyist’s as a rule just slap something up then move on to the next one. That isn’t the way to make friends and get ahead. Today hard work and persistence is what pays off. On a free host you lose.
The choice is clearly up to the individual. No one is forcing anyone to build a certain way or link a certain way. But if you want mainstream links you have to have the desire to follow rules. The people who deliberately ignore the rules are the flash-in-the-pan types that do a lot of dirty things and then disappear.
