Free Hosted Sites (FHS) are great traffic but it takes a different commitment to create them then it does to just create Galleries. Many programs have 1 or 2 TGP templates that they use and they'll create 100s of galleries with just those templates. To get started with FHS requires about 30 templates and most designers don't know anything about free sites.
One of the best things about creating and submitting free sites is having some top Google sites linking to your free site and getting some great SE traffic. With HFS the link lists have affiliate codes and things in the links and Google doesn't count that so you loose some of the effectiveness.
All that being said, I'm creating FHS and seeing some returns from the effort. It has required a lot more effort (huge in comparison) then the FHG and the returns don't come as fast.
The truth is that I hope programs don’t create more free hosted sites then I’ll be the only one and it will be easier to justify
I wonder if I could get XXX Jay to write some copy for my FHS. If they didn't convert at least they'd be a great read and I'm sure to get them listed
