With the whole world caught up with blogs, Web 2.0 & the Apple iPhone 3G, Lycos has silently launched a new free website hosting service called Webon .

Webon is still in it’s early stages of development & a lot of the new Web 2.0 features would be slowly added.

However,  Webon is much better than Lycos’s earlier free website hosting service in many ways. With Webon, the first noticeable improvement is the complete absence of ads from the free accounts.

Webon is a Web 2.0 application that has all the benefits of both the blogs as well as traditional websites . Various themes, called kits , are available for specific purpose websites.

Webon is a great tool for small business & home offices who could set up their pro website in minutes & have all the tools for their line of business. Current themes include blogs, photo albums & for specific events like travel website & family wedding web pages.

For those businesses that just need to have an online presence , Webon has a basic one page professional website kit too. Users can customize & update their website & blog in minutes.

For those who like to keep it more personal, Webon has a Personal Website Kit to publish blogs & share pictures too.

The other option to Webon is Google Sites . With Google Sites users can get 10 MB of web space & publish personal or company websites for free. Google Sites is hosted by Google & integrates other applications like GMail, Google Calendar, Google Docs & Google Talk Instant Messenger.

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