Their built in system to upload files to their server is easy to use, and they foster a sense of community among their netizens by hosting interesting debates, newsletters and forums. Like Geocities, Tripod provides tips and hyper links at their main sites for those learning how to create more interesting web pages. One well known company giving away free space on the net is U.S. Robotics. Although they don't place ads on the pages they host, their system is the least user friendly. Most importantly, there is no online system for users to edit web pages.
Users have to fill in templates with text and picture files which have to be emailed.
Also, there is little sense of community. While the site lacks many of the awesome features found on Tripod and Geocities, it is still free, and they provide good looking templates for pages. The company also vows to add on new features in the near future. Several other companies also offer web sites for free. One common problem among them is that they are less user friendly.