Comments on: Website Redux: WSJ Points You Toward Personal Website

By: tomcolvin

tomcolvin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:22:12 +0000

Mike, your point about the life-span of the free sites is very well taken
indeed. Thank you so much for raising that important issue. I certainly
endorse your view.

In fact, upon reflection, my important websites and blogs are all hosted by
well-established hosting companies to which I pay fees. But even with them,
I don't count on their survival forever. Some things one wishes to endure
on the web forever suddenly disappear -- while other items that one wishes
would disappear forever seem stuck on the web for all to see for eternity.

By: tomcolvin

tomcolvin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:16:18 +0000

Thanks for your additiona link. It's a valuable one.

By: Mike Hamilton

Mike Hamilton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:51:09 +0000

You need to be a little bit careful about using free or cheap web services for your critical needs, such as website hosting.

Analysts and web gurus are predicting that 60% of free web services will go out of business in the next two years. No business can survive if they are making no money, and their is very little investment funding available at the moment to keep them going whilst they work out how they are going to make money. Synthasite raised $5m but that won't last long if they don't get cash coming in soon.

My advice: Use free web services for your non-critical needs (but back them up). Use solid, profitable companies for your critical needs like web site hosting. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for!

By: avr

avr — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:28:09 +0000

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