sekitou | (no subject)

so just logged-in to my website to find that geocities will be closing later this year. no dates are given. they just say they'll give us more information later, especially about how to save all the files on the sites. they do talk about switching to yahoo's "award winning" webservice if we want, and they offer the link. yahoo's is $4.95 a month for the 1st year (full year charged all at once), then $9.95 a month after that.

I don't mind paying for my site, 'cause no ads and good stuff like that. but I don't want to pay $9.95 a month. unfortunately I don't presently write enough to make it worth it, as much as I want to keep my site so I can post my fics how I want to.

so any suggestions of webservices that are around $4.95 a month? that's what I'm paying now, so I'd rather stick with something around that amount. thanks.

also:
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orionpower2001, we might want to look into moving the prnsvs somewhere since its site will be disappearing. (they say yahoo will not be offering any free webservice.)
-- guess the old Oliverette site will finally be going down as well. Julia lost the password ages ago, so it's been stuck in the current mode for years. so I guess it's just as well.

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I usually suggest Siteground to people. It's $5.95 a month there, which isn't too bad. The clincher is that it offers unlimited space and bandwidth, which is... honestly ridiculous for that price. I don't know how in the world they pull it off.

But I've been happily using them for a few years now (even before the unlimited bit kicked in), and haven't really had any problems.

Bummer! :(

When I looked for a new host a couple years ago (post), many people spoke favorably of GoDaddy.com. I personally was turned off by GoDaddy's style and presentation, but lots of people seem to like it ♥

I went with mochahost, which has been probably an 8 out of 10 on customer service for me and a 9 out of 10 on functionality. Service to price ratio is a 10, as far as I'm concerned (I pay $3.71 per month for 600 gigs of space), and customization is so good as to be intimidating. I literally have no idea how to use 90% of what mochahost will let me do. Possibly 95% ::grin::

Google is offering free webspace. Not sure what the TOS is or how much space, but it's a thought at least.