Thread: Any Big Sponsors Willing To Start A Free Hosted Blog Platform Like Thumblogger?
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Old 10-18-2009, 09:00 AM  
Nicky
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Originally Posted by Forkbeard View Post
That's been true since as long as I've been in the business. The very first time I posted on this board in 2002, it was with a question about free hosting, and the answer I got was advice to stay the hell away. It was good advice, too. Free hosts have <b>never</b> been reliable or safe, and they always end up screwing the people that relied on them. Even the ones run in all honesty eventually die or change business models to the detriment of the people who built sites on them.
This is very true. I remember the good old day's back in 99-00 LOL. A header and a footer that was ~800x200(keep in mind that screen resolution was often 800x600) and still they would skim traffic every now and then :P
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