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An email I received from tripod this morning:

Dear User,

As announced on the 26th of November 2008 the portal and webhosting activities of the Lycos Europe GmbH will be discontinued. Unfortunately, the free hosting service Tripod is effected. For this reason we are hereby terminating your Tripod Account as of 15th February 2009. Until the 15th February you can use your Tripod account and your Homepage as usual. After this date we will close your account and delete all your content which was stored on Tripod in accordance with legal requirements. After this date it will be ímpossible to view your Homepage in the internet or to do a Backup using FTP from your page because the content will be unrecoverably deleted. That is why we advise you to to backup all necessary data in the near future from your Tripod Account on your hard drive and if wanted to upload it to another homepage provider. Please keep in mind that we do not offer any support for the free homepages neither by phone nor by email for upcoming questions. Because of this reason we created a short description how to backup your data. We regret having to take this step and we want to thank you for your confidence in the past. Currently, we are still working on finding a solution to provide you the service through another provider. If we should succeed in doing so, we will inform you within the next 4 weeks. But as this is currently doubtful, we would like to ask you to assume the end of the service. Despite the sad news we wish you and your family a successful 2009.

Best wishes,

Your Lycos Tripod Team

For those who read my “What happened to free web hosting?” post from last year, Tripod was one of the few that was actually still around and operating. I guess I spoke too soon though. Although I haven’t used my tripod account in half a decade, it’s still sad to see another iconic 90′s free web host close it’s doors.

*UPDATE* I am still trying confirm if this applies to all of tripod, or only the European operations (tripod.co.uk). If anyone knows, please feel free to chime in.

Jag slår vad många bloggare hade samma fråga när de först började blogga: Var ska jag värd min blogg? Är värd min blogg på en fri plattform som WordPress och Blogspot bättre, eller ska jag använda min blogg på sin individuella domännamn och webbhotell?

Ja, det är normalt att bloggare ofta stöter dilemma när det kommer till hosting. While different bloggers have different answers for the question; one can’t deny that not every blog needs to be hosted on its own hosting with a unique domain name. As a matter of fact, there are tons of successful blogs do not run on its own hosting – SethGodin.typepad.com, BrandAutopsy.typepad.com, and PhotoshopDisasters.blogspot.com for example are some of the typical example.

Comparing blogs on third-party platform and blogs with own domains

When deciding which way to go with, these are the major five factors that should be considered.

Operating cost

The best part of operating a blog on a free platform is, well, FREE. Hosting blogs on a third party platform like WordPress or Blogspot is totally free of charge; a blog with its own domain is otherwise. Web hosting fees and domain renewal cost are the basic expenditures for blog with its own domain.

Flexibilitet

Free things often come with a catch-22. In our case, major disadvantage behind a free blog is the flexibility. For example, you have zero controls on the cgi-bin or .htaccess file of a WordPress blog, which means there is huge level of limitations in term of blog’s outlook and functionality designs.

Blog Maintenance

Are you good with computers? Or, are you willing to learn further in website hosting? Do you have enough free time for your blog?

Think twice about hosting a blog yourself if the answer is ‘no’. Hosting a blog on its own domain simply means more maintenance tasks. PHP and database configuration, blog software installation, server side configuration (like robots.txt and .htaccess) – these are the basics for any blogs that run on its own domain/hosting.

Varumärke

Generally speaking, a blog with its own domain has more advantages when it comes to branding and marketing. A free blog’s long URL (like myfirstblog.wordpress.com) is ugly and hard to remember; plus a free blog often project a part-timer or amateur image online.

Yes we can’t deny that Seth’s and John’s blogs on TypePad are extremely successful but let’s not forget that these two clever minds are well known “brands” before they started their blogs.

Monetizing

Monetizing your blog might not be a big issue here unless you are looking forward to sell your blog in future. Most individual bloggers make money via selling advertisement space (banners or text links) and writing reviews – which are available for both ways of blogging.

Is free blog for you, or other wise?

Now the question is: Where should you run your blog?

Summing up factors listed above, there are a few scenarios when you should go with a free blog instead of its own domain. Non-techies, hobbyists, and students with limited time or budget are recommended to go with free blogging. There are plenty of good free blogging platform around and here are a quick list of some.

Xanga Bravenet Multiplicera Yahoo 360 Blogster AOL Blogs Blogger Atom 5 Word Press Blog

On the other hand, if you need a blog with better flexibility and branding potential, then a blog with its own domain/hosting is for you.

Do note that hosting nowadays is much cheaper than before. Most wonderful hosting services ( T35 for example) charge less than $10/month – it’s so cheap that most webmasters own more than just one hosting account. Remember, a free blog on Blogspot or WordPress is like house renting – your blog simply borrows the hosting space owned by other bigger websites; while blogs with own domain is like properties in real world. If you can afford $10 on a monthly basis, why don’t take up the full ownership of your blog? In case you need help in choosing the right hosting, check out my web hosting reviews .

Guest post by Jerry Low of Web Hosting Secret Revealed .

I just finished an interview with Michael Dunlop from Retireat21.com, go check it out: http://www.retireat21.com/interview/interview-with-alex-melen-founder-of-t35-free-web-hosting

Some of the questions I cover in the interview include:

– Tell us about your main project, T35 Hosting ? Why did you launch T35 Hosting ? Where are you at now with T35 Hosting ?

– I understand that you have over 600,000 free hosting customers and a few thousand paid hosting customers, what advice would you give a young entrepreneur trying to build a membership of any kind?

– Your website has an incredible today’s alexa ranking of 7000! How have you been able to achieve such a high rate of traffic? What advice would you give a young entrepreneur trying to market their website?

– Why should people use T35 over any other FREE host? What do you offer that makes your service better than your competition?

– Do you think that entrepreneurialism is something that is in your blood? Or is it something that can be learned?

– What advice would you give to a Young Entrepreneur setting up their first business?

I know I’ve been MIA for a few months… I have been busy with some personal things, but am now back and will keep things more updated. Jag lovar! To start things off, I would like to introduce our new website: http://www.DomainsFree.org . This is going to be a user-rated list of the best domain name registers (where you would go to purchase a domain name). We will also be adding coupons, etc.. to the most popular registrars to make sure you always get the best deal!

Skärmdump:

DomainsFree.org

Se till att kolla upp det!

Some of you might have already heard the news, but to me it’s still unbelievable. Frequent visitors of this blog might remember seeing a rewiew I did a few months ago about all the old free hosts and how most of them no longer exists. Geocities was actually one of the few that was still around – mostly because it was backed by Yahoo! and could absorb the millions of dollars of expenses they were accruing.

Well, even the might Yahoo! no longer wants anything to do with free web hosting. For those that were online in the 1990′s, you might recall that Yahoo! spent over $2.87 billion to buy geocities. That’s right folks, say that number outloud to yourselves. $2.87 BILLION dollars. Not to mention that $2.87B in 1999 dollars would equal well over $3 BILLION today. Ironically enough, the value of the entire Yahoo! corporation was down to as low as $12B earlier this year.

Geocities was one of the original web hosts, and was actually one of the few that was started before T35. I actually enjoyed competing with them over the years (as opposed to competing with Google and all the dirty tricks they use). Here’s the official and final word from the Geocities folks themselves:

Sorry, new GeoCities accounts are no longer available. After careful consideration, we have decided to close GeoCities later this year. We’ll share more details this summer.

Jag precis avslutat en intervju med Michael Dunlop från Retireat21.com, gå kolla upp det: http://www.retireat21.com/interview/interview-with-alex-melen-founder-of-t35-free-web-hosting

Några av de frågor jag tar upp i intervjun är:

– Berätta om ditt huvudprojekt, T35 Hosting? Varför du startar T35 Hosting? Var är du nu med T35 Hosting?

– Jag förstår att du har över 600.000 gratis hosting kunder och några tusen betalas webbhotell kunder vilka råd skulle du ge en ung entreprenör försöker bygga ett medlemskap av något slag?

– Din webbplats har en otrolig dagens Alexa ranking på 7000! Hur har du kunnat uppnå en så hög trafik? Vilka råd skulle du ge en ung entreprenör försöker marknadsföra sin webbplats?

– Varför ska människor använder T35 framför alla andra fri värd? Vad erbjuder ni som gör din tjänst bättre än dina konkurrenter?

– Tror du att entreprenörskap är något som finns i ditt blod? Eller är det något som kan läras?

– Vilka råd skulle du ge till en ung entreprenör sätta upp sin första företag?

För de av er deltar HostingCon i Washginton DC i år kommer jag vara där för alla tre dagar och kommer att presentera på morgonen den första dagen. Här är hela schemat: http://www.hostingcon.com/2009/attend/schedule.php

För dem som är intresserade att gå, låt mig veta – jag har utfärdats en rabattkod för att vara en presentatör. Jag ser fram emot att bekanta sig med alla andra experter från industrin där ute så om någon kommer låt mig veta! För dem som inte kan närvara kommer jag att lägga ut bilderna till min presentation direkt efter händelsen.

Har du hört talas om SEO Hosting ? Faktum är att de flesta människor inte har. Ändå är SEO Hosting bli en av de hetaste tillväxtområden inom hosting branschen. Konceptet bakom det är också mycket enkel. SEO Hosting leverantörer webbansvariga med ett sätt att hantera alla sina domäner under en WHM inloggning och på samma gång ge dem tillgång till en viss c-lass ip: s. Genom att placera varje plats / område på en unik ip kan du bilda Nu länkutbyten mellan dina webbplatser som skulle ge dig 100% link juice (vs mycket minimal belopp du skulle få om alla domäner / webbplatser var på samma ip) . Nu i ögonen på google, alla dina webbplatser / domäner är unika och unika ip: s / servrar, vilket ger dig en maximal skjuts i sökmotor ranking.

I en tid där företagen spenderar tiotusentals dollar bara för att rangordna några fläckar högre i google ger SEO Hosting du ett relativt kostnadseffektivt sätt att nå dina mål. Låter som något som du kan vara intresserad av? Kolla in vår nya SEO webbhotellet: HostSEO.org .

I bet many bloggers had the same question when they first started blogging: Where should I host my blog? Is hosting my blog on a free platform like WordPress and Blogspot better; or should I operate my blog on its individual domain name and hosting?

Yes, it’s normal that bloggers often face dilemma when it comes to hosting. While different bloggers have different answers for the question; one can’t deny that not every blog needs to be hosted on its own hosting with a unique domain name. As a matter of fact, there are tons of successful blogs do not run on its own hosting – SethGodin.typepad.com, BrandAutopsy.typepad.com, and PhotoshopDisasters.blogspot.com for example are some of the typical example.

Comparing blogs on third-party platform and blogs with own domains

When deciding which way to go with, these are the major five factors that should be considered.

Operating cost

The best part of operating a blog on a free platform is, well, FREE. Hosting blogs on a third party platform like WordPress or Blogspot is totally free of charge; a blog with its own domain is otherwise. Web hosting fees and domain renewal cost are the basic expenditures for blog with its own domain.

Flexibilitet

Free things often come with a catch-22. In our case, major disadvantage behind a free blog is the flexibility. For example, you have zero controls on the cgi-bin or .htaccess file of a WordPress blog, which means there is huge level of limitations in term of blog’s outlook and functionality designs.

Blog Maintenance

Are you good with computers? Or, are you willing to learn further in website hosting? Do you have enough free time for your blog?

Think twice about hosting a blog yourself if the answer is ‘no’. Hosting a blog on its own domain simply means more maintenance tasks. PHP and database configuration, blog software installation, server side configuration (like robots.txt and .htaccess) – these are the basics for any blogs that run on its own domain/hosting.

Varumärke

Generally speaking, a blog with its own domain has more advantages when it comes to branding and marketing. A free blog’s long URL (like myfirstblog.wordpress.com) is ugly and hard to remember; plus a free blog often project a part-timer or amateur image online.

Yes we can’t deny that Seth’s and John’s blogs on TypePad are extremely successful but let’s not forget that these two clever minds are well known “brands” before they started their blogs.

Monetizing

Monetizing your blog might not be a big issue here unless you are looking forward to sell your blog in future. Most individual bloggers make money via selling advertisement space (banners or text links) and writing reviews – which are available for both ways of blogging.

Is free blog for you, or other wise?

Now the question is: Where should you run your blog?

Summing up factors listed above, there are a few scenarios when you should go with a free blog instead of its own domain. Non-techies, hobbyists, and students with limited time or budget are recommended to go with free blogging. There are plenty of good free blogging platform around and here are a quick list of some.

Xanga Bravenet Multiplicera Yahoo 360 Blogster AOL Blogs Blogger Atom 5 Word Press Blog

On the other hand, if you need a blog with better flexibility and branding potential, then a blog with its own domain/hosting is for you.

Do note that hosting nowadays is much cheaper than before. Most wonderful hosting services ( T35 for example) charge less than $10/month – it’s so cheap that most webmasters own more than just one hosting account. Remember, a free blog on Blogspot or WordPress is like house renting – your blog simply borrows the hosting space owned by other bigger websites; while blogs with own domain is like properties in real world. If you can afford $10 on a monthly basis, why don’t take up the full ownership of your blog? In case you need help in choosing the right hosting, check out my web hosting reviews .

Guest post by Jerry Low of Web Hosting Secret Revealed .

Jag precis avslutat en intervju med Michael Dunlop från Retireat21.com, gå kolla upp det: http://www.retireat21.com/interview/interview-with-alex-melen-founder-of-t35-free-web-hosting

Några av de frågor jag tar upp i intervjun är:

– Berätta om ditt huvudprojekt, T35 Hosting? Varför du startar T35 Hosting? Var är du nu med T35 Hosting?

– Jag förstår att du har över 600.000 gratis hosting kunder och några tusen betalas webbhotell kunder vilka råd skulle du ge en ung entreprenör försöker bygga ett medlemskap av något slag?

– Din webbplats har en otrolig dagens Alexa ranking på 7000! Hur har du kunnat uppnå en så hög trafik? Vilka råd skulle du ge en ung entreprenör försöker marknadsföra sin webbplats?

– Varför ska människor använder T35 framför alla andra fri värd? Vad erbjuder ni som gör din tjänst bättre än dina konkurrenter?

– Tror du att entreprenörskap är något som finns i ditt blod? Eller är det något som kan läras?

– Vilka råd skulle du ge till en ung entreprenör sätta upp sin första företag?