MAKING THE BIG SWITCH

One of my web sites, which was built on a learn-how-to-do-it basis, is about to be expired or renewed. I have come to hate the service, as it allows very little design change without jumping through way too many SLOW SLOW hoops.

The site itself is probably ahead of many in the biz and breaks even. In fact, if you look at it while squinting, you could say it made me several thousand dollars in a year. The thousands were actually saving in purchase of gear from sources which allowed me 'industry accommodation' aka dealer pricing. Which I greatly appreciated.

So I finally decided, as the clock winds down, to move it, redo it, make it better and try to draw more traffic and figure out a way to monetize it.

Of course the old service says bad things will happen.

I say screw you - it's my site and a free country. Or sorta free. Or it was, pre-terror.

I spent the morning starting the rebuild - it's a long process, but will allow me to consolidate and make better assistance for those seeking details on the subject at hand. (Once transferred I will announce here for the 5 people who might be interested.) There's a lot of work to be done... it's about 90 pages and each must be fixed one way or another.

Actually, it has served more than 50,000 pages, and the last 4 months of growth have been gratifying. Now that our web optimization business is up and running, I can use IT to work on myself.

And now, out from under the bad operating system, I can keep the site more current without horrible bouts of impatience.