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The problem with this is that the web designer that you have to use is so utterly slow and feeble that you can really only do the most basic websites. And paying $30 a month to be able to create and maintain a basic website in html is nuts given the other cheap hosting providers out there.
 
Originally posted by: trarthur
Besides the domain, this is honestly pathetic. As I said earlier, geocities is way better.
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You can't be serious!?!? There is a reason they are also called Geoshitties.

From their site:

Personalized Web Address
GeoCities web address
(www.geocities.com/your-Yahoo!-ID) Yes

For Your Visitors
Data transfer (bandwidth) 3 GB/month
(metered hourly)
Ad-free site No

Web Site Management
Disk space for storing files 15 MB
Free PageBuilder and PageWizard tools Yes

Customer Support
Online Help site Yes

The GeoCities Free package comes with a "geocities.com/your-Yahoo!-ID" web adress. If you would like to get (or transfer) your own domain name, such as "your-name.com," check out the GeoCities Pro web site package.

So, let's compare the free MS offering to Geocities free offering:

MS offers 30MB of storage, Geocities 15MB - winner MS
MS offers 10GB/month of bandwidth, Geocities offers up a whopping 3GB - winner MS
MS places a small link at the bottom to OfficeLive, Geocities has ads on the right side. Nice.

Oh, and let's not forget the free domain. yoursite.com vs. geocities.com/yoursite

The MS offering is targeting small businesses. Pure and simple. Who wants to do business with someone who can't get their own site name? Would you put geocities.com/sitename on a business card and hand them out? Shame on you if you would.
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No, what I'm talking about is if you're designing a highly customizable site for yourself, this is NOT a good idea. The customization/options are pathetic, in Geocities I had a fairly decent site running in a few hours, this I gave up after a while. For small businesses I can see this working, but for those who want customization, this is a no go.
 
can you generate 100 temporary visa cards and do 100 sites? set them all to $1 limit and expire next month??

i want mah free microsoft live 😉 bill gates is rich he can pony up.
 
Cool, in for 1, thanks op!

(What does OP mean, anyway??? I see it posted in all the hot deals, and said it so I sound uber cool, but someone please enlighten me!)
 
Originally posted by: hondaf17
Cool, in for 1, thanks op!

(What does OP mean, anyway??? I see it posted in all the hot deals, and said it so I sound uber cool, but someone please enlighten me!)
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Original Poster

In for one myself. Thanks OP

 
AHHH! I was hoping for a more traditional hosting solution. Now my domain name is sucked into the borg! How do I cancel this thing? I searched all over but I can't find out how. I finally filled out a form in the "contact us" link at the bottom.
 
Don't do it. Microsoft is trying to change the e-business by setting up OS accounts and charging monthly. This is just the start. Of course it will be free at first.
 
Originally posted by: lebe0024
AHHH! I was hoping for a more traditional hosting solution. Now my domain name is sucked into the borg! How do I cancel this thing? I searched all over but I can't find out how. I finally filled out a form in the "contact us" link at the bottom.
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My domain got eaten up, too. I should have figured it would work this way.




"sola scriptura, sola gratia, sola fide" - WOOT !!
 
AHHHHH! THEY ATE MY DOMAIN! Now it's gone forever. It was my name too. Maybe I'll just register for "<myname>2.com" . Hahaha, that'll teach them!
 
ugh, I also jumped too quickly and lost the domain that I wanted to use for my real website. Would be nice if you could setup ur page to autimatically direct to another site, but I bet they made it so you cant for obvious reasons.
 
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