After more than eight years with my former Internet hosting company, today I cancelled my hosting contract with them.  Four weeks ago, I signed up with HostGator.  Thanks Rebecca.  Your are a very special friend.  Your advice and insight were very helpful.  😀

I left my former hosting company over frustrations with their inflexibility.  Three times I was told “We can’t do that.”  Each time it was from a different department.  All I wanted to do was drop a domain out of the package.  That’s when I decided to bear the pain and fire them.  Okay, I’ll admit to frustrations with technical support being provided from a different continent by people with strange accents.  I could have dealt with that, but why?

I went with HostGator after checking out various options.  They are based in the USA.  Their sales and tech support staff are in the USA.  I like that.  They have been very responsive to my inquiries and requests.  I give them two thumbs way up!  Click the link in the right-hand column and check them out for yourself.

Blog Update

In March, I made the move from Blogger to this self-hosted WordPress site.  At times, I have questioned my sanity in making that move, but I’m convinced that it was a good move for me.  I recently found myself posting on a non-public Blogger site.  It only took a few minutes to realize how nice WordPress is for me.

When I made the hosting move, I considered moving back to blogger.  It is an excellent option for the hobby blogger.  You have a lot of options open to you and hosting takes nothing from your pocket.  I do miss the “Follow” function in blogger.  For a variety of reasons, I have decided to continue using the WordPress platform on this self-hosted site.  Your mileage may vary. 😉