Comments on: AOL Begins Unplugging Services to Cut Costs http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/aol-begins-unplugging-services-to-cut-costs/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Matt K. Olson http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/aol-begins-unplugging-services-to-cut-costs/#comment-57557 Matt K. Olson Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:24:27 +0000 #comment-57557 Listen up Xdrive Consumers....! XDMOlson is going to hook you all up with the easiest way to transfer your Xdrive digital assets to another provider.<br /> <br /> I know there are a lot of other providers out there, check out my previous post about the Ultimate Review List of Best Free Online Storage and Backup Application Services...<br /> <br /> <a href="http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services/" title="http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services/" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-fre...</a><br /> <br /> However XDMOlson is going to recommend selecting ElephantDrive for current Xdrive consumers. They have worked out an agreement with Xdrive to make transferring those digital assets over as easy as possible.<br /> <br /> Xdrive to ElephantDrive Migration Page: <a href="http://www.elephantdrive.com/m/ct.aspx?ici=267" title="http://www.elephantdrive.com/m/ct.aspx?ici=267" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.elephantdrive.com/m/ct.aspx?ici=267</a><br /> <br /> -XDMOlson Listen up Xdrive Consumers….! XDMOlson is going to hook you all up with the easiest way to transfer your Xdrive digital assets to another provider.

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]]> By: Timothy http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/aol-begins-unplugging-services-to-cut-costs/#comment-57558 Timothy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:04:36 +0000 #comment-57558 I had a AOL-based web site that was rather highly ranked on Google. It had a good PageRank, so I could use it to give my newer sites a bit of a boost. Alas, AOL decided to pull the plug on me. That site had been there for over 10 years ... then pow.<br /> <br /> After a decade of satisfied hosting on AOL, I will be moving to a cheaper, more versatile service. Ah, well. I had a AOL-based web site that was rather highly ranked on Google. It had a good PageRank, so I could use it to give my newer sites a bit of a boost. Alas, AOL decided to pull the plug on me. That site had been there for over 10 years … then pow.

After a decade of satisfied hosting on AOL, I will be moving to a cheaper, more versatile service. Ah, well.

]]> By: Tony Casillo http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/aol-begins-unplugging-services-to-cut-costs/#comment-57559 Tony Casillo Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:29:35 +0000 #comment-57559 Like so many others, I had my web site on AOL Hometown too. Mine was on since May, 1996. I've been a paying member since 1995. When AOL went free, I continued to pay. I thought that, since I was receiving a derived benefit from my website being hosted on AOL, it was only fair that I should put something back into the pot. Stupid ME!!!! Well, I did get the AOL email notifying me about the shutdown and I retrieved my files before the power went off. But the search engine positioning & links to the site are gone forever. My new URL is <a href="http://www.typewriterdepot.com" title="http://www.typewriterdepot.com" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">http://www.typewriterdepot.com</a> and is hosted by a more reliable company than AOL. I will start all over again. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> My parting comments to the AOL staff that made this decision are, how dumb can you get? Why walk away from this business when you can charge for the service? Or sell it if you don't want it. Are you in some sort of self-destruct mode? Are you actually getting paid to make these decisions? I am sure that folks would have paid for this valuable service. It's no surprise to me that AOL is in the pickle it's in these days. THIS WAS THE DUMBEST DECISION I'VE SEEN MADE IN A LONG TIME. I don't know who's steering this ship but it's sad. <br /> <br /> Amen. <br /> <br /> <br /> Like so many others, I had my web site on AOL Hometown too. Mine was on since May, 1996. I've been a paying member since 1995. When AOL went free, I continued to pay. I thought that, since I was receiving a derived benefit from my website being hosted on AOL, it was only fair that I should put something back into the pot. Stupid ME!!!! Well, I did get the AOL email notifying me about the shutdown and I retrieved my files before the power went off. But the search engine positioning & links to the site are gone forever. My new URL is http://www.typewriterdepot.com and is hosted by a more reliable company than AOL. I will start all over again.

My parting comments to the AOL staff that made this decision are, how dumb can you get? Why walk away from this business when you can charge for the service? Or sell it if you don't want it. Are you in some sort of self-destruct mode? Are you actually getting paid to make these decisions? I am sure that folks would have paid for this valuable service. It's no surprise to me that AOL is in the pickle it's in these days. THIS WAS THE DUMBEST DECISION I'VE SEEN MADE IN A LONG TIME. I don't know who's steering this ship but it's sad.

Amen.

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