Our 7th Week Winners!

Welcome to our 7th week of drawing. We have given away 15 hosting accounts (2 per week plus the bonus person last week). That’s over $1,500 of hosting for $15. Not to mention saving @fstopcarol’s site.

So, without further ado -

The winners are:

The first winner drawn is @bevshul.
The second winner is @gatetravellers.

All will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Remember the contest is NOT over yet! Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes!

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Our 6th Week Winners!

Welcome to our 6th week of drawing. We were so busy with our rescuing activities that we didn’t draw the winners, yesterday! But worry not, dear readers! To make up for our mistake, we are drawing 3 winners today!

On to the Bat bucket with all the twitter handles.

And, the winners are (drum roll…):

The first winner drawn is @adriennebailey.
The second winner is @jeasysehgal.
And the extra winner is @breannagaddie.

All will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Remember the contest is NOT over yet! Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes!

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Our Last Winners!

Finally! We are at the end of our Twitter Contest!

As the saying goes “When there’s a start, there will always be an ending“. Where did we get that quote, you ask? Well, we kind of made it ourselves… But hey, at least we have one, right?

Anyway, it was really fun doing the contest. We saw a lot of twitter responses from all over the world. It was awesome to meet so many new people who helped us save so many sites from the perils of free hosting.

We’d like to thank all of you who participated in the contest.

And so we’ve strapped on our diving masks (along with the Bat Bucket) for one last dive. All twitter handles were in, and the lucky 2 winners rescued are:

The first winner drawn is @danrako.
And the final winner is @bludesign4.

Both will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Thanks again to everyone!

P.S If you didn’t win stay tuned. We are headed back to Free Hosting Rescue’s command center to come up with a way to thank you all for participating. Check back after the 4th!

Our 4th Week Winner!

We are in our 4th week’s drawing right now. As of today, we’ve given away 8 out of our 10 $1 hosting accounts. Boy, did time go by fast! If you want to refresh your memory with the original post about the contest click HERE! Anyway, once again the rescue divers met with the help of the ever-reliable Bat bucket. We’ve used folded papers with Twitter participants handles and we’ve drawn two more names.

And so, the winners are (drum roll…):

The first winner drawn is @catrey.
And second winner is @leviself.

Both will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

So, be sure to tune in to the same Bat channel (this blog) next week as we draw for our final two winners.  Who knows what the capped rescue workers will do next!

Only 1 more drawing to go!

Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes!

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Facebook

Facebook has reached 6 Million custom usernames. Was yours taken when you arrived?

In case you missed it, Facebook opened up to custom usernames. That announcement created an Oklahoma Landrush type of event as everyone logged in to grab their handle.

Were you able to snag the username that you want? No? Well, unless your name is something unique (like “Banjo” or “Kazooey“), you’re out of luck. According to Mashable, there were 200,000 usernames gobbled up in the first 3 minutes, and more than twice that after 15 minutes of its debut. No surprise there, considering the user base of Facebook (175 Million users as of February 2009).

So what does it mean to have missed acquiring  the username you’ve always wanted in Facebook?  Will people be unable to find you on Facebook? Of course not. Hey, it’s just a name… and since it’s attached to Facebook.com, it’s not really yours.

Facebook is another free service on the internet, and we love free just as much as the next person. Facebook is a great social media application. All we’re saying is, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Remember Geocities. MySpace’s numbers continue to dwindle. We know the value of ownership. After all, bailing out websites that have lost their free hosting is our reason for being.

Facebook Usernames

In addition to having your custom username on Facebook, why not have your own domain name? Web hosting companies now offer free domains with their very affordable hosting packages.

When you register your own domain name remember Facebook is currently one of the most (if not the most) popular social networking website on the internet. You can use it to increase the visitors to your own website. Exercise your creativity with the freedom ownership provides!

Which Path To Take?

Batman announcing the winners

Another week goes by and it’s time for another winner post!

Once again, our (not-so) high-tech drawing mechanism was used. Using folded papers with the Twitter handles in it, we put them inside the Bat Bucket again and drew 2 names.  And guess who will announce the winners today? The Batman himself (in his cartoon form, anyway). As was stated in our earlier post, one of our rescue divers is also a graphic novel afficionado, and he drew the Caped Crusader on his whiteboard announcing this week’s Twitter winners.

If you want to refresh your memory with the original post about the contest click HERE!

And so, without further ado:

Holy Bat Bucket! The first winner drawn is @bobzorin.

Wuzzaaahhh! And second winner is @angiemeeker.

Both will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Remember the contest is NOT over yet! Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes! And if you want to see where we come up with the original Batman sound effects check this out.

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Second Round Winner!

It’s been a week and you’d think we would have come up with a high tech way to select today’s winners.  Well we didn’t. We did watch The Dark Knight again on DVD last night. Then once again, the Rescue team hit the Bat Beacon to summon the Caped Crusader for yet another drawing. All the twitter handles of those who Tweeted about our contest (from previous and current periods) were printed on a piece of paper, folded, and are put inside the Bat bucket again.  (If you want to refresh your memory with the original post about the contest click HERE!)

Kapow! The first winner drawn is @1080Group.

Zzzzzwap! And second winner is @katie_mccartney.

Both will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Remember the contest is NOT over yet! Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes! And if you want to see where we come up with the original Batman sound effects check this out.

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Twin Valley Horse Ranch

A day at Twin Valley Bed & Breakfast Horse Ranch is like no other.

http://www.geocities.com/twinvalleyhorseranch/

Welcome again to our free-hosting website showcase. This week we are featuring the Twin Valley Horse Ranch. For families, couples, friends … this place appears to be truly magical!

After a good night’s sleep in a cabin, a fully-equipped suite in the Ranch House, or one of the B&B rooms (with private bath, of course) at the Lodge . . . wake up while having coffee on the porch, gazing into the deep woods or lovely mountains and plan your day!

And what a day it can be! Maybe you will choose a morning horse ride — either a 1.5 hour or 1/2 day ride on the ranch’s miles and miles of mountain trails (real Smoky Mountain trail-riding, as easy-going or as challenging as you wish)!  Maybe the fishin’ proves too good to resist, or maybe you’ll swing from an old-fashioned rope into a deep spring-fed pond, or take the llama on his daily walk, feed the chickens, laugh at the antics of two fainting goats, or play with Ruby the official greeting dog . . . the list just goes on and on!

Better hit the sack early- tomorrow promises to be another exciting day!

So, Twin Valley Horse Ranch, if you guys are watching, please fill in your contact info in the “Get More Info” form below (bottom right), and we’ll transfer your site and host it for 1 year for $1.00!

Through The Lens Softly...

As my photography progressed over the years, I became more aware that the subjects that excited me the most were close-ups. Whether zeroing in on the heart of a flower, or isolating a small portion of a large hillside, my “macro eyes” loved discovering bits and pieces of the larger subject…

Carol Cohen
http://www.geocities.com/fstopcarol1

Free Hosting Rescue is paying tribute to free hosting sites that will soon be gone.  The first website we are showcasing is the one created by Carol Cohen, with some of her favorite pictures . . . beautiful is the first word that comes to our minds.

Carol, if you’re watching, please fill in your contact info in the “Get More Info” form below (bottom right), and we’ll transfer your site and host it for 1 year for $1.00!

Our High Tech Drawing Mechanism

If you have been following Free Hosting Rescue, you know that we’ve been running a contest on Twitter. We are Tweeting to people who may be losing their free web hosting accounts and letting  them know Free Hosting Rescue is here to help. (If you need to refresh your memory with the original post about the contest click  HERE!)

The Rescue team gathered with great anticipation for the first drawing.  The Twitter handles of all those who entered were printed on a sheet of paper.  We cut them out and went looking for a hat to put them in.  Uh oh! No hat!

Not to be diverted from our mission, we went to commissioner Gordon’s office and hit the Bat beacon.  (One of our rescue divers is also a graphic novel afficionado) He happened to have a Batman collectible that would do the trick.

Bamm! The first winner drawn is @stanley2580.

Poww! And second winner is @lythandebs.

Both will be able to buy a year of hosting (provided by IX Web Hosting) for $1.00. Congratulations!

Fear not Gotham City! The contest is NOT over yet! Keep retweeting for a chance to win MORE $1 /year Hosting prizes!

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