1 Year of Hosting for $1 Drawing

Free Hosting Rescue Competition

Free Hosting Rescue Drawing

The Free Hosting Rescue team just received ten 1-year life preservers, i.e. hosting plans to toss out in two drawings each week*. Just by helping us get the word out, you will automatically be entered into our drawing. Each plan will cost the winner exactly $1.00 for the first year.

Why $1.00?

Well, as you may have guessed by now, we hesitate to say “Free” – since Free is what got this mess started to begin with.

We are providing REAL plans with TRUE value:

  • UNLIMITED web space and traffic
  • UNLIMITED domain hosting
  • 2 FREE Domain names (give your site a REAL name that has meaning – instead of geocities.com/username)
  • Business Plus plan with a $ 107.40 value

Entering is simple. All you need to do is:

  1. Tweet this contest information on Twitter :
    RT @FreeHostRescue is giving away 1 year of hosting for $1 to help those abandoned by free hosting. See Details http://tr.im/mtC4
  2. Follow us on Twitter (so we can DM you if you win) OR Leave a comment on this post (make sure you give us your email address so we can contact you if you are the winner of the contest)

You can view the Drawing Rules by clicking HERE

The drawing will end on 6/30/2009 at 12:00 AM. We’ll randomly select and post two winners every week. Good luck!

*Applicable for new signups only

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Blogging – One Chris tells you why, another Chris tells you how

The 1st Chris

Chris Brogan Blog

Chris Brogan Blog

On the topic of startups, Chris Brogan says if he were to start today “No matter what, the very first piece of social media real estate I’d start with is a blog. It’s a website, with lots of built in features that make it useful from a search perspective, and simple from a content creation perspective. That alone is worth the price of admission.” And Chris should know.

Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris blogs at www.chrisbrogan.com, a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati.

With a blog virtually anyone can publish their thoughts, ideas and opinions to millions of potential readers.  In return, those readers can “participate” by expressing their view points or comments.  This method of communication is allowing all of us a means to become involved in information rather than just being passive consumers of it.

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Does “Web Hosting” terminology seem somewhat intimidating or confusing?

Here are three terms to get you started in testing your hosting-terms’ IQ:

  1. What is Hosting?
    1. The company famous for the creation of delicacies such as the Twinkie.
    2. Assigning customers to tables in an establishment & dividing the dining area into areas of responsibility for the various servers on duty.
    3. Providing storage space on a server to allow accessibility to websites on the internet.
  2. What is DNS?
    1. The Internet system to translate names into IP addresses.
    2. Do Not Support. The credo of most hosting companies today.
    3. The current #1 artist on the R&B charts. Famous for the song, “Hard Wired, Soft Shoe”.
  3. What is a Domain?
    1. A tasty Chinese dish, consisting of noodles, vegetables, meat, and occasionally wontons.
    2. A human readable name used to redirect users to the numerical IP address of a hosted website.
    3. The dark abode of Mistress Black Rose, which should never be entered.

Interested in learning more terminology? Click here to view a Hosting Glossary.

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Paid Hosting or Free? What would a Patriot do?

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As you consider your options for moving your GeoCities website, you have freedom of choice.

While you can’t choose if you will move that doesn’t mean you can’t choose where you will move.

Will you choose free hosting again after what happened to Geocities?

If the founding fathers were choosing I suspect that they would choose a paid hosting account. In their own words here’s why:

A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.

Alexander Hamilton
The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775

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Free Hosting Rescue

Free Host Rescue

Men and women have been going out onto the water for thousands of years. There is something inherently adventurous about the sea, and those who make their living off-shore are a brave and daring group. Even the most seasoned mariner can get into trouble, and when they do, the Coast Guard Search and Rescue are there. Search and Rescue is the oldest and noblest Coast Guard mission.

In 1994 when GeoCities launched, having a website was not as common nor as easy as it is today. Since then, millions have jumped into the internet’s waters with GeoCities free sites. They created websites that showcased their community, shared information about their businesses and displayed their creative endeavors. By now you probably know that Yahoo is shutting these free sites down this summer.

Rescue Swimmers are in the water!
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