As of June 30 my ISP decided to get out of the business. My ISP provided free space for my Website, which has been there for the past five years. The site remained in place on their free space until about a week ago, when it was removed from their system. It is no longer available.

While there are lots of forum members who say their website is a valuable asset, this has never been the case for me. Of the thousands of hit on my site, the vast majority have been from members of various forums that I frequent. In five years I have never booked a single job directly from the site--not one. This, despite the fact that I had the site address imprinted on every piece of advertising literature I sent out during the same time frame.

In November my .com will expire and will not be renewed. I guess it was neat and a bit of an ego trip having my own .com for five years, and some members may feel it makes them seem more professional. However, I think the money can be better spent in other promotional areas.

For those that had my old email address, they can still reach me at gary_diamond@hotmail.com

Good Luck,

Gary