My wife convinced me, this afternoon, to keep the domain name, which only costs me about $40 a year--not a big deal.

As for the effectiveness, I spent lots of time registering and re-registering with the various search engines, putting in keywords, doing all the things that gets loads of hits. Thousands upon thousands of hit over the time I had the site, which I revised several times, has resulted in not a single job.

As for an online business card, I would much rather present my business card to my clients in person--I know this works. When I'm one on one with a client, 99.9 percent of the time I get the job. Now that's a damned good batting average sports fans.

I'm to the point now where I'm trying very hard to cut down on the number of jobs I book. Beginning in 2009 I will no longer book doubles and triples--I'm too damned old and don't need the money. One job a day is more than enough. Additionally, I'm trying to cut back to 3 to 4 jobs a week. This will allow me more time for sailing, playing with the grandson, and just plain enjoying what little life I have remaining in this rapidly aging body. The way I look at it, there comes a time when you just gotta' smell the roses.

I really do appreciate all the offers for help in reconstructing my website, but at this point in time I'm going to allow it to go away. As I said, I'll keep the domain name for a while, mainly to keep my loving spouse happy.

Thanks again everyone,

Gary