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West Metro Detroit WordPress: What to Look for in a Web Host

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I was frustrated. I needed to talk with my web host’s customer support about an issue on my new site.

But I couldn’t find their 24-hour phone number for support.

Two weeks earlier, I signed up for a hosting plan at a new web host, expecting to move my testing sites once I tested everything out.

I checked their website pages, re-read my onboarding email message, Thank you for choosing our hosting plan. You’ll be glad to know we’re only a phone call away if you need support.

Their number was nowhere to be found. Continue reading West Metro Detroit WordPress: What to Look for in a Web Host

Delicious, the Social Bookmarking Service, is Bought and Shut Down

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Bookmarks commemorating, Martin Luther King, Jr Day, National Geographic, Reading Rainbow

After being neglected by its owners for more than a year, Pinboard bought Delicious and will shutter the site. On June 15, 2017, the Delicious site will change to read-only.

Delicious users won’t be able to save any new bookmarks, but will be able to export their bookmarks.

Read on for more background about my experience with Delicious in 2016, their lack of communication, and what I believe they could have done to maintain the loyalty of their users.

In early February 2016, I couldn’t log in to Delicious, the online social bookmarking site. I figured it was my Internet connection, and I would check later in the day.

I have thousands of bookmarks on Delicious, accumulated since the mid 2000’s, on web design, accessibility, user experience. All kinds of bookmarks to sites, tips, and blogs, that I use weekly. And I regularly add to the bookmarks.

So, when I checked Delicious later in the day and I still couldn’t log in, I began to get concerned. Continue reading Delicious, the Social Bookmarking Service, is Bought and Shut Down

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