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jiminsd
April 27th, 2001, 09:21
Because of the pop-unders that VirtualAve is starting to put on my site that has in-line banners I think its time to move. I need a stable, fairly fast domain host with ftp, cgi ability to run forms and no pop-ups (banners are fine). This is a small site and space is minimal. Freeservers and Netfirms come to mind. Any experiences, thoughts, suggestions or any others?
Aaron
April 27th, 2001, 11:11
Netfirms is the exact same as VirtualAve in terms of pop-up ads except VirtualAve's are MUCH bigger.
LeX
April 27th, 2001, 12:17
Well, the size of pop-ups don't really matter that much - it's still a pop-up, and it's still going to be ignored by visitors. It also pisses 'em off.
bigperm
April 27th, 2001, 12:53
Freeservers have no cgi.

You should try http://www.free.prohosting.com
gyrbo
April 27th, 2001, 15:24
Originally posted by bigperm
Freeservers have no cgi.

You should try http://www.free.prohosting.com

It's http://free.prohosting.com and they are not so good.
jiminsd
April 27th, 2001, 15:37
Hmmm...

Regarding Netfirms and not having banners, the site says: "all our Netfirms services are provided absolutely free of charge. Our costs are covered through advertising revenue which means a banner is neatly placed at the top of all your pages automatically." So, do they have pop-ups only or is there a banner option offered?

Freeservers site says they offer a form e-mailer and that will do for my need instead of a cgi.

Maybe I will order them both up and try them before the domain get's moved for a few days.

Which one seems more stable and faster?
Aaron
April 27th, 2001, 17:22
jiminsd: They have an automatic inline ad that's placed at the top and there're also pop-up ads.

LeX: The size of the pop-up ad may not matter to you but the fact that VirtualAve's pop-up ad is almost twice as big as Netfirms' might influence someone else's choice.
jiminsd
April 27th, 2001, 17:49
Thanks Aaron for the clarification. That's what I'm trying to get away from at VirtualAve.


Another option is 50megs but I haven't heard much about them from anyone lately.

[Edited by jiminsd on 04-27-2001 at 06:57 PM]
GameSource
April 27th, 2001, 18:49
Have you tried Spaceports? There not so bad, never did get one of my CGI accounts to work though, I you do, just a fare warning, place the banner code on the pages or you may get a pop-up.
jiminsd
April 27th, 2001, 18:54
I did look at them but I need a domain host (for the spiders) not a redirect to a subdomain. The site is listed quite well with the search engines. Thanks for the suggestion.

Anyone have experience with FreeWebSites.com? I just started to look at them. 50megs looks like a bust... they wouldn't take a domain name on their input form.
dony
April 28th, 2001, 05:29
Originally posted by jiminsd
Thanks Aaron for the clarification. That's what I'm trying to get away from at VirtualAve.


Another option is 50megs but I haven't heard much about them from anyone lately.

[Edited by jiminsd on 04-27-2001 at 06:57 PM]
do not use 50megs.
coz they are slow.
jiminsd
April 28th, 2001, 09:41
Thanks to all... I'm giving Freeservers a shot.
bigperm
April 28th, 2001, 10:29
It's http://free.prohosting.com and they are not so good.

That's your opinion. I think they are pretty good.
Bruce
April 28th, 2001, 12:11
Yeah I like prohosting too, except they don't have sendmail.