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Re: xoom.com
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:48:28 GMT
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Ed \"Boxer\" Jones wrote:
> 
> And it still does ocassionally as my page is located in a "gay" neighborhood
> (the only neighborhood where gay-related ad-banners display).  There are
> several why reasons I haven't moved my page to another service:
> 
> 1. I'm an "A-List" and a "Featured" site, so I get lots more space for free.
> 
> 2. Geocities editor works very well, unless you have an HTML file that is very
> long (I still edit my Lego Sets List and my Opera Review HTML files in
> Notepad.

I *wish* I couldn't edit my Set List in Geocities; alas, it is
relatively short :)

> 3. FTPing is a breeze.
> 
> 4. The recent addition of sub- and sub-sub-directories is great.

xoom.com also supports FTP transfers and subdirectories

> 5. And the newest reason - my Castle is going to be featured in the "Activity"
> book for the upcoming Lego Create Software.  They are going to include a link
> to my site (I may never move).

Wow... :)
> 
> Kevin Loch wrote:
> 
> > That's nothing, Ed Boxer's page had a Geocities ad for
> > Gay Singles or something once.
> > 
> > KL
> > 
> > Thomas Main wrote:
> > > 
> > > I used to have my Lego web page at Geocities, but after trying to add a
> > > Geoguide (in order to make the page meet Mike Stanley's (pat. pend.)
> > > quality standard) I decided to move to xoom.com instead.  The Geoguide
> > > was a big eyesore and detracted from my page (esp. after seeing an ad
> > > for Kiss - death metal rock band).  Xoom doesn't require ads to be
> > > placed on pages and actually seems to be faster than Geocities.



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(...) "Activity" (...) link (...) What he said. Way to go, Ed! -Lar ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (28 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.publish)

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And it still does ocassionally as my page is located in a "gay" neighborhood (the only neighborhood where gay-related ad-banners display). There are several why reasons I haven't moved my page to another service: 1. I'm an "A-List" and a "Featured" (...) (28 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.publish)

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