SORRY, I HAVE TAKEN THIS WEB SITE OFFLINE IN PROTEST
AGAINST ABUSES BY TRIPOD. THEY OFFER A FREE ACCOUNT
WITH A CHOICE OF POPUPS OR BANNERS. I CHOSE POPUPS.
I BUILT MY WEB SITE SPECIFICALLY TO OFFER TRANSLATION
AND WRITING SERVICES TO JOB HUNTERS.
TODAY, I CLICKED IN AND FOUND THAT TRIPOD IS NOW,
WITHOUT NOTICE, AND WITHOUT ANY CHOICE ON MY PART,
FORCING ADS FROM OTHER TRANSLATORS IN MONTREAL
DIRECTLY INTO THE BODY OF MY WEB SITE, TO STEAL THE
BUSINESS I WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE.
TRIPOD ALSO DELIBERATELY DAMAGED, BUTCHERED, THE HTML
CODE TO MY WEB SITE, REMOVING 50% OF MY SITE, BEING
ALL THE IMAGES, TEXT AND EXPLANATIONS IN THE RIGHTHAND
MARGIN, TO REPLACE IT WITH OTHER PEOPLES' ADS.
I NOW HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN AND SPEND MANY HOURS
REWRITING THE DAMAGED CODE AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER WEB
HOST.
I THEN TRIED CHANGING THE AD TYPE TO SEE IF THIS COULD
FIX THE PROBLEM. I LOGGED INTO MY SITE, CHANGED THE AD
TYPE, IT MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. MOREOVER, TRIPOD
HAS NOW AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED ME OUT OF BEING ABLE
TO REVERSE THIS BACK TO POPUPS, SO THE SITE IS A HELL
OF A MESS NOW, AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO FIX IT.
I HAVE TO FIND A NEW HOST AND MOVE IT.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT ANYONE CONSIDERING HOSTING
THEIR SITE WITH TRIPOD NOT DO IT. THEY HAVE NO COURTESY,
NO INTEGRITY, NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. EVEN IF YOU PAY FOR
THE HOSTING TO REMOVE THE ADS, THEY STILL CUT OFF YOUR
WEB SITE COMPLETELY IF YOU GET MORE THAN 300 CLICKS AN HOUR.
I KNOW, I PAID THEM $80 CANADIAN DOLLARS FOR ONE MONTH
OF SERVICE AND THE SITE WAS NONETHELESS SHUT DOWN
BECAUSE IT WAS "SUCCESSFUL", WITH REFUSALS BY TRIPOD
TO RESPECT THE MONEY I HAD PAID.
TO THOSE OF YOU LOOKING FOR THE JOB BANKS, THEY ARE
TEMPORARILY LINKED BELOW.
MISE A JOUR LE 13 MAI 2003