Tuesday 18 July 2017

LINKROT DISARRAY

When this blog (first known as this is my england) was started in April 2011, photos were uploaded straight onto blogspot/blogger. By December of the same year, this was no longer possible. There was a limit to the number of pictures that could be hosted on the platform. So a photo hosting service was needed. Photobucket was chosen.

Now, more than six years on, this blog looks like a fucking mess. Photobucket, apparently failing to make enough from advertising, is suddenly asking for $400 p.a. to enable continue third party hosting. Disinclined to go down this route, I am now spending a little time each day to work out which photos are associated with which posts and get them back up in the right places. This is made easier by the fact that Blogger (AKA Google)no longer seems to impose a limit on the number of pics one can upload to the platform. But it's still a laborious business. Ah, well. At least I learned the term "linkrot" as a result of this irritating episode. 

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