Thursday, August 31, 2017

Pulling the Plug on SiteHoundSniffs

It is with great sadness that I must announce the closure of SiteHoundSniffs.com on September 27, 2017. The email address associated with the site (jerryebeuterbaugh@sitehoundsniffs.com) will also come to an end on that date. So, if someone sends you an email from that address or leaves a comment on your site appearing to have something to do with SiteHoundSniffs.com after September 27, be assured that it is not coming from me. If you want, you can email me at fishhawk7@gmail.com.

What you just read is now on the home page of SiteHoundSniffs. I had such high hopes, but there is simply not enough traffic to justify the expense required to keep the site going for another year. It was because of our main computer suddenly dying on August 9th that kept me offline for around three weeks, and the $210.00 we spent upon purchasing a refurbished one ate up the funds that could have kept SiteHoundSniffs going.

Another reason for ending SiteHoundSniffs is that I am to spend my available time and energy upon writing again, and the content of many pf the articles to be published here will undoubtedly upset a great many in one way or another. Alas, there does not seem to be a lot of tolerance going around these days—even among the more bleeding heart liberal types.

Oh, and I am to start leaving regular comments here and there again, which will certainly stir-up some “stuff” when I may not be in full agreement with the author of the article or even some of the other commentators. Be assured that my comments will always be respectful, but that does not count for much to far too many when I am trying to convey something they vehemently disagree with.

Oh yeah, I foresee getting into all sorts of trouble, which would cause most advertisers to shy away. It probably would not help drive more traffic toward SiteHoundSniffs, neither.

It was an easy decision to let the site directory end while I was thinking that only three people had visited it in July. A closer look at the stats available to me proved that I had been looking in the wrong column. For that total of three in July was referring to the average page-views per visitor, and SiteHoundSniffs had actually received over 40,000 hits in July. When consulting a very close friend, he wondered just how many of those hits came from web-crawling bots—not actual people. Nonetheless, we simply cannot really afford to spend the $200.00 necessary to renew for another year, and our Heavenly Father wants me to focus upon the real purpose for entering cyberspace in the first-place.

Yes, that includes publishing at least a couple more books. I have two more crumbs/chapters to add to the end of [The Crackerhead Chronicles] swirling around in my head, as well. I will see about converting [FishHawk Droppings] to pages instead of posts to make it easier to insert new books in the order they should be read.

When the previous main computer died, we lost use of MS Office. The copy we had was from 2010, and we had already installed it upon the two computers allowed by its license. So, I am learning how to use the free [Apache OpenOffice] program, which is proving to not be as difficult as I feared. I have discovered that it can even convert documents into a PDF!

Arlynda and I's physical health is as poor as ever, but at least we do not appear to be getting any worse. Arlynda's mother (who had been living with us) dying last January 15th) has been a rather bittersweet experience (to say the least). At least we have been able to clear-out some of the clutter. She had a lot of hoarder to her, and we still feel like we are doing something wrong when finding an empty cat food tin and throwing it in the trash. Be assured that we sure wish our turns to be delivered from this prison of a world will come much sooner than later.


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22 comments:

  1. Oh I am sorry What a shame I have actually used your side to find some exciting blogs. I understand however that you have to do it and I am also happy to have you to have the time to blog again. Wish you all the best Bless you

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Marja!!! I am glad to hear that the site has been helpful to you, and I am sorry that it cannot be continued. I can send you the addresses of the Netherlands sites I had not listed yet, if you want.

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  2. Difficult decision.
    However you may be right in the long run.
    I find it difficult to imagine any comment you leave leading to trouble on any blog anywhere in this world mind....

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Alas, not everyone is as considerate of the feelings of others as you Scots.

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  3. Really sorry to hear that, Jerry. But at least you tried. Meanwhile, good luck with the writing. You're right about the lack of tolerance - and it's one thing I just won't put up with.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Nike!!! What a wonderful place this world would be if we could all just follow the example set by our President Trump. Sigh.

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  4. I'm sorry for the problems that beset you, Jerry, but I'm glad there are a few bright spots along the way. Things will work out in the long run. It's good to hear from you.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Gorges!!! At least some of the content of the articles I have swirling around in my head should be of great interest to you and those like-minded.

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  5. So sorry to hear about the passing of you mother-in-law. My own mother passed away on Christmas Eve. It's good to hear your health has stabilized, or at least isn't taking a down-turn. Take care.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! I am so sorry for your loss. May it merely be temporary.

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  6. Wow, it's a shame to see you closing that site, Jerry, considering that you'd done a ton of work on it. But it's good news to hear you'll be blogging more again, and I look forward to seeing what kind of material you'll be writing, controversial or not.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Silver Fox!!! I hope you won't regret that. (LOL?)

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  7. too bad you can't just convert it to a free site like blogspot.com,I do look forward to see your posting here.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Mike!!! I may do that later on.

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  8. Sorry to hear about sitehoundsniffs. I know how hard you worked on that. On a brighter note it's nice to see you're witty comments again.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! It all depends upon the material available to work with. (LOL?)

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  9. Hi Jerry,
    I have not been over here for a while due to some problems each time I tried, and things going on in my own life. However, I kept your blog on my sidebar. I wish you and your family all the best in whatever you do, and it has been a pleasure to know you.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Brenda!!! I am sorry to hear that you had problems with the site.

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  10. I'm so sorry, Jerry. It was a good site. Will you still be blogging? I will be interested to see what else you do. I guess you considered moving it over to Blogspot.com or similar. I am so sorry for your continuing health tribulations.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Jenny!!! Yes, I will be going back to regular blogging when I can get into the swing of things. I have most of the content for four articles swirling around in my head now, but it is making me dizzier than usual. Sigh.

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  11. I am so sorry. Perhaps you can find another venue, that is less cost. Best wishes and Thank you.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Jane!!! Yes, I may try again someday. Be assured that I greatly appreciated all of your efforts, and I hope your books are wildly successful.

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Since the Blogger spam filter has been found sorely lacking lately, I will start moderating comments. Be assured that I am only interested in deleting spam. So, if you feel a need to take me to task over something—even anonymously, go ahead and let 'er rip, and I will publish it as soon as I can.