On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:36:44 -0500 (EST), Martin Read wrote: > On 08/12/15 16:58, Darac Marjal wrote: >> >> To which, the venerable W3C replied "Cool URIs don't change": >> http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html > > Your criticism is invalid, given that the action that has clearly been > taken here is "change my URIs so that in future they're under a domain I > control instead of a domain someone *else* controls". > > (Also, given the behaviour of search engines, "Pretty much the only good > reason for a document to disappear from the Web is that the company > which owned the domain name went out of business or can no longer afford > to keep the server running." is a beautiful theoretical principle with > no grounding in practicality.)
Actually, I didn't change my web site name for either reason. I changed it because my ISP decided to discontinue their web hosting service. (Or maybe they just decided to discontinue their *free* web hosting service provided to *home* users of their cable modem internet connectivity. They may still provide a *for charge* web hosting service to their *business* customers. I wouldn't know.) In any case, they "pulled the plug" on me. I now pay for a web hosting service that I used to get free. But I will admit that the new URL is more "cool" than the old one. :-)