Network Programming in .NET

It’s probably hard to believe for certain people, but you do generally get attached to websites, something that you’ve created, and perhaps has paid you back a thousand fold, but some day, it no longer becomes relevant, and it’s time to say goodbye to it.

Some parting words for some of my websites that meant something to me ..

Webtropy.com

My very first domain, which I thought, at the time, was a cool mix between “Web” and “Entropy”. It made no sense to anyone else. But It was back in 2002, I was just out of University, and the £20 investment in a domain was a lot to me back then. It paid me back a hundred fold, once earning as much as $5,000 a month in advertisement (yes, it was spammy and ugly). But, it didn’t last long, and I guess about 2005 it slipped out of relevance, and was never revisited again.

FreebieSMS.co.uk

My first really successful business, I remember it used to bring in 10,000 people a day, peaking on new-years-eve. It used to make a steady £10K a month, with sources from all over the world. Mostly the UK, but I remember selling as far afield as Serbia. One day, a google update killed my SEO position across the board, and the business was over, I think around 2010. It never recovered, and the whole concept of communicating via SMS is only for 2FA and grandmothers who never got a smartphone.

But, it’s time to say goodbye, adieu, and so long and thanks for all the fish.