THEN:
San Francisco, CA – October 26, 2006 – Six Apart, the world leader in blogging software and services, today launched Vox in the U.S., Japan, and France. Vox, a free personal blogging service for sharing experiences with friends and family, had been in private beta since June. Six Apart also announced an agreement with MRM Worldwide, a full-service direct and interactive marketing agency, to develop and implement creative advertising and integrated sponsorship programs on Vox.
“Vox is the big next step in the evolution of personal blogging,” said Six Apart co-founder and president Mena Trott, who is the lead designer of Vox. “It has powerful privacy control and is easier to use, more accessible, and fun.”
NOW:
Vox is closing on September 30, 2010. Vox has been a fun place to explore, create and connect with your friends. But Vox is closing its doors on September 30, 2010.
As of September 2, Vox is no longer accepting new user registrations. If you have an existing Vox account you can continue to sign in to manage your account and view posts from your neighborhood.
On Wednesday September 15th, you will no longer be able to create new posts on Vox or upload new photos or videos. You will still be able to sign in to view your blog and manage your account.
On Thursday September 30th, your blog will no longer be available at Vox.com, and you will no longer be able to sign in to Vox.
Another reason you cannot trust your data to third parties in the cloud. Yeah, sure you can move it to Typepad somehow. But you still lose your old VOX url and most of your readers. Pretty lame.
There was something of a buzz about VOX when it appeared. I could never figure out why.
If you want durable content then use a source control system. Spend the $15/year to get your own domain name. If your blog publisher goes dead, move along and upload your content to another service. Use scripts to upload content so it’s easier to move to another service. Look for service providers with an API.
If you want to host it yourself and you consider your content durable then you’ll need to do much the same work.
Your blog content is your own. Anybody else is just a content provider.
Imagine that, free Internet services that eventually close because they can’t make money. Genius at work.
Not sure if you could just copy the thing to square space.
You might start over or you might decide to get a kendle and read books.
I’ve never even heard of Vox.
Who?
deowll: Squarespace and Rackspace are the cream of the crop