Why I’m Keeping My Personal Site
A web site is admittedly a nice thing to have if you’re a web-based professional. But if your business isn’t dependent upon it (which it would most likely be if you were a web site designer, for example), then that’s all it is: a nice-to-have, not a need-to-have. If you can let it go, maybe you should. You’ll save yourself time, money and possibly even face in the bargain.
via Why I’m Letting My Server Space Subscription Lapse.
I completely disagree with the main point of this post because of one simple reason… digital legacy.
Whether you’re an SEO expert or not, it’s very easy to make your personal web site attached to your name and discoverable in Google. Personally, I view it as a responsibility to organize the content I’m creating now (and previously) around a personal site like this one in order that my children or future generations may find something of value or at least know and better understand the provenance.
Keeping this content in a walled-garden type social network (Facebook) that will someday go bust or forget I existed is not much of a guarantee for me there.
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