So the few of you who know about this site, and by that I mean, the four or five people out there, would have noticed the site went 404 for a while. The reason for that is due to the fact that I decided to give the site a complete makeover.
Why a makeover was necessary Previously this site was hosted on shared Linux hosting. Shared hosting is the old-school way of web hosting. This makes sense if you know how to game the Google system and have the talent (and coding ability) to tackle Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on your own. Unfortunately I do not have the time or patience to play little games with Google. I instead choose to invest my time wisely in creating quality content and art. I knew about the SEO barrier from my past experience with having had a moderately popular website. Sadly I fell on hard times and I had to choose between having a meal and keeping that site going. My previous site was also popular for the wrong kind of reasons- notoriety for being brave to stand up for the underdog against unethical persons- the kind of thing Sonic would do. But that was years ago and I don't even remember the URL. I do, however, remember that my stuff, was consistently at the top of the Google search results. I had to think long and hard about how I did that because I had completely forgotten. Also, there was another problem. This site was coming under attack on the old hosting, and vulnerabilities were actively being sought all the time by hackers (It was using WordPress) and I really just got tired of all the email alerts and having to clean out all the spam from the comments section. Of course its no fault of the hosting company, its a combination of WordPress and me not having the necessary level of control on the the server I would like. Then suddenly I remembered where and how I managed to succeed with the SEO problem... and here we are, a new site. Have no fear, the yearbook is not going away, but it has a dedicated page, you can find the link at the top of the page.
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