).<P>At first I wanted to host with Keenspace, but reading through the Help Center forum has made me reconsider and at least, initially, host elsewhere(I know they're migrating servers right now, but some of the concerns seem to go beyond that). Here's what look to be the pros of Keenspace vs. me-hosting-with-someone-else:<P>pros of hosting on my own:<P>-I control the code(I do front-end design/editing for a living, and know just enough back-end that I should be able to manipulate something like the AutoKeenLite archiving system). I don't have to mess with an internal system that likes to crash a lot and not let me in.<P>-I control the load time(not competing with 1,000 other cartoonists on the same server, not having to include banner ads and obligatory Keenspace links that take time to download). My test site, with daily manga page, currently downloads at 30 seconds tops on a 28.8, and even that makes my web-designer-self twitch. Hearing that it's common(and seeing) that Keenspace sites can take up to 2-3 minutes to load is a huge disadvantage to me.<P>The pros of hosting with Keenspace:<P>-It's free(as opposed to $10 a month)<P>-A built-in community that will almost certainly drive readers my way just by my being in it(dropdowns, contests, general forum presence, etc.).<P>So, to get around to the point... why are you here at Keenspace? Should I move my site over to it? <P>For those of you tech newbies, if you could handle the code and didn't care about money, would you leave Keenspace? Is convienence the main reason you're here?<P>For everyone in general, has being part of the Keenspace community significantly helped your comic gain attention/readership?(nothing like people actually reading your work to keep you at it, you know 
)<P>I know I read about one guy who runs mirror sites at both Keenspace and with another host, so that may be an option...<P>Anyway, thanks for reading!<P>------------------
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