Why Was Talk of the Sound Unavailable for the Last Day or So?

It would have been hard not to notice that for many readers the site was not loading over the past day. It is a good problem to have — our traffic has grown to the point where our server was getting overloaded with requests. This has been a problem since June but I was reluctant to address the issue due to the cost of migrating too a newer, bigger server. Today was the final straw so I had to bite the bullet and sign a deal to get more horsepower for the site.

I do not want to get into all the details but the site has gone from 200 readers a month to 22,000 readers a month and it starts to cost real money to host the site on a dedicated server with all sorts of bells and whistles. What that will mean for Talk of the Sound is that instead of running Google ads and things like that I am going to need to start lining up sponsors and selling ads directly. I have signed an agreement with a company called GrowthSpur to help me do this but I mostly need the help of readers. So, if you want to support the site and looking for a way to reach New Rochelle residents (or knows someone who does) please get in touch.