"There are several members with hundreds of pages (myself included) of content created by them, posted on the site. Should the site be sold tomorrow and the rules changed.....what then? Just some food for thought." ~Internet Business Solutions Team (May 6)

What if you put a lot of time and effort into creating the best social networking profile you could. You blogged on it every day and poured your heart and soul into it. Added photos, videos, music and a lot more. You were really proud of it.

Then one day you went to your profile to update it and... "WACK!". It's all gone. Gone! Now what?

I'm not going to ask you what you would do, I'm sure you'd be devastated, maybe even cry quite a bit. Would you start over? Maybe. Or, maybe you'd never go back to social networking again. Too scared that all your hopes and dreams would be crushed like an over ripe tomato all over again.

This is not fantasy. It's happened before and, I'm sure, it'll happen again.

Many years ago, when I was new to the Net I created a Web site on an old Web site hosting service. I was proud of it because it was my first. Then one day I went there to find out the hosting site has closed shop. My site was gone.

Happened again a couple years later. I created a Web site on a hosting site that still exists, well the site exists but they don't host anymore. What I didn't know is that they have a little thing in their service plan that says that if you don't get X number of visitors to your site each month your site will be erased. I was horrified to find out one morning that my site was gone.

I hear about a woman who had her wedding album on a photo site. This photo site has a clause that you must buy something from them every six months. One day she woke up to find out her whole wedding album was gone. No back up. She didn't have a back up and neither did the company. Wiped out.

So be careful who you invest your thoughts and dreams with. Read the fine print and make sure they're not going out of business anytime soon. If you have important things like photos or special memories, keep a back up.

I would love to hear from any of you who have had similar experiences. Ever lost a Web site? Tell us all about it.