Wired News: Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent

Wired News: Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent: "serial 'blog murder'".
When you choose a provider, you better make the right choice.
Got back-up ?

Read this one also, from Boston Online. And comments :-) :putting your site on a CentralizedShinyWidget{tm} like weblogs.com or blogger.com is like moving into a house built of sugar cubes in the tropics, and then crying foul when the monsoon comes

Anyway, Dave seems to have a solution available :
Transition plan for hosted sites, posted 6/17/04 at 4:42:22 AM.