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Giving Away the Farm

By Scot Hacker, July 10, 2008

YouTube, Flickr, Ning, GMail, WordPress.com...  From discussion boards to multimedia, there's an abundance of free or affordable services out there ready to lower barriers to entry. But think twice before jumping on the free service bandwagon - "free" almost always has a cost.