Xanga Plagued by DDoS

A while back I wrote an article about Xanga taking over UCLA. Google originally ranked my page in the top five when you searched for “xanga” but thankfully it’s back down to the thirties now. This past week, Xanga went down due to DDoS attacks on its server. It might not come back up for a few more days and even so, there’s really no way to protect against DDoS anyway, so the server could continue to get hammered.

I’ve never been a fan of the site, since I find that Blogger or LiveJournal are superior. Six Apart‘s new TypePad is a great alternative to Xanga if you’re looking for a new place to host your blog after their meltdown.