Frank, your blog/forum is great. Your reviews are full of interesting details, I read all them.
I ran my server for years. But actually I make money via big public internet resources, not mine. My sales grow rapidly once I started with eBay, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, etc.
I think to simply cancel my own server and buy an unlimited gallery with a personal web page on the photo.net for only $70 for 3 years. Today I pay $100/month for my own server, which is 51 times more expensive, plus my unlimited time to manage the server.
So, I will be glad to hear what else on-line resources do you, LL members, recommend.