This means that we are also going to make a big announcement at the conference – Profy beta will be launched with tons of improvements and interesting new features suggested by our early alpha users.

To get ready for the event and for the attention that we hope to receive for the new Profy blogging platform there, we need to do some preparation in advance and it involves reconfiguring our servers to support better performance of the platform itself. Unfortunately, it also results in the necessity to take the Profy alpha down on Thursday morning and keep it down until Profy beta is officially launched.

So if you are among our alpha users, I have to ask for your understanding of the fact that the platform will be unavailable for the nearest couple of weeks. Sorry for the inconvenience but I hope your patience will be compensated for when you see what we are getting ready to launch. If you are new and want to be able to start blogging on Profy when the platform is launched in beta, you will still be able to request to be notified when we are ready to let you in. Remember, our major principle is that it is the end user to decide what the ideal blogging process should look like – so we will be happy to have you with us and to hear what you have to say about how you want to blog.

And since I started with the importance of the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco for us, I would like to invite everyone to visit our team in our booth at the event (booth 940, it should be easy to spot as it is located right near the Long Tail Pavilion). So if you are planning to be at the Web 2.0 Expo and have a moment, stop by to say hello as we will be very happy to see all our early users and Profy readers there. If you are planning to participate at the event but have not registered yet, you have a chance to pay less or even get to the expo floor free of charge. If you register using a special Profy code websf08co46, you will receive $100 discount off any conference registration fee. Remember, if you only want to visit the expo hall itself and do not plan to participate in the workshops and sessions, there is a $100 expo pass – and this one you can get absolutely for free with Profy using the same code. So here is another reason for you to visit the event – you can actually get to the expo hall and meet numerous internet professionals there absolutely for free! See you at the Web 2.0 Expo!