• December
  • 7th
  • 2007

Fasthosts publicty that hurts

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Has to hurt a hosting business when you make the front page of Google news for a security breach. Whats gob smacking is not that Fasthost got hacked but the terrible way they handled it afterwards. If they had made a better job of keeping customers happy after the hack then (read more)
  • December
  • 2nd
  • 2007

One for the risk takers – capturing domains at registrar level

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Several months ago when working on a tool I noticed an exploit for capturing live domains. With only a small days worth of test data containing 100,000 whois records I noticed about 1% of the domains were registered to hotmail accounts. Being bored and curious if people were really (read more)
  • November
  • 21st
  • 2007

So thats who i work for

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Might have just discovered the name of the company I now work for. Doug has so many sites it hard to keep track, but looks like I work for “ASAP Ventures” who made the news last week when the sale of www.recycle.co.uk went through for (read more)
  • November
  • 20th
  • 2007

Natural born blogger - NOT!

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Thought I would blog to raise my profile outside of the very small SEO click I mingle with. You need to make connections in this industry, and being well known helps - Have seen some average people and some complete tits do extremely well out of their self publicity. (read more)
  • October
  • 23rd
  • 2007

18 nasty ways to get links - do not try these

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Following on from ways to get links here are some blackhat nasty ways i have seen people use. The people who use these techniques wont use them on a domain they can’t afford to lose; some of these techniques may be long dead, and some are illegal in most (read more)
  • October
  • 21st
  • 2007

So you dont know how to get links? 1002 ways!

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Web developer friend of mine recently asked how he could get links so here you go Stu... Ask for links Get a link from the local chamber of commerce Call webmasters on the phone and ask for links Email webmaster and ask for links Ask friends and family to link to you Ask to be listed (read more)
  • October
  • 18th
  • 2007

All play and no work :)

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Left casino.com last week! Didn’t work my notice since I thought it best to leave before burning those all important bridges – once you tell people you are quitting your job they no longer have the same patience for sarcastic emails about… best stop! Spending my remaining time (read more)
  • October
  • 10th
  • 2007

Monkey to marry chick

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Lets make the magic happen! More vegas weddings! Evilgreenmonkey to marry Lisa Ditlefsen in vegas and broadcast the wedding night live and unedited! Cheers Mike
  • October
  • 1st
  • 2007

Resigned from casino.com last week!

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Working my notice period! Been a slow 11 months, doesn’t really feel like I achieved anything. Shame really, was very hyped up about coming to work in the casino industry for one of the best domains around. Was an exciting challenge, had a ton of ideas and was (read more)
  • September
  • 28th
  • 2007

News flash! the web contains low-quality articles produced by amateurs

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Interesting article in the Guardian, at first I thought they were going to complain about auto generated MFA sites, but turns out they just don't like the rest of us having ago a publishing - and worst still making money from it. The growing number of websites that mix and (read more)