[Ravensfort] Website Type Question

[Sher M]

What Jacinth said!  I know I've looked at Stargate's site before by just typing stargate.org so it blew me out of the water when the facebookcensure.com popped up in its place.  Think we need a permanent email address for each officer that can be passed down to the next one.  That way the notice for ravensfort.org can go to the Reeve address.  Just my opinion but hopefully a sound one.  I have created one for Knight Marshal in gmail as per Jacinth's suggestion a while back.

Runa
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jacinth de Warwick 
  To: doug bell ; ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org ; Sher M 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Website Type Question


        I don't know the particulars here, but what usually happens is there are unscrupulous people out there who look for domain addresses that lapse... somebody isn't paying attention, and they forget to pay the bill to renew, or perhaps the renewal went to a defunct/hacked/old email account, for example; I never get a paper bill for any of the domains I manage, so I try to watch for email to remind me, which comes out with plenty of time to take action... otherwise, it's like remembering a birthday.  Once the domain expires, they are fair game to anyone else who wants it, regardless of previous ownership.  Domains that have been around for a long time (for example ravensfort.org is maybe 10 years old or so) are very attractive to these people, because they are looking to improve search engine rankings and older domains have a bit of an edge (it is complicated and proprietary formula, but it supposedly does have some influence in rank).  Then they hijack the address and repurpose it to drive traffic to their site.  Sometimes they hold it hostage for money because it is popular and somebody is willing to pay to get it back, which is even more despicable.

        I am guessing this is what happened.  It may have been redirected at one time, but if they lost ownership of the domain in this manner... similar results.  If you don't have someone focused on maintaining and keeping up with it, which sometimes happens when offices change hands a number of times, people are not technical/savvy/whatnot, things like this get dropped.  I hope this never happens to ravensfort.org, but unfortunately my extended stewardship is coming to a close and it will be out of my hands.  Keep it safe, people.

        -J

        --- On Wed, 6/15/11, Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net> wrote:


          From: Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net>
          Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Website Type Question
          To: "doug bell" <magnus77840 at hotmail.com>, ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org
          Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:57 AM


          Thanks, now I wonder why they didn't redirect stargate.org to stargate.ansteorra.org

          Runa
            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: doug bell 
            To: ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org 
            Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:10 AM
            Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Website Type Question



            It looks like the first address was taken over by a cybersquatter and redirects
            to a page of rants against facebook.

            I believe the second address is a page on the Ansteorra kingdom server.

            Magnus
            who used Linux so MS employees don't break things.


            If I type in www.stargate.org I get www.facebookcensure.com   If I type in Barony of Stargate in a search and then click on the link it goes to www.stargate.ansteorra.org   Can someone with more knowledge than me please tell me what's going on?  

            Runa (who should not be trusted with doing programming 'cause she breaks things)




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