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Domain name Slamming.. NameJuice.com AKA Domain Registry of America
Use social networking to fight back against these types of companies..!!! BE A SNIPER!
I’m bringing this up because it irritates me personally to no end to see innocent people taken for a ride.. so I just wanted to make sure that everyone who reads my blog knows that Domain Registry of America (DROA) is pulling off their domain name scam under a “nifty” new domain name, “NameJuice.com” (a.k.a. Domain Registry of Canada, droc.ca)
So, if you've never heard of the scam known as “Domain name slamming”. Then….…please read on..
The scam is this... DROA sends you what appears to be an invoice for a domain name renewal, making it appear as if they're your current domain name registrar and that it’s absolutely URGENT that you renew your domain name or risk losing it forever. They also email out “Transfer confirmation” emails to domain name owners and how people don't question those I have no idea but people continue to fall for them.. in these emails people are asked to confirm their transfer request. It seems everyone would know wether they requested a transfer or not but I guess not.
Anyway, some people are completely clueless when it comes to who their domain name registrar is, and will unwittingly pay the invoice, not realizing they are actually transferring their domain to someone other than their original provider. In many cases this is just the beginning of much bigger problems and MUCH higher renewal fees AND..In most all cases the domain name wasn’t even up for renewal!! AND It’s not cheap!! They charge $75 bucks a year from what I’ve heard which as most of us know is ridiculous to say the least..Sad thing is none of this is illegal! Because somewhere in the letter in small print.. it says “this is not a domain name renewal this is a transfer” and as we all know… most people don’t even know the difference between the two anyway.
Well, DROA.com also knew this and that’s why they've continued to get away with this scam for the past 6 years. If you do a Wikipedia lookup on the definition of “Domain name Slamming” it actually mentions DROA.com in the freaking definition!!
My point? Try to warn people. Tell your friends who own domain names to watch out for this company and to ignore those letter in the mail. Write about it on your blog, share this post on your facebook, twitter etc.. you can use social networking to make it harder for them to scam people out of their hard earned money. You might really save someone a lot of heartache if you do. Think how messed up it would be if your company domain name was hijacked by these clowns. Some people depend on their websites to survive.
Read This.. Court bars Canadian domain slammer (however they continue to do it, just in a more legal way)
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3 of the Coolest Social Bookmarking Plugins
3 of the Coolest Social Bookmarking Plugins...
HERE ARE 3 OF THE COOLEST SOCIAL BOOKMARKING PLUGINS I PERSONALLY KNOW OF AND HAVE USED. I'M CURRENTLY USING SEXY BOOKMARKS AND I LOVE IT!
SexyBookmarks is a Wordpress plugin that inserts a (X)HTML compliant list-based menu of social bookmarking site icons in each post to allow users to easily submit your posts to some of the most popular social bookmarking networks automatically. The plugin allows for you to choose several different options like:
- Where to display the menu
- Whether or not to add rel="nofollow" to the links
- The target attribute (_blank or _self)
- Which site icons should be displayed in the menu
- Custom CSS for the DIV that contains the menu
ShareThis
Description: ShareThis makes a WordPress plugin that provides an unobtrusive way for your visitors to post your site content to various social bookmarking sites, or send a link via e-mail & other communication channels (like Facebook and MySpace) to a friend.
Download: ShareThis WP Plugin Download.
SocioFluid
Description: Icons for major Social Bookmarking websites: Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us, dzone, stumbleupon, blinklist, blogmarks, furl, newsvine, technorati, magnolia, google, myspace, facebook, yahoo buzz. More to be added in the next versions. -”mac effect” – when the mouse is over the icons they grow. -Administration Panel to select only the desired Social Bookmarking sites.
Download: SocioFluid WP Plugin Download.
HOT Black and White Social Icon Sets
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New Social Networking Icon Sets Galore!
Two cool new sites offering new social networking icon sets. It's always nice to see new sets and I'm always looking so if you know of one I have not posted please let me know or if you've designed one and you'd like to be featured - Let me know!
Both sites were designed using.. My Site My Way which is something new to me..what I found strange instead of them having their own domain names they use a subdomain - for example: icons.mysitemyway.com must be great for mysitemyway's search engine optimization! If I were the webmaster however at one of these sites I would definintly register my own domain name. I'd want my ranking, seo etc.. to go towards my site not my web hosts.
Do you Poken?
What is a Poken? Well..Watch the video! Basically a poken is a gadget that allows you to transfer social networking data such as and I can only assume since i don't personally have one but I assume your myspace, Linkedin, Website, Twitter...etc and of course your email address. This is done when you touch your poken to another poken your data is instantly transferred. - Click Post Title to Read More..
Hot! Hot! Ipod Themes and Icons!
These Ipod themes are so awesome!
This set includes all the social networking icons as well including Flickr, Facebook, Youtube, Wordpress, Twitter, Digg..etc. Over 300 icons, wallpaper, dock, status bar - plus UIImages, HUD, Sliders, Battery & Badges. You'll find extra icons for this adorable theme at the artists -- Read the rest of this post for more themes...
2 “Hand Drawn” Social Networking Icon Sets…Super Digg Nifty!
Here are two really cool hand drawn social networking icon sets that I think would really help your blog stand out in the crowd. Add some chic to your geek and Visit the artists websites to download these sets
2 New Social Networking Icon Sets – Leaves and Bottles
Fall Leaves Social Networking Icon Set - Download Set
The Leaf Fall: a social icon set. This set contains 11 social icons, designed in an autumn-style. The set includes icons for Twitter, Technorati, RSS, Reddit, Facebook, Delicious, StumbleUpon and Digg. You can use the set for free — without any restrictions whatsoever.
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Socialize Me – 6 New Social Networking Icon Sets
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The Amazing Agregado Lifestream Theme for WordPress
Announcing the Beautiful Agregado Lifestream Theme. This is the best theme I’ve seen so far and I’ve tested out..I’d have to say close to 100 WordPress themes over the past year. This theme has a lot of really unique features and qualities that I haven’t see in any of the other themes that I think ...
FlockStar!
Flock is so bad ass..It seems I find a new feature on Flock everyday that makes me go “WOW that’s cool”. _ For example I took this screen shot with Flocks built in screenshot tool that allows you to select clips and snap away. _ It has a built in Blog editor so I can ...
Twitter App Crazy
Here are some of the most popular Twitter apps and tools. I love my twitter. I like twitter because I can keep in touch with all my friends and family all at once and I don’t have to send out 10 text messages a day, I can send out one or two twitter posts and ...
Apps and Tools – I can’t live without…
There are a few app’s, clients and website’s online that I can not live without This is a list of things that make my life at home and work easier..I’ve done this type of post before but a few have changed. Infranview – image editor, viewer, manager and several other things. This is an amazing ...
