 | View Full Version : Here we go again! James Cross 07-08-2002, 06:13 AM Looks like someone trying to be a smart ass again by copying our site design and referring traffic through to their own site. http://www.carewebhosting.com/hosting/webhostdir.htm Anyone heard of these guys before? roly 07-08-2002, 06:57 AM Yes I've heared of them, a few weeks ago they were spamming webhostingtalk dedicated/webhosting and reseller forums with ads. James Cross 07-08-2002, 07:02 AM From what i can tell theyre hosted at Dialtone. Not suprisingly they dont have any published phone numbers on their site.... James Cross 07-08-2002, 07:43 AM Looks like we're not alone in this, theyve done the same thing to: http://www.carewebhosting.com/hosting/hostindex.htm http://www.carewebhosting.com/hosting/tophosts.htm http://www.carewebhosting.com/hosting/hostsearch.htm http://www.carewebhosting.com/hosting/findsp.htm I'm sure there are probably more ........ akashik 07-08-2002, 07:59 AM weird, all the links seem to go to different pages of http://www.dataneuron.com. Looks like they might be trying to play a trick on the SE's or people, or something... ... Tommy's gonna be angry when he sees it :) Greg Moore James Cross 07-08-2002, 08:09 AM Originally posted by akashik weird, all the links seem to go to different pages of http://www.dataneuron.com. Looks like they might be trying to play a trick on the SE's or people, or something... ... Tommy's gonna be angry when he sees it :) Greg Moore He just found out about it :angry: I think its definately a search engine indexing scam. Pretty dumb though, not exactly a long term marketing strategy. akashik 07-08-2002, 08:14 AM better send him off to the pub before he breaks something James Cross 07-08-2002, 08:18 AM LOL he's on vacation until Wednesday, i just spoke to him via MSN Messenger....not a happy bunny! ATST 07-08-2002, 01:45 PM Yep, definately a Search Engine scam. All the links on that page (and there are many) go to about four pages only somewhat related to the links! One "awards" link goes to a "customercare.shtml"? James Cross 07-08-2002, 02:31 PM We've reported it to Dialtone who are investigating the issue as we speak. Should get the problem sorted later today. Marketing 07-08-2002, 11:00 PM Hi James Thanks for letting us know about this, like you guys we are contacting Dialtone today. Doesnt it make you sick, these guys have no morals. Thanks again vSector 07-09-2002, 12:00 AM They are all acting as doorway pages. If you ask me its not a bad idea or tactic... Illegal but stilln not bad, I give him 10/10 for the idea. See he will submit each "shell" to a search engine and it will be listed, then ranked, then visited. James Cross 07-09-2002, 04:18 AM Originally posted by Marketing Hi James Thanks for letting us know about this, like you guys we are contacting Dialtone today. Doesnt it make you sick, these guys have no morals. Thanks again I traced the server to Dialtone but someone on our forums seems to think its a site operating from India. Anyone else get that result from a search? iamdave 07-09-2002, 05:17 AM The least they could've done was take out the logo. Studio64 07-09-2002, 05:24 AM The low down on http://www.carewebhosting.com/ in one post. A useless whois Registrant: Care Web Hosting hostmaster@carewebhosting.com phone number Care Web Hosting Glenside Glenside,NJ,United States 23456 That whois is complete BS.. No such town as Glenside Zip of 23456 is Virginia Beach, VA carewebhosting.com resolves out to 64.239.46.25 Reverse DNS shows a nameserver as ns.web2011.net That IP is owned by Dialtone Dialtone Internet (NETBLK-DIALTONEINTERNET-3) 4101 SW 47 Ave Suite 101 Davie, FL 33314 US Netname: DIALTONEINTERNET-3 Netblock: 64.239.0.0 - 64.239.127.255 Maintainer: DITN Results from traceroutes Ended up in Davie, FL on a Dialtone pipe @ their nameserver (That's confirmed from 4 traceroutes starting at different points around the world)... Their nameserver NS.WEB2011.NET has more useless whois (Registered through bulkregister.com) Domain Name: WEB2011.NET Administrative Contact: Webcentric Technologies host@web2011.net Webcentric Technologies . ., . . US Phone: . Fax: . Both nameservers 64.239.46.25 -> ns.web2011.net 64.239.47.28 -> ns2.web2011.net Both resolve down to Davie, FL and Dialtone Internet No good matches in the Davie, FL phone book for "care", "web", "host", "internet"... I'm at a dead-end now... James Cross 07-09-2002, 05:31 AM Thanks thats what i got when i ran a trace yesterday. The site is still live, which i find incredible given the blatent infringement. Marketing 07-09-2002, 10:45 PM Thanks Studio and James We also came out with the same result when doing a search. And James your right there still up and running. Just cant beleive the gual of these guys. We sending them an e-mail saying we will take legal action but i guess they wont answer James Cross 07-10-2002, 05:58 AM The site has been pulled by Dialtone. Youve got to ask yourself how long it will take them or another bunch of muppets to try the same scam though. Chicken 07-11-2002, 12:02 AM Gotta watch out for them there muppets :D James Cross 07-14-2002, 04:55 PM I blame animal! Its always the ones with with shifty eyes youve got to watch out for...... |