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Beware: ISP’s as Hosting Companies – watch your DNS

The symptom

You cease your contract with your hosting company, cancel your contract and move your web site. People start to complain that they cannot reach your web site. Nothing seems out of order.

The problem:

You were hosting with a major ISP (like Eircom, Magnet or BT Ireland). They put DNS entries into their servers for your web site. When you cancel your contract they should remove these entries. Magnet and BT Ireland are two companies that are negligent in this regard. If they don’t remove these DNS entries, then their customers can have problems reaching your new web site.
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Unlimited Google Adwords for a Fixed Fee – Not!

Google Adwords logoA client was approached the other day with an offer that sounds too good to be true. Well guess what, it is!

For more information, Webphoria (a UK web development company) has the story of the AdWords scam, and James from Online Media Direct checked it out the story with Google.

If you are approached with such an offer, make sure you check out the facts. We’ll be quite happy to do so for you if you wish.

UPDATE:

And the muppet is… http://www.polepositionmedia.co.uk/ just in case you were curious!