Advertlets.com hijacked
Ranga pointed this out a few minutes ago (thanks "bro").
If you've tried to visit my blog over the last 24 hours, you would probably have been redirected to Adbaaz.com, a notorious advertising network. Unfortunately, this was due to the Advertlets banner that I had running in the sidebar - my apologies!
Turns out that the guys behind Adbaaz have hijacked the Advertlets domain name (advertlets.com) after it expired on January 3, 2008. This is a terrible crisis that could have been avoided for no more than US$10 - that's how much it costs to renew a domain name.
It's strange that this crisis has hit Advertlets. One of the founders, Josh Lim, was the man behind the WhoIsAdamKing.com "coup" in 2002. I guess karma does bite you back in the ass.
I think this may spell the end of Advertlets, especially in terms of reputation; but let's wait for them to give their side of the story.
If you've tried to visit my blog over the last 24 hours, you would probably have been redirected to Adbaaz.com, a notorious advertising network. Unfortunately, this was due to the Advertlets banner that I had running in the sidebar - my apologies!
Turns out that the guys behind Adbaaz have hijacked the Advertlets domain name (advertlets.com) after it expired on January 3, 2008. This is a terrible crisis that could have been avoided for no more than US$10 - that's how much it costs to renew a domain name.
It's strange that this crisis has hit Advertlets. One of the founders, Josh Lim, was the man behind the WhoIsAdamKing.com "coup" in 2002. I guess karma does bite you back in the ass.
I think this may spell the end of Advertlets, especially in terms of reputation; but let's wait for them to give their side of the story.
Labels: advertlets, hacking, malaysia, spoofing, web 2.0
posted by Praveen at
12:48 AM
1 Comments:
HAHA! I wonder what Josh is saying to himself! Karma can be a real bitch when she wants to!
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