So here’s something fun.
Apparently my old Notes From The Nat email wasn’t going through properly, so I didn’t get a notice that my domain name was up for renewal, and (literally) the moment it became possible, some Armenian douchebag stole our domain name and parked it, presumably so he could hold it for ransom.
Which sucks.
So what do we do? Well, faced with the option of buying the name back (for ridiculous money) or just moving on to another URL, we decided to go with the moving option. And hey, why not make lemons out of lemonade by going with a newer, shorter domain – something we’d been planning for a while anyway.
So here it is – the new blog address: http://www.natnotes.com
The site will be up on the present URL until the internet’s DNS servers update (usually about 48 hours), so if it suddenly disappears, go to the new address.
Please excuse any downtime while we make the switch. And update your bookmarks accordingly.
Oh, and the new address has been registered for the next decade.
UPDATE: The switch over to the new domain went through WAY smoother than I could possibly have hoped. No broken links, no screwed up databases.
Now all we have to do is get word out to those linking to us, and update our search engine submissions… and advertising accounts… and email servers… I hate the internet.
UPDATE II: Oh. Looks like the HTML for all our images will need to be recoded, as it calls images from the old domain. Please excuse the lack of imagery while I try to automate that… not looking forward to editing over 1000 archived articles…
4 users commented in " We moved. "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIn logs of our website emergencysoft.com I noticed that you refer to our web site so I noticed your posting http://natnotes.com/?p=829.
“Apparently my old Notes From The Nat email wasn’t going through properly, so I didn’t get a notice that my domain name was up for renewal, and (literally) the moment it became possible, some Armenian douchebag stole our domain name and parked it, presumably so he could hold it for ransom.â€
These are your words. And you insult us without any reason. Domain name notesfromthenat.com we have purchased in tdnam.com auction. We usually purchase expired domains with high SEO parameters to use for advertisement. We never resell domains or buy for ransom. You blame us in stealing your domain name, it is already a crime accusation and you must be responsible for your words. If you don’t remove your abusive post immediately we’ll have to apply to correspondent instance to resolve the problem.
The man in picture that you placed was the Catholicos of all Armenians and you outrage religious feelings of Armenians.
Your domain name was listed in godaddy’s auction as an expired domain name and everyone could buy it. But we won the bidding in auction with the highest bid.
I expect this matter to be resolved immediately now that it has been brought to your attention or we will take immediate legal action.
Think twice before insulting somebody and blaming somebody in stealing.
Looking forward to your reply.
Please contact me at sales@emergencysoft.com
Regards,
Arsen Sultanyan
Sales & Marketing Manager
Emergency Soft
sales@emergencysoft.com
Hey Assen.
No, I won’t take back what I said about you and your company at all. Go ahead and sue. I dare you to.
You say you “purchase expired domains with high SEO parameters to use for advertisement” – how very noble of you. What you’re really doing is called ‘cyber-squatting’, and it ain’t legal at all.
You want me to take down what I wrote about you? Sure. Be glad to, just as soon as you transfer notesfromthenat.com back to me.
Otherwise, this page stays online as a permanent reminder to anyone and everyone that you and your company are domain thieves.
As will the following link to the ‘crack’ needed to break EmergencySoft’s software product – HistoryKiller v2.1
http://www.netprogramy.pl/____EmergencySoft_History_Killer_v2.1.html
Well, Oz, thousands of domain names everyday expire and thousands of users buy them.
It’s much easier for me to make a living stealing from you than actually creating something useful so I guess I’ll just have to live with the knowledge that I’m a thief. One click on a google ad will feed my Armenian family for a month so I just have to live with the shame.
P.S. try to find another crack, this one doesn’t work.
As soon as I’m finished redirecting all our old inward links to the new site, you won’t see a click on your Google ads for a looong time.
Good luck making enough in ads to pay for the domain. I think you just cost your family three months of gruel.
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