The Video Game Critic. What happend???

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Can somebody tell me what happend with this site?

 

www.thevideogamecritic.com

 

Suddenly its contents are all replaced with some massive advertising crap.

[Inky]

Can somebody tell me what happend with this site?  

 

www.thevideogamecritic.com

 

Suddenly its contents are all replaced with some massive advertising crap.

 

 

I don't swear unless something really ticks me off, but those sites like that PISS ME OFF to no end. What probably happened is that they didn't renew the URL and this company snapped up the name as soon as it was available, and is probably holding the domain for ransom.

[oesii]

argh!

 

I bet Inky's right about someone snatching up a domain renewal. I was just reading some reviews last night so it must have happened this morning. This site has the most comprehensive list of systems that are reviewed so I read it a lot.

[mstulir]

The guy apparently forgot to re-register his domain name. I did a WHOIS query, and found it was renewed by someone in Honk Kong on 10/16.

 

Freakin cybersquatters!!!!

[Gregory DG]

Looks like they just didn't renew their service with a particular web host.

 

Interesting though... The domain is owned by someone in Hong Kong...

 

http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?...m&SearchType=do

 

Why not give them a call and complain?

[King Atari]

I've talked with the guy who runs the site, he said it's been hijacked, but it will be back in a few days (.net now, instead of .com).

[dwh]

It was bought up by "Engulf and Devour"

[Inky]

It was bought up by "Engulf and Devour"

 

Silent Movie.. A classic!

[Stella'sGhost]

That sucks, that's a good site and the guy who runs is seems like a cool fellow.

 

Where I registerd my site name, they automatically renew it unless I tell them not to

[King Atari]

It's an excellent site, and for the most part I agree with the reviews (save for a select few where my opinion gets in the way ).