by Webtivity | Oct 12, 2020 | Buyer Beware, Domain Names, Hosting
Website hosting & domain name renewal scams There are numerous website hosting and domain name renewal scams or deceptive advertisings circulating today. We were even recently target with this “invoice” only to discover it was a deceptive way to try to...
by Troy Newport | Jul 22, 2014 | Buyer Beware, Social Media
Business owners are constantly bombarded with marketing messages from companies in our industry: “#1 Google Rankings Guaranteed!””5000 Facebook Followers in a Week!””Get Rid of Negative Reviews!” Yelp released a PSA to their...
by Troy Newport | Nov 27, 2013 | Buyer Beware, Security
Since everyone is up in arms because Brian got “killed off” Family Guy (come on people, Stewie has a time machine!) I’m going to take this opportunity to tell you what really grinds my gears. Sure, I know it’s the eve before Thanksgiving and...
by Troy Newport | Aug 28, 2013 | Buyer Beware
Every day I receive spam in my inbox that some spambot sent about how they can help me build a better website at a cheaper price, get me on the 1st page of Google, help me with my AdWords, build a better email template, shopping cart, social media strategy, blah blah...
by Troy Newport | Jul 11, 2013 | Buyer Beware
Price arbitrage was again brought to the forefront when Facebook recently changed their policies to prevent the practice within their advertising network. This practice involves ad agencies buying large chunks of web advertising inventory, and then reselling it to...
by Troy Newport | Dec 6, 2012 | Buyer Beware, Domain Names, Tips
Every so often we see a rash of “domain renewal services” notices that come to our clients so we have to do a PSA. This is our latest. These notices typically arrive by snail mail or fax. They probably come by email too. At first glance they look very...
