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Sunday, December 14, 2014
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In mid 2014, NeoWorx, the publisher of pop gadgets similar NeoCounter, closed upwards shop. Back goal code for their gadgets, installed on thousands of blogs together with websites, had been served from their somebody libraries. Having closed their domains, the gadgets stopped working.
Initially, "neoworx-blog-tools.net" was purchased past times a squatter.
The squatter patently had hoped to capitalise on the traffic to the domain, provided past times the blogs together with websites that used the installed gadgets. In belatedly 2014, the squatter gave upwards (or possibly, sold to unopen to other squatter), together with "neoworx-blog-tools.net" is straight off showing a real champaign parked page.
This Domain Is for SaleEither the squatter made a turn a profit on his purchase, past times serving ads to the would hold out viewers of the host blogs together with websites, together with decided to cash inwards - or he lost his investment, together with decided to cutting his losses together with deed on.
In theory - together with past times early on Internet rules of etiquette - anybody purchasing a domain that has accumulated traffic from the efforts of the prior owner, together with expects to hold out receiving traffic from unwary people similar our weblog readers, should pose advice on their dwelling identify page.
Sorry, NeoWorx (publisher of NeoCounter together with other weblog / website accessories) is no more.or
Looking for NeoCounter? Try their novel website.The advice, to at to the lowest degree accompany the ads displayed there, would render a brief hint to the unwary reader, that what he sought (i.e., weblog content - or a given gadget) is no longer available (as suggested past times the get-go advice). If NeoWorx had renamed themselves, or been bought out, the minute advice would bring been useful.
The initial purchasers of "neoworx-blog-tools.net", inwards defiance or ignorance of etiquette, merely served a page sum of ads, together with no advice. The ads did non target the owners of the blogs together with websites - they merely confused the unwary readers - together with provided no hints of why they were there, instead of viewing the weblog or website.
Subjected to waves of complaints from angry readers, the weblog owners had before posted inwards examine the weblog code inwards our browsers, discovery the gadget which references "neoworx-blog-tools.net", together with instruct the weblog possessor to withdraw the gadget.
Now, instead of angry readers, who complain of ads, the weblog owners endure questions from confused readers, bespeak if the weblog is beingness sold. And nosotros hold to advise people to withdraw the misbehaving gadgets.
To the onetime owners of NeoWorx, together with the subsequent domain owners:
Blogger weblog owners are non cash cows.We appreciate accessories, if you lot tin back upwards them. But please, don't arrive at gadgets that require your plan libraries, stitch huge volumes of traffic to your library domains, thence sell out to spammers.
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