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Have you tried submitting the URL to Google and others?  HostNed offers a GREAT free resource for doing this easily.  Free Search Engine Submit Tool.

Hi,

I can help walk you though that process if you need.  Just post your questions here as they arrise. 

HostNed was doing work on the CP a couple days ago.  That was probably what you were experiencing.  If you still have trouble accessing the control panel, open a ticket in support.

There are a few different ways to achieve this.  I think the easiest way is to use forwarding or masking features of your domain name registrar.  I know DomainsNed supports this as does many top registrars.

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This site was a shambles when I took it over a couple months ago.  Let me know how it looks to you now.
http://www.scenicrealtycompany.com

I would be VERY careful of using the name F|NAL FANTACY |NC unless you are the actual owner of the brand name.

The first suggestion I have for you is to make the text something more traditional as far as font and color.  Font is something you really don't want to stray too far from the heard.  Use other things such as layout, graphics and backgrounds for your "look and feel".

Wow, that is great for you!  Did you get a traffic spike?  (Cool interview BTW).

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[Email Injection]

This is a big concern lately.  Security on websites is very similar to other forms of security -- there are no absolutes.  The game is to stay ahead of the bad guys.  In order to do that you must identify your vulnerabilities and secure them.  I believe a big loophole lately is with Email Injection where a spammer inserts potentially thousands of BCC lines into the form via an external script.  If your web form does not prevent against this then you will need to modify it for sure.  Other common vulnerabilities include:
- Naming your web forms "formtoemail" or "mailform" or like that.  That is just inviting for spammers looking for a new exploitable.
- Leaving email addresses "out in the open" where spambots can easily scoop them up.
- Leaving "testing" versions of form-to-email scripts up by mistake.  While you have forgotten they are there, spammers use google to find and exploit them!
- Forgetting to exclude your contact-me pages from search engine listings using either robots.txt or meta tag exclusion methods.

HostNed has a web dev team so they can evaluate and secure your forms for you if it is something that is too technical for you to do yourself.

There has been a new item added to the HostNed FAQ/Knowledgebase -- Site Promotion.  Take a look http://www.hostned.com/members/faqs_site_promotion.html
If you have any suggestions, feel free to present them to me.

Thanks

That is a really cool looking site.  I will use it when considering to buy an existing domain name.

...a web site I have almost literally stumbled across ...

Speaking of stumbling, another neat site is http://www.stumbleupon.com
They have a browser bar similar to google's but you use it to vote for or against certain web sites.  Ones you recommend will be shown to others randomly when they click the STUMBLE button on their bar.  NEAT!

I've already had some of my advertisers giving me a "free pass" to some of the $50 "shows".

Now I'm jealous.  I have never been offered a free pass to a virtual tradeshow

Check this out.  A virtual tradeshow.
http://www.ecomxpo.com/home.htm

eComXpo is the virtual tradeshow for search, affiliate and interactive marketers. Since the show is 100% online and virtual, you can attend from the comfort of your home or office computer. All the benefits of a top tradeshow, without the hassle or expense associated with traditional tradeshows. More than 7,000 advertisers, publishers, search marketers, merchants, affiliates, networks, agencies and vendors will attend, making this the world's largest tradeshow for ecommerce marketers.

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