4,500 Free Web Templates to Webmasters

HostGator Offers 4,500 Free Web Templates to Webmasters

Shared hosting service provider HostGator now offers 4,500 free Website templates to customers and resellers. The templates cover nearly 120 different types of businesses and make it easier for non-technical people to build attractive, effective Websites.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) December 20, 2007 -- Web hosting resellers who host their domains through HostGator now have an extra incentive to offer their customers: 4,500 Web templates to make it easy to create new Websites or revamp existing ones.

"These templates are free to any Website hosted by HostGator, whether on a shared or dedicated hosting plan, or through a hosting reseller," says HostGator founder and president Brent Oxley.

"We want to make hosting domains or building Websites as painless as possible, that's why we offer the free templates. We also offer free Site Builder, one of the easiest tools available for anybody wanting to custom build a Website, rather than use a template."

The free templates cover a broad range of page designs suitable for nearly 120 different types of small and medium-sized businesses - from accountants and auto dealers, to cleaning services, consultants, martial arts studios, toy stores, women's health clinics, and everything in between.

The wide variety of templates makes it easier for resellers to attract people and businesses who want websites, but don't have the knowledge or design abilities needed to create good looking Websites.

Although it's common for Web hosting companies to offer a variety of perks, including free or low cost Web tools, and even a limited number of templates, Oxley says the number of free templates HostGator has is far beyond the average: "I really don't know of any other large hosting company offering this many templates. We may be setting the trend here."

Applying the free templates couldn't be easier. The reseller or Webmaster simply browses through the templates, selects one or more to use and they automatically begin downloading to their computer. Hosting resellers and Webmasters are also welcome to modify and HostGator's templates, so long as their Websites remain hosted by HostGator.

As an added feature, resellers can actually mirror HostGator's templates pages to show to their customers. That makes accessing the templates easy, while maintaining control over who can accesss them.

"The only restriction," says Oxley, "is that the templates can't be sold or distributed for use on Websites not hosted by us."

To preview the templates:
templates.hostgator.com/

For more HostGator hosting information contact:
sales(at)hostgator.com
or visit hostgator.com
1-866-96-GATOR (1-866-964-2867)
HostGator.com
11251 Northwest Freeway, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77092
United States of America

About HostGator
Host Gator is a provider of shared, dedicated and reseller Web hosting services focused on the consumer and small business markets. Founded in 2002, Host Gator has become a leader in reseller hosting, helping over 15,000 businesses become Web hosting companies.

Press Contact: Brent Oxley
Company Name: HostGator
Phone: 1-866-964-2867
Website:  Hostgator.com

FW: [BLOPTIMIZATION Blog] New comment on Asia Domain Name Registration Limited - Scam.

The scammers are starting to fight back against the posting that has been done about the Asia Domain Name Registration Limited scam emails that are being sent out. They are registering fake accounts to try and do some damage control. If you don't know about this scam, look into it so you know what to do if you get one of the messages.

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: Barbara
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:22 PM
To: webmaster
Subject: [BLOPTIMIZATION Blog] New comment on Asia Domain Name Registration Limited - Scam.

Barbara has left a new comment on your post "Asia Domain Name Registration Limited - Scam":

As we know, our company also met such things,but we register our domain name at last,because we are not sure whether it is a scam. And we also did some investigation in other Asia domain name register companies, all of them are use this way to remind the big companies to register their relative domain names, for emaple,in HK,Japan,Korea,China,and so on.In our opinion,we should protect our brand and domain name,and register them as soon as possible.

Posted by Barbara to BLOPTIMIZATION Blog at 9:22 PM

The domain name adds supplemental notes - Chinese Domain Trademark Scam

The Chinese Trademark Domain Name Scare Scam is still going on. This is the second time they have contacted me, so I am again posting their stupid scam message to my blog so others won't be fooled.

They are lying about someone contacting them and trying to register your names. And if you do want to protect your domains, DON'T register with this company, they will overcharge you big time, if they even provide any service at all....!!!

 

-----Original Message-----
From: eryacarl [mailto:eryacarl@foxmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:15 PM
To:  webmaster 
Subject: The domain name adds supplemental notes

Dear CEO,

 

We are the domain name registration organization in Asia, which mainly deal with international company's in Asia. We have something important need to confirm with your company.

 

On the Jan.14, 2008, we received an application formally. One company named:Xianhou  Limited Company" wanted to register following Domain names:

 

 nielsentech.cc   
 nielsentech.cn   
 nielsentech.com.cn   
 nielsentech.com.hk   
 nielsentech.com.tw   
 nielsentech.hk   
 nielsentech.info   
 nielsentech.mobi   
 nielsentech.net   
 nielsentech.net.cn   
 nielsentech.org   
 nielsentech.org.cn   
 nielsentech.tw  

 

Internet brand keyword:

 

nielsentech

through our body.

 

After our initial examination, we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company's name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it. If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have other aims to buy these domain names. Now we have not finished the registration of  Xianhou company yet, in order to deal with this issue better, Please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.

 

Best Regards,

 

caril

 

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Sponsoring Registrar: China Net Technology Limited

Address:3A, Units 20/F,Zhongxin Mansion, Dingxiang Raod, Nanchang, China 

Tel:0086-791-3728123

Fax:0086-791-3728123

Email: eryacarl@foxmail.com

 

 

 

 

Pubcon Conference Honors LinkWorth Exibit

LinkWorth Exibits at Pubcon Conference in Las Vegas

The 2007 PubCon, short for Publishers Conference, promises to be a smorgasbord of SEO and SEM thought leaders. Discover the latest and greatest best practices in design, development, promotion and marketing of your business and brands.

December 5, 2007 -- The 2007 PubCon, short for Publishers Conference, promises to be a smorgasbord of SEO and SEM thought leaders. Discover the latest and greatest in design, development, promotion and marketing of your business and brands. This year's PubCon roster of experts includes Guy Kawasaki (Managing Director, Garage Tech Ventures), Tim Mayer (Yahoo! Search Marketing), Justin Osmer (Live Search Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation), and Melanie Mitchell (Vice President of SEO/SEM for AOL).

"PubCon is the perfect place to exhibit our search engine marketing and content development products, because some of the biggest names in the industry will see what our solutions can do," says LinkWorth founder and president Ron Wicker. "Another great advantage to exhibiting at PubCon is keeping our name fresh in the minds of the SEO and SEM social network for the new year," adds Ron.

Executive Vice President Matt Stoddart says he can't wait to get to Las Vegas for this year's PubCon. "This is probably my favorite conference of the year, because it's totally laid back. There are big names with brilliant minds who attend, and there's always something new to learn."

LinkWorth will be exhibiting at PubCon Las Vegas 2007 from December 5-6. Whether you've been toying with the idea of launching a new Web site, or if your existing site just needs a little jumpstart, LinkWorth will be there to show you how their innovative search engine marketing tools can help you get the edge you need. LinkWorth services include text link advertising, in-content pay-per-click advertising, hosted content pages, paid blog reviews, SEO consulting services, article submission, directory submission, press releases and custom content creation.

Press Contact: Scarlett Tarjick
Company Name: LinkWorth, LLC
Phone: 214-440-3900
Website:  LinkWorth.com 

Asia Domain Name Registration Limited - Scam

The Chinese scammers are at it again. People need to know this kind of thing is going on so they are not taken in.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mike [mailto:mike@domaininasia.com]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:44 PM
To:  Sigfreid

Subject: Domain name of nielsentech

Dear CEO,

Happy new year!

We are the domain name registration organization in Asia, which

mainly deal with international company's in Asia. We have something important need to confirm with your company.

 

On the Jan 7, 2008, we received an application formally. One company named "HuaYang Holdings Limited" wanted to register following Domain names:

  nielsentech.net 
  nielsentech.info
  nielsentech.cn
  nielsentech.com.cn
  nielsentech.net.cn 
  nielsentech.asia

and Internet brand keyword:

  nielsentech

 through our body.

 

After our initial examination, we found that the keywords and domain names applied for registration are as same as your company's name and trademark. These days we are dealing with it. If you do not know this company, we doubt that they have other aims to buy these domain names. Now we have not finished the registration of HuaYang company yet, in order to deal with this issue better, Please contact us by telephone or email as soon as possible.

 

Best Regards,

Mike Luo

__________________________________________________________________________

 Sponsoring Registrar: Asia Domain Name Registration Limited

Address: Rm 402A 4/F, China Insurance Group Building., 141 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong

Tel：00852－30759838

Fax：00852－31771520

Email: mike@domaininasia.com

Website:www.asiadnr.org 

Domain Spam

ClaimThisDomain.com - Claim This Domain - iTime Marketing, Inc.

These idiots are registering domains they think are good and then SPAMMING the owners of other TLDs and offering them the domain at the bargain price of $247 that includes a year's registration...!!!

I am posting about them because I called and left a message for them after getting the first couple of SPAMs, then a couple of hours I got some more and now today I got more spam (we own quite a few domains...!). I want people to know two things about this company before they consider doing business with them: 1) They are SPAMMERS and should not be considered, and 2) They are charging a hefty price for something that may have cost them $60, but if they are pros would have cost them much less, like about $9.

They seem to use SnapNames.com and if you are interested in getting a .com domain to replace or add to your .net, .org, .info, .biz, or .us domain, then you should use SnapNames.com or another domain backorder service to get it yourself and save a lot of money. IT'S EASY!!! You can do this without paying an inflated cost. If you can't, then you can easily find someone (hint, hint) that can help you for must less cost!

What follows is two emails they send out, The first one sounds like it's a personal message, but it's not, and the second seems to be sent to help reinforce the idea that this is not spam (bulk commercial un-solicited email), but just a "helpful" person. We have received 3 sets of these emails in the past two days.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  eccao.com
From:  Matthew Smith <matthewsmith@claimthisdomain.com>
To:  domain-whois-contact@your-crappy-domain.net

Recently, eccao.com  expired and we acquired it
in a domain name auction.  Since you own the .net or .org
version of this domain name we wanted to provide you
with the opportunity to own the preferred .com version.

Our company specializes in recovering preferred expiring
domains and either selling them to individuals such as
yourself or building out our own web presence on those
valuable domains.

eccao.com is a pretty darn good domain name and,
the truth is, the .COM is a far stronger version of the
name than then .NET is. 

* .Com is the strongest brand on the internet.
When people think of a website, they intuitively
think ".com".   Odds are people trying to get to
your website are inadvertently going to eccao.com
because they assume that's where they can find you.

* .Com conveys Professionalism that .net & .org
cannot match.

If you'd like to own eccao.com, you can buy it
now by covering our acquisition costs and a modest profit.

If you have any interest I encourage you to act quickly
because this domain name will only be offered for sale
for a limited time.

Click Here For Pricing On eccao.com

https://secure.claimthisdomain.com/buy.php?eccao.com


Please advise,


Matt Smith
Matt@ClaimThisDomain.com
tel: 563.823.4644

ClaimThisDomain
322 N. Main Street
Davenport, IA 52801
============================================================
Here is the follow-up message:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  eccao.com
From:  Matthew Smith <matthew5@claimthisdomain.com>
To:  Man-your-domain-really-sucks-let-me-help-you@your-crappy-domain.net


btw....it just occurred to me - I should mention that you don't have to move off of your current site, or rebrand to the .com to get great value from the eccao.com domain name. The reason that this domain came to our attention is because it is currently getting traffic. Currently, that traffic is lost to you. By acquiring this domain, you can keep your current site and simply redirect eccao.com to your current site. That way, you won't lose this traffic at all, and you can, if you want, keep your current domain name as your main website.

To grab this domain while it's still available, you can buy it online at: eccao.com or by phone by calling 1-563-823-4644.


For your convenience, I am copying my message from earlier today below:


Recently, eccao.com  expired and we acquired it
in a domain name auction.  Since you own the .net or .org
version of this domain name we wanted to provide you
with the opportunity to own the preferred .com version.


Our company specializes in recovering preferred expiring
domains and either selling them to individuals such as
yourself or building out our own web presence on those
valuable domains.

eccao.com is a pretty darn good domain name and,
the truth is, the .COM is a far stronger version of the
name than then .NET is. 

* .Com is the strongest brand on the internet.
When people think of a website, they intuitively
think ".com".   Odds are people trying to get to
your website are inadvertently going to eccao.com
because they assume that's where they can find you.

* .Com conveys Professionalism that .net & .org
cannot match.

If you'd like to own eccao.com, you can buy it
now by covering our acquisition costs and a modest profit.

If you have any interest I encourage you to act quickly
because this domain name will only be offered for sale
for a limited time.

Click Here For Pricing On eccao.com

https://secure.claimthisdomain.com/buy.php?eccao.com


Please advise,


Matt Smith
Matt@ClaimThisDomain.com
tel: 563.823.4644

ClaimThisDomain
322 N. Main Street
Davenport, IA 52801
===============================================================
Matt Smith has voice mail, but does not seem to return calls. He sounds like a nice guy, but my question is does he even exist...?

The company behind this spam is:
iTime Marketing, Inc.
332 N. Harrison St. Suite 100
Davenport IA 52801
P: 563-323-4609 * F: 866-316-5278
http://www.itimemarketing.com/


Summary: Don't trust or do any business with anyone that sends SPAM. And if they are stupid enough to use their real information, report them to their ISP and SPAMCOP.NET.

You can read more on this subject at NamePros.com, a forum for the domain industry at which I am a member.