Domain name/website content issues - help!
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:53 pm
I have no idea what to do.
For years I ran a small website building company for small businesses around town. It was called Sparklepages. I owned the domain and had a hosting account through www.tlcwe.com. Over the years I have been doing less and less of this, and more and more Fish ID teaching, so decided to phase out of the business. A couple years ago, I posted a note that said I was not taking on any new clients, but was just maintaining existing customers. I removed the pricing pages, FAQ and just left the home page and the 'examples' page which had links and thumbnail sketches to the sites I designed.
When the domain and hosting came up for renewal Sept 2008 I contacted my ISP and let him know I wanted to cancel the account - domain and hosting. That was done, although I think he left my site up for quite awhile (months?) afterwards. I don't know, I didn't really check and just forgot about it.
Today when checking stats for an old client of mine I noticed she was receiving referrals from my old website: www.sparklepages.com !! HUH? How could that be? It was canceled!
I typed in the URL and wow - there's my content - my home page as well as the examples page - my logo, my design - the whole works. Only now, it has two additional text links added: Debt Consolidation and Credit Counseling.
But it's MY design, MY logo, the works!
The new owner is a Pete Mraz in Kelowna BC, according to WHOIS.
What should I do? If anything?
- Janna
For years I ran a small website building company for small businesses around town. It was called Sparklepages. I owned the domain and had a hosting account through www.tlcwe.com. Over the years I have been doing less and less of this, and more and more Fish ID teaching, so decided to phase out of the business. A couple years ago, I posted a note that said I was not taking on any new clients, but was just maintaining existing customers. I removed the pricing pages, FAQ and just left the home page and the 'examples' page which had links and thumbnail sketches to the sites I designed.
When the domain and hosting came up for renewal Sept 2008 I contacted my ISP and let him know I wanted to cancel the account - domain and hosting. That was done, although I think he left my site up for quite awhile (months?) afterwards. I don't know, I didn't really check and just forgot about it.
Today when checking stats for an old client of mine I noticed she was receiving referrals from my old website: www.sparklepages.com !! HUH? How could that be? It was canceled!
I typed in the URL and wow - there's my content - my home page as well as the examples page - my logo, my design - the whole works. Only now, it has two additional text links added: Debt Consolidation and Credit Counseling.
But it's MY design, MY logo, the works!
The new owner is a Pete Mraz in Kelowna BC, according to WHOIS.
What should I do? If anything?
- Janna