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Re: [AGA-sc] A Strange Web Story



Cool!

Karen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@wilstream.com>
To: "AGA Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: [AGA-sc] A Strange Web Story


> Story time!
> 
> I was double-checking the TFH ads for the potential sponsors 
> spreadsheet, when I noticed that the AGA's web site address was wrong in 
> the Web Directory portion of the magazine. Of course, our ad is correct, 
> but their directory listed www.aquaticgardeners.com. Well you can bet I 
> e-mailed the guy (and his boss) regarding the error, but in total there 
> will be three incorrect issues. :-(
> 
> Next I looked up www.aquaticgardeners.com and there's just a registry 
> placeholder page. No site. Curiouser and curiouser.
> 
> So I did a WhoIs, and turns out the owner of that domain name is Don 
> Matakis. Hey! I know that name! He's an AGA member. He also owns 
> freshwateraquariumplants.com and Aquaticscapes.com.
> 
> So I e-mailed him asking for help, and he responded that he got the 
> domain name on the AGA's behalf mostly so that no one else could use it. 
> He will be happy to post a link to the official AGA web site and when 
> the TFH ad has run its course, he will gift the domain name to us.
> 
> Nice, huh?
> 
> Cheryl
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