Re: [AGA-sc] A Strange Web Story

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

That is very cool!

--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:

> 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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