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WTH?
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:30 pm
by alex.barylski
I thought this was quite comical...and oddly flattering.
http://www.a1hostweb.com/show-script-de ... cript=2256
Apparently they are experts:
A1HostWeb.com have a huge amount of experience in providing web space for pcspectra texocms sites. Our technical support team are experts in pcspectra texocms and you can always rely on its professional and friendly assistance.
Funny cause I wasn't even aware anyone even used it other than me many moons ago.
Does anyone really fall for such horrible advertising? When the author says its a dead fish...isn't that enough reason to not use it?
Cheers,
Alex
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:00 am
by SteveC
The words 'huge' and 'amount' kill the fish for me. And I don't even like fish.

Re: WTH?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:00 am
by alex.barylski
Yea...the English isn't very convincing...then again...neither is my own

Re: WTH?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 6:46 am
by nickvd
Heh... generated content FTW
Try :
?script=2257
?script=2258
at the same url... didnt want to give them more incoming links...
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:33 am
by greyhoundcode
At least they 'gaurantee' 24x7 support ...
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:15 am
by cavemaneca
nickvd wrote:Heh... generated content FTW
Try :
?script=2257
?script=2258
at the same url... didnt want to give them more incoming links...
and guess what? they don't stop there! there is a page for almost every type of hosting there! and they all look almost identical.
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:34 am
by alex.barylski
Obviously these stupid techniques work...otherwise they wouldn't do it...sad reality I guess.
Re: WTH?
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:13 am
by Jenk
?script=1

Re: WTH?
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:08 pm
by cavemaneca
simple check says it goes from 251 to 9915. That's 9665 seemingly unique pages! Although, of course I didn't read through them all to look for duplicates. Anything else show errors and a simple web host page.
Re: WTH?
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:04 pm
by Syntac
What a Mickey Mouse operation.

They didn't even have the common decency to stick the page variable somewhere else.
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:12 pm
by Laura-Jane
greyhoundcode wrote:At least they 'gaurantee' 24x7 support ...
Arg! Things like this drive me nuts.
My web hosting company's service went down recently, so I called them. While on hold, I happened to notice that there was a giant typo in a prominent place on their front page. The typo was in the sentence that claimed that they were the BEST. Let me repeat that.
The typo was in the sentence that said, "We are the best."
When the guy finally came on the phone, I couldn't help but say, "And by the way, there's a giant typo in the sentence that says 'We're the best!' on your homepage. You might want to change that."
I don't think he appreciated it or cared too much, and I guess I can't really blame him. But it's those little things that count.
Oh, did I mention that I'm a writer?

Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:52 am
by josh
Laura-Jane wrote:I don't think he appreciated it or cared too much, and I guess I can't really blame him. But it's those little things that count.
This is a good example of exactly why a bad "culture" in a company can rot it from the inside out, and why you should always try to be a good listener
Laura-Jane wrote:IOh, did I mention that I'm a writer?

Uhhh. ok?

Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:01 am
by VladSun
Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:04 am
by alex.barylski
I don't think he appreciated it or cared too much, and I guess I can't really blame him. But it's those little things that count.
You can read my web site and correct any spelling mistakes you can find...and best of all...I will appreciate those recommendations...and better still I won't even charge you for your time...
1) Your avatar; 2) post in a PHP forum; 3) you are a woman - it is obvious
What does that have to do with anything?
Spelling mistakes drive me nutts too, although I am guilty of more spelling mistakes than your average person...I can pick out spelling errors in others work much easier than I can my own...cuz I guss spel cheking my own work isn't as important.

Re: WTH?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:26 am
by Laura-Jane
Hehe, I shouldn't be too quick to judge, though. PCSpectra was kind enough to PM me just now to let me know that I had a spelling error in my own signature. (Thanks for not publicly humiliating me, PCSpectra!)
After I got over my mortification, it just goes to show that we can all be morons at one time or another... It's easy for our eyes to skip over mistakes when
we know what it's
supposed to say...
