{"id":2803,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2803"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Run-A-Website?-Don't-Get-Caught-by-'Domain-Registration-SEO'-Spam-Emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2803","title":{"rendered":"Run A Website? Don&#8217;t Get Caught by &#8216;Domain Registration SEO&#8217; Spam Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>If you own and manage websites and domain names, then you&#8217;ve likely received spam messages like this.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Subject: [Your domain}  \u00a0expiration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have \u00a0<strong>1 domain name seo registration service<\/strong> \u00a0pending.<\/p>\n<p>This solicitation is to inform you that it&#8217;s time to send in your search engine registration for <b>[domain]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Failure to complete this order by <strong>[supposed cut off date]<\/strong> \u00a0may result in the cancellation of this offer (making it difficult for your customers to locate you, using search engines on the web).<\/p>\n<p>Act soon! This offer for [domin name] will expire on <strong>[date]<\/strong>. Act today!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The emails look like invoices \u00a0and are clearly designed to trick the unwary into believing that their domain is expiring and they must click a link to renew. They imply that domain holders must act quickly or risk cancellation of the service.<\/p>\n<p>Experienced website publishers will quickly realise that the messages are \u00a0not genuine domain fee invoices. In fact, the text of the emails does explain that the sending company sells SEO software and does not register or renew domain names.  \u00a0The links open a scammy \u00a0&#8220;SEO Optimization Services&#8221; website that tries to sell you utterly useless and completely \u00a0unnecessary &#8220;traffic generator software&#8221;. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9162856233\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> If you have \u00a0a good working knowledge of website publishing, the domain name system, and search engine optimisation (SEO), it&#8217;s unlikely \u00a0that you&#8217;ll get caught by these scams.<\/p>\n<p>But, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2nGPfYh\">easy-to-use site publishing tools such as \u00a0WordPress<\/a><span style=\"color: #999999;\">*<\/span>,  \u00a0creating websites \u00a0has become more and more accessible.  \u00a0If users \u00a0know their way around a computer, know how to work a word processor, and are willing to spend some time learning basic skills, they \u00a0can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nibbles-and-bytes.co\/2017\/04\/what-is-wordpress-quick-guide\/\">quickly and easily create a slick, modern, and fully functional website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This democratisation \u00a0of the web is a good thing! But, it does mean there are now a lot of website owners who have only rudimentary background knowledge about SEO, domain names, and how web publishing works outside of their slick \u00a0Content Management System (CMS). And these people are potentially vulnerable to domain registration scams like the one above.<\/p>\n<p>If recipients do not have a clear understanding of domain names, then they could well believe that the invoice is a genuine \u00a0domain registration reminder and click and pay without due forethought. Or, they may believe that they really need to purchase some sort of &#8220;traffic generator&#8221; to get visitors to their website. All such software is ineffective and unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Related domain name spam campaigns <a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/domain-name-application-scam\/\">may falsely claim that \u00a0someone has applied to register a series of domain names<\/a> based on the recipient&#8217;s brand name or existing domain name. These bogus messages are designed to panic people into buying domain names at inflated prices.<\/p>\n<p>And, criminals sometimes send out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/cpanel-phishing-scam.shtml\">phishing scam emails <\/a>that look like they were sent by the recipient&#8217;s hosting or domain registration company.<\/p>\n<p>If you \u00a0are a new website owner, then be very wary of any unsolicited emails that are seemingly related to \u00a0your domain registration or hosting provider.  \u00a0Don&#8217;t click links in any of these emails unless you have verified that they really were sent by your domain or hosting provider.<\/p>\n<p>And, it&#8217;s a good \u00a0idea to get up to speed on SEO as quickly as possible. You&#8217;ll need to acquire some basic SEO knowledge to help get your new site ranking well in search engines and receiving visitors. But, keep in mind that there \u00a0is a lot of outdated, misleading, or just plain wrong information about SEO floating around the wilds of the Internet.  \u00a0And, the Internet is flooded with decidedly dodgy SEO &#8220;experts&#8221; who are more than happy to take your money and give you little or nothing in return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A screenshot of the spam email:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/run-a-website-dont-get-caught-by-domain-registration-seo-spam-emails\/domain-seo-notice-spam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"domain-seo-notice-spam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam-300x270.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7489\" src=\"https:\/\/hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam.jpg\" alt=\"Domiane SEO Notice Spam\" width=\"800\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam-768x690.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam-500x449.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/domain-seo-notice-spam-585x526.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Third Content Ad Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1909104632\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Bottom AdLinks --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\" data-ad-slot=\"1358951439\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/run-a-website-dont-get-caught-by-domain-registration-seo-spam-emails\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.net\/run-a-website-dont-get-caught-by-domain-registration-seo-spam-emails\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own and manage websites and domain names, then you&#8217;ve likely received spam messages like this. Subject: [Your domain} \u00a0expiration You have \u00a01 domain name seo registration service \u00a0pending. This solicitation is to inform you that it&#8217;s time to send in your search engine registration for [domain] Failure to complete this order by [supposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoax-inggris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}