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Romow Top Directory Down

Discussion in 'Directories' started by zehrila, Jul 27, 2011.

  1. hotftuna

    hotftuna Active Member

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    #21
    Yes PR6 now shows PR0

    PS- there is a reason I am so interested to know what happened to Romow- I want to make sure that what ever it is, it does not happen to me or other directory owners I care about.
     
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    hotftuna, Jul 31, 2011 IP
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    xc06 Notable Member

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    #22
    the whois of romow shows very weird result...I feel that the domain was hacked and stolen. 
     
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  3. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #23
    What exactly do you find "Weird" about it?
     
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    xc06 Notable Member

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    #24
    the whois definitely changed as I recalled. Even more,  the registrar seems from Australia. 
     
    xc06, Aug 1, 2011 IP
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    Nebula525 Peon

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    #25
    Probably shouldnt be down for too long hopefully...
     
    Nebula525, Aug 1, 2011 IP
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    iowadawg Prominent Member

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    #26
    As a retired government agent, I feel it is my duty to report this post to the proper secret agencies who will be contacting all of you.
     
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    wwws Notable Member

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    #27
    Oh, he's mostly likely in prison for something.
     
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    #28
    Maybe he had enough of the directory industry and let it die.
     
    snakeair, Aug 1, 2011 IP
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    CReed Prominent Member

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    #29
    All of his domain name registrations were updated last October and are now private. The private registration services for Fabulous.com are provided by a firm in Australia as they are there also. There is no way to know if Peter still owns them without any direct contact with him.
     
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  10. vegabond

    vegabond Shabu Anower

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    #30
    Don't know what happened, just we can hope that everything is fine with him.
     
    vegabond, Aug 3, 2011 IP
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    #31
    The owner must refund the payment to the subscribers if he/she plan to shut down the site anyway.
     
    WallaceYeung, Aug 3, 2011 IP
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    Dave E Well-Known Member

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    #32
    I have sent the owner an email and had no response. All of his other directories are down as well. I hope they will come back on line soon as I have lots of sites listed in his directories.
     
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    hotftuna Active Member

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    #33
    What other directories are down?
     
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    Dave E Well-Known Member

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    vegabond Shabu Anower

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    #37
    It's called take the money and run. It was opened during the directory link buying frenzy and made good money and now cost time and money to keep open with few if any paid submissions. Your going to see most small paid directories go under in this horrible economy and directory links having no page rank increasing value.
     
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    Jin Well-Known Member

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    #38
    It was not your average joe directory, by looking at this thread do you think it was a type of directory you are trying to make it out to be? Romow has been an exceptional directory, one of very few which stood still even after when directories were penalised. The guy maintained highest standards and fromw hat i know, he had been receiving dozens of listings a day, fairly making thousands of dollars a month. It was a good directory and we hope to see it back.
     
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    vegabond Shabu Anower

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    #39
    Your judgement is wrong. Peter is not that type of man. He made good money from Romow but he re-invested a lot in it.
     
    vegabond, Aug 5, 2011 IP
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    #40
    I very much hope your right but I've seen very reputable directories owned by great people just close leaving the folks who paid for submissions a bit disgruntled.
     
    stoner3221, Aug 5, 2011 IP