Bought a domain, discovered it's been previously banned on Facebook. Any hope?

Discussion in 'Facebook' started by ChazR, Sep 11, 2012.

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    Hi everyone,

    I bought a domain at auction, luckily for not very much, but it's very important to me and I can't really use an alternative. Unfortunately a few months after I bought it I discovered it had been previously used to spread malware, and was blacklisted by an awful lot of security companies. I've successfully contacted Sophos, Mccaffee, Websense and a few others, and they've re-checked the site and now recategorised it as clean, and removed it from their blacklists. With a bit of work I've got its Web of Trust rating back up in the green as well.

    But probably the worst is that it's blocked on Facebook. I can't put a 'like' button on my site, and Facebook blocks any status update that contains my domain in it. It says:

    [COLOR=#333333][FONT=lucida grande]The content you're trying to share includes a link that's been blocked for being spammy or unsafe:[/FONT][/COLOR]
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    Is there anything I can do to get it unblocked on Facebook as well? Do they rely on an external company for blacklisting domains or will it be an internal thing? I've filled out their "if you think this is an error" form, but have a feeling it's not going to get much attention.

    Thanks a lot!
     
    ChazR, Sep 11, 2012 IP
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    ChazR Peon

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    Shamefully giving this a bump! Should I take the lack of responses as "yep, no hope"? lol :/
     
    ChazR, Sep 12, 2012 IP
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    Bump.... Nobody know anything about this?
     
    ChazR, Sep 14, 2012 IP
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    Try again. You have to attract their attention somehow. Try to contact them in any possible way.
     
    callmemaybe, Sep 15, 2012 IP
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    I must have filled out that form 10 times now, typed out a different message each time, still nothing. Is there any other form or any way of contacting a real person?

    Thanks.
     
    ChazR, Oct 1, 2012 IP