Flyposting on Your Shop Window
You might not have revenue-earning banner adverts on your web site. But here are some more ways other organisations find to advertise on your property.
In my post a month ago Someone Could Be Advertising on Your Web Site I mentioned the need to check all domains - not just the one being used by your corporate web site. Whilst doing some research on companies regulated by the Financial Services Authority, I came across some more examples for you.
This advertisement appears when a domain, used by a company only for its email, is requested in a web browser:
And, this one is apparently for a web site which has been removed, yet the domain is also currently being used for email:
But it's not always non-standard domains that can have problems. I was very surprised to see these links appearing at the top of one firm's home page and the pop-up advert window:
I wonder if anyone has checked their site recently? Try to keep a schedule of all domain names owned and used by your organisation. Record the registrars, contacts, renewal dates and any associated certificates. Periodically test all the domains to check they are only being used for your own approved purposes, and are not providing advertising space for others, or leaking details about your organisation or systems.
Posted on: 21 October 2008 at 07:52 hrs
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