Desmogblog sinks into murk

12 Thoughts on “Desmogblog sinks into murk”

1. David on 23/09/2012 at 7:35 am said:

   Perhaps the letter from Heartlands Lawyers arrived regarding Gleicks lies?
   Or maybe it’s simply that no one actually visits it, as the Alexa data indicates.

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2. ralph selman on 23/09/2012 at 12:17 pm said:

   I just checked the website and it is up with the usual trash.

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3. Bob D on 23/09/2012 at 1:53 pm said:

   The DNS servers take time to update apparently, perhaps we’ll see it up again soon too.

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   • Richard Treadgold on 23/09/2012 at 2:12 pm said:

     Oh, yes, well, I do hope so :-&
4. Andy on 23/09/2012 at 4:48 pm said:

   John Lefebvre is the chief benefactor of DeSmogBlog, and has an interesting history other than being some kind of musician

   Lefevre first garnered public attention in 1999, when he co-founded NETeller (now known as Neovia), an online money transfer facility. Though a publicly traded UK company, the firm’s involvement in transactions serving the then-fledgling online gambling sector led to U.S. charges of possible money laundering against the company and his arrest in January 2007.[4] Lefebvre plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to conduct illegal Internet gambling transactions and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify if necessary

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5. Stanley on 23/09/2012 at 5:30 pm said:

   It’s gone now. Just a note saying the domain WAS registered at ‘namecheap.com”.

   LeFebvre sounds like he would have become a carbon trader in this enlightened age. Might have gone down the tubes.

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6. Rob Taylor on 24/09/2012 at 9:56 am said:

   Desmogblog are active on Facebook, maybe that is their new home?

   http://www.facebook.com/DeSmogBlog

   I also recommend their excellent book, “Climate Cover-up”.

   http://www.amazon.com/Climate-Cover-Up-Crusade-Global-Warming/dp/1553654854/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348437306&sr=1-1

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7. Andy on 24/09/2012 at 10:22 am said:

   Thanks Rob, I checked their Facebook page and it leads to a list of “related searches”
   http://www.desmogblog.com/

   Each of those links leads to a bunch of paid Google ads

   No sign of the old site

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8. Andy on 24/09/2012 at 10:29 am said:

   The keywords in the page source are interesting

   All about cash advance and credit refinance

   Definitely a hack, I’d say

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   • Andy on 24/09/2012 at 10:37 am said:

     These link only sites are also known as MFA – made for adwords.
     The hackers will be generating quite a bit of revenue from people clicking on the sponsored links
9. Rob Taylor on 24/09/2012 at 11:22 am said:

   In a way, that’s flattering for DeSmogBlog – it must be a popular site to warrant being taken over by hackers for for click farming…

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10. David on 24/09/2012 at 11:49 am said:

    Popular? The evidence on Alexa suggests otherwise. But you dont worry about evidence eh Rob

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