Comments on: I Sold “Amptoons.com”

By: Rachel’s Tavern

Rachel’s Tavern — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

ve probably already heard, Ampersand at Alas A Blog has sold his domain name to a search engine optimizing (SEO)Â company (See theÂ explanation of this here.)Â that promotes several sites.Â So last month AmpÂ wrote a postÂ telling readers that the domain for Alas (amptoons.com) had been sold, but this was only after Daran at Creative DestructionÂ and another anonymous reader noticed the porn links which are well hidden in the site.Â Amp said two factors influenced his decision to

By: Pen-Elayne on the Web

Pen-Elayne on the Web — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

search engine optimizing” company which, apparently used his traffic to help pornographers get higher search listings for their sites, and didn’t inform his readers of the sale. Here’s some background reading on this from Amp himself, his cobloggers Rachel and Nick, Zuzu at Feministe, Tom at the Comics Reporter, Fred at Stone Court, MB at Making Light, Hugo Schwyzer and Tekanji. My opinion on all of this is as follows: First of all, I have always believed that blogs are

By: The SmackDog Chronicles

The SmackDog Chronicles — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

the purists; the fact that he is a man is more than enough for them. Well, that…and the fact that he sold his domain to a porn portal didn’t help. “Say wuh???” I hear you thinking. It goes roughly like this: Last September, Amp posted a cryptic message to the blog saying that he was under some real financial strain, and due to that he had decided to put his domain name “amptoons.com” up for sale for some quick cash. What he did not mention then, though, was that he had sold to domain to what

By: AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK

AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

On September 13th, well-known feminist blogger Ampersand of Alas, A Blog announced that he no longer owned the domain name “Amptoons.com” because he’d sold it a few months earlier: Then a buyer approached me offering to purchase amptoons.com, so he could use it to improve search engine rankings for his clients (how that all works isn’t something I have any knowledge of). He offered a

By: Feministe

Feministe — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

to the index of reviews, which, yes, contains that “ethnic” subcategory, as well as “lesbians,” “mature,” “teen,” and “ass.” MILFs appear to be a particular specialty. Regardless of your feelings on porn, pro or con, the way that Amp handled this — not telling anyone of the arrangement until long after the sale, not allowing for comments when he had to reveal the arrangement — does not speak well of him or of his commitment to feminism.

By: Feministe's Journal

Feministe's Journal — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

By: Creative Destruction

Creative Destruction — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

d like to give you an opportunity to comment before I do. I also promised to give him notice before publishing. Since I hadn’t given him that notice, he was under no immediate threat when he posted an explanation on Alas. As he pointed out in that post ‘a couple of “Alas” readers ha[d] noticed’ - me and at least one other person. So he probably realised that it was only a matter of time before it became public. Better for him to do it at a time of his

By: feminist blogs

feminist blogs — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Regarding the sale of Amptoons.com (which I posted about last month), Hugo writes: Barry, you owe your readers a public forum where you can further explain your decision, and offer those who are stunned and hurt an opportunity to express that to you directly. It’

By: Burningbird

Burningbird — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

d rather burn this site and plow salt into the ashes. Barry at Alas, a Blog has probably done more for women in weblogging than any other man I know. Recently, he got into some financial difficulty and had to sell his domain, keeping his weblog and asking that the new owner not host porn. The new owner hasn’t, but he has posted a page that links to several hardcore porn sites–using Barry’s accrued Google ranking to drive up the rank of these sites. I can understand Barry

By: Sour Duck

Sour Duck — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pinko Feminist Hellcat is responding to the many opinions circulating in the blogosphere about this issue. Related links Breast Cancer: No More Breast Cancer CampaignThink Before You Pink Alas: Alas, a blog: “I Sold ‘Amptoons.com’”Well I’ll Go To The Foot Of My Stairs…: “[expletive deleted] and betrayal…”Angry for a Reason: “No, really, I’m a feminist*” Burqa Photoshopped Picture: Punkassblog.com: “I was also unable to think of any western patriarchal traditions

By: BlogHer | Where the women bloggers are

BlogHer | Where the women bloggers are — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pinko Feminist Hellcat is responding to the many opinions circulating in the blogosphere about this issue. Related links Breast Cancer: No More Breast Cancer Campaign Think Before You Pink Alas: Alas, a blog: “I Sold ‘Amptoons.com’” Well I’ll Go To The Foot Of My Stairs…: “[expletive deleted] and betrayal…” Angry for a Reason: “No, really, I’m a feminist*” Burka Photoshopped Picture: Punkassblog.com: “I was also unable to think of any western patriarchal traditions

By: The Webcomic List - Online Comics

The Webcomic List - Online Comics — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

s back to school, back to work, U.S. election campaing smackdown, American football and Rest-of-the-World football, Pope-apologizing, Will-There-Be-Peace-In-The-Middle East Webcomics season. So I’m sleepy back! Reinder catches that Barry Deutsch has sold his URL (amptoons.com) to someone else who is using the URL for “search engine optimization”. Deutsch will still be able to use the URL for his blog “Alas” and his cartoons. Webcomics-in-Print blog has a great round-up of book news today including links to pre-orders for the new books from

By: Waffle

Waffle — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

sold his domain to a Search Engine Optimiser