Pixentral vs. PixCentral

[Byron Gale]

Many of us are fans of using Pixentral (http://pixentral.com) to host images to include in our posts.

I have noted that someone has (deceptively?) put up a similarly-named site: PixCentral.com (http://www.pixcentral.com/)

This site is also, coincidentally, an image-hosting site.

I supppose it was merely a matter of time before someone exploited any misspellings in attempts to use Pixentral. (Not unlike the former porn site which grabbed the ".com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com)" version of www.whitehouse.gov (http://www.whitehouse.gov) (they have since sold the domain name))

Please take care when referencing PIXENTRAL (http://pixentral.com) that appropriate spelling is used, so that a long-time friendly site is not deprived of intended traffic.

I know nothing of the new site. Neither do I have any affiliation with PIXENTRAL (http://pixentral.com) other than that of a satisfied customer. I just hate this sort of parasitical behavior, and wanted to bring attention to it in the event others had interest.

Byron

[JulieM]

Thanks for the heads-up, Byron...

[quillabee9]

Byron,
Thanksfor the heads up. I've got Pixentral in my favorites; I won't go to the other.

[Wendy]

Thanks Byron ...

I really dislike it when people to this sort of thing :(

Wendy

[Brob]

I got misdirected there yesterday and since I have not posted that many photos I had to search the forums for the instructions again and found my error. By the way I notice there are questions on how to use it so if it is the preferred method of posting could we have a written tutuorial on how to use it? A screen shot could show folks to use the link at the bottom of the page.
Bridget:o

[nkeevers]

Byron, thanks for letting us know! I fully agree.

[Byron Gale]

Another reason to stick with the original...

...the poser site has been hacked, and now just displays a brag screen from the hacker that took 'em down.

[TonyW]

Definitely another good reason - that says something about the "other site" which I too stumbled upon via a typo a while back. Never again :(

Tony