Solve : how to remove old website from internet?

1.	Solve : how to remove old website from internet?
Answer» our old website of several years ago is still on the internet and i DONT kno how to take it down, can anyone give guidance? What do you mean by "on the internet"? Do you mean cached by Google? Or is it live right now?Well, who hosts your website? Surely, you must KNOW this. How did you launch it in the first place? You need to contact the hosting service and close your account with them. You could also allow your domain name registration to expire; this would cause an error message to appear on any computer that tried to view the website. The problem is it is a very old website, we have had 2 intervening sites. it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. just wondered if another way round it. i dont have any administration information, the website in question was created at least 10 years ago and ceased to be in used approx 7 years ago i think and we dont have admin details. does that make more sense?! Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 06:57:45 AM The problem is it is a very old website, we have had 2 intervening sites. it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. just wondered if another way round it. i dont have any administration information, the website in question was created at least 10 years ago and ceased to be in used approx 7 years ago i think and we dont have admin details. does that make more sense?! Can you get the current IP address owners details? http://ip-lookup.net/am technically quite an idiot and dont kno how to do that! Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 07:18:10 AM am technically quite an idiot and dont kno how to do that! Ok, what's the URL to the website in question?sorry was away from desk cant see homepage, but link to pages http://freespace.virgin.net/dawn.h.lewis/ELF/publications.htm Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 06:57:45 AM it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. ! If they once provided fee-based hosting, they may no longer be doing that, but they are still in business as an ISP, right? And, clearly, the website is still alive and the URL indicates it being hosted by Virgin media. However, it appears to have been hosted under a free hosting option, as indicated by the word "freespace" in the URL. It's not uncommon for ISPs to provide some free disk space to their clients for hosting a personal website. So, again, the website is still alive and, the way I see it, you no other choice but to work with Virgin media to get this resolved. Surely, someone there in tech support is aware of this free web space that is, or formerly was, available to their customers for a personal website. Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 08:25:05 AM dawn.h.lewis For a guess this is who they have down as the account contact at Virginthank you very much! will try...THANKS so much for help Quote from: Sid on March 11, 2011, 09:12:00 AM For a guess this is who they have down as the account contact at Virgin I think that may be the person whose name was used to create the account with Virgin Media, not an employee at Virgin Media. Quote from: soybean on March 11, 2011, 09:38:59 AM I think that may be the person whose name was used to create the account with Virgin Media, not an employee at Virgin Media. Sorry, that's what I ment. Didn't communicate that clearly enough, sorry!

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our old website of several years ago is still on the internet and i DONT kno how to take it down, can anyone give guidance? What do you mean by "on the internet"?

Do you mean cached by Google? Or is it live right now?Well, who hosts your website? Surely, you must KNOW this. How did you launch it in the first place?

You need to contact the hosting service and close your account with them. You could also allow your domain name registration to expire; this would cause an error message to appear on any computer that tried to view the website. The problem is it is a very old website, we have had 2 intervening sites. it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. just wondered if another way round it. i dont have any administration information, the website in question was created at least 10 years ago and ceased to be in used approx 7 years ago i think and we dont have admin details. does that make more sense?! Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 06:57:45 AM

The problem is it is a very old website, we have had 2 intervening sites. it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. just wondered if another way round it. i dont have any administration information, the website in question was created at least 10 years ago and ceased to be in used approx 7 years ago i think and we dont have admin details. does that make more sense?!

Can you get the current IP address owners details?

http://ip-lookup.net/am technically quite an idiot and dont kno how to do that! Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 07:18:10 AM

am technically quite an idiot and dont kno how to do that!

Ok, what's the URL to the website in question?sorry was away from desk cant see homepage, but link to pages http://freespace.virgin.net/dawn.h.lewis/ELF/publications.htm

Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 06:57:45 AM

it was hosted by Virgin media who no longer do webhosting. have had no luck with them. !

If they once provided fee-based hosting, they may no longer be doing that, but they are still in business as an ISP, right? And, clearly, the website is still alive and the URL indicates it being hosted by Virgin media. However, it appears to have been hosted under a free hosting option, as indicated by the word "freespace" in the URL. It's not uncommon for ISPs to provide some free disk space to their clients for hosting a personal website.

So, again, the website is still alive and, the way I see it, you no other choice but to work with Virgin media to get this resolved. Surely, someone there in tech support is aware of this free web space that is, or formerly was, available to their customers for a personal website. Quote from: E.L.F. on March 11, 2011, 08:25:05 AM

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For a guess this is who they have down as the account contact at Virginthank you very much! will try...THANKS so much for help Quote from: Sid on March 11, 2011, 09:12:00 AM

For a guess this is who they have down as the account contact at Virgin

I think that may be the person whose name was used to create the account with Virgin Media, not an employee at Virgin Media. Quote from: soybean on March 11, 2011, 09:38:59 AM

I think that may be the person whose name was used to create the account with Virgin Media, not an employee at Virgin Media.

Sorry, that's what I ment. Didn't communicate that clearly enough, sorry!

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