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Aplus.Net www.aplus.net,the leading Internet presence and Web hosting provider to small and medium-sizedbusinesses, announced today that it has completely removed all hidden links fromaffected web sites.

Less than 1% of Aplus.Net’s web hosting customer base had hidden links installedby a subcontractor, hired by Aplus.Net to potentially improve Company’s Googlesearch engine ranking.

“We didn’t apply enough control over what our subcontractor wasdoing,” said Ivan Vachovsky, CEO of Aplus.Net. “We have changed ourprocedures so that it never happens again. I would like to thank the onlinecommunity, which helped us locate and eliminate the problem promptly.”

Fortunately, less than 1% of Aplus.Net’s customer base was affected. The linkshave been completely removed however cached copies may contain the links untilthe next crawl by the Google search engine.

Any effect, both positive and negative, related to the placing of the links ispure speculation. Confirmation of this is the position of Aplus.Net for one ofthe “optimized” search terms “domain name.” Aplus.Net is#400 in Google for this keyword. “We are on page 40 for the ‘domain name’keyword,” said Michael Nieman, VP of Sales at Aplus.Net. “This isworse than before the so called ‘optimization.’ On the customer side we have yetto see any evidence of any negative effect. Regardless, we are happy that theissue was spotted and eliminated early.”

About Aplus.Net

Aplus.Net is a leading provider of Internet services to small and medium-sizedbusinesses. The company’s headquarters are located in San Diego, CA with otheroffices in Davis, CA, Atlanta, GA and Europe. Facilities in San Diego are over52,000 sq. feet and include data center and Network Operations Center (NOC).Aplus.Net specializes in providing a complete Internet presence, includingdomain name registration, corporate identity on the Internet, matching e-mailaddresses, web design, web hosting, e-commerce, credit card processing tools,and website maintenance. Aplus.Net is among the ten largest privately held webhosting and domain name registration companies in the USA and is a facilitiesbased provider. The Company owns and operates its own data center and its ownICANN accredited domain names registrar (Names4Ever.com). Aplus.Net has beenawarded many awards for excellence including the prestigious Editor’s choiceaward by the reputable technology portal CNET.

Contact:
John Martis, EVP, Operations of Aplus.Net,
+1-858-410-6903, johnm@aplus.net

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