IAGOP.org and IowaGOP.org caucus location finder sites down

[JoelYrick]

IAGOP.org is now saying "also visit ricksantorum.com" at the top tab. It's been doing this from yesterday. Both sites are down. I also saw a report on TV that in Davenport, yesterday the GOP took a vacation from answering calls about caucus locations. Ridiculous.

[undergroundrr]

That "visit ricksantorum.com" business is WRONG!!! Surely that violates something or other.

[specsaregood]

Yeah, perhaps somebody from IA should get on the horn with them.
p: 515.282.8105 | f: 515.282.9019 | @ info@iowagop.org

Probably got hacked.

[JoelYrick]

My guess is that iagop.org must be owned by someone other than the IA GOP. However, I used it a few days ago to find caucus locations, and it didn't seem to have any hint of being anything other than the Republican site. I'm going to be having to find out caucus locations today, is there a way other than contacting the campaign?

[tremendoustie]

It's working for me.

[specsaregood]

It's working for me.
screenshot it. and what ip are you getting?

[specsaregood]

yeah, seems to be back up now.

[SamuraisWisdom]

iagop.org does not work. It gives a message that says "server is too busy". BUT, iowagop.org DOES work, and it seems to be the official one.

EDIT: just checked out iagop.org again and it worked this time, only in the tab it says "ALSO VISIT www.RickSantorum..."

[JoelYrick]

I'm still trying iowagop.org, and it still isn't working.

[cynic]

Both appear to work, albeit both are quite slow.

On the tin side, iagop.org does say "ALSO VISIT ~ RickSantorum.com ~ Conservative Presidential Candidate" in the title, the part that shows up on your browser's tab or title window. iowagop.org does not say this.

[cynic]

whois for iagop.org:

Domain ID:D154848099-LROR
Domain Name:IAGOP.ORG
Created On:06-Dec-2008 21:46:09 UTC
Last Updated On:17-Dec-2011 03:32:40 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Dec-2012 21:46:09 UTC
Registrant ID:CR37571041
Registrant Name:Gary Conner
Registrant Street1:7102 Mardyke Lane
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Indianapolis
Registrant State/Province:Indiana
Registrant Postal Code:46226
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.3175474679
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:IowaGOP@RepublicansUSA.org

Same for Admin and Tech.

[tremendoustie]

iagop.org does not work. It gives a message that says "server is too busy". BUT, iowagop.org DOES work, and it seems to be the official one.

EDIT: just checked out iagop.org again and it worked this time, only in the tab it says "ALSO VISIT www.RickSantorum..."

You're right, the tab does say that ... wow.

I'm guessing a RS supporter somehow cloned the site onto his own url.

[cynic]

Silly question, can anyone verify that the two sites are reporting the correct caucus locations?

[Christopher David]

http://iowaforpaul.com will be up!

[GomerPile]

The HTML from the iagop.org site at 11:20AM EST:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/imgly_production/2922212/large.jpg

Someone has changed the sites title tag....hmmmmm?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/imgly_production/2922257/large.jpg

[dielivin]

http://iowagop.org/caucus/alllocations.php <-- direct link to caucus locations from iowagop.org

It is very slow.
Also, I copied everything to a txt file just in case it went down again. Should we post the txt file somewhere?

[brushfire]

google bomb it!

search for words "iowa" "caucus" "location"

Click on the iowaforpaul.com link in the result. Right now its at #45

Not sure if this is enough time, but right now, the rick frothtorum site is a paid ad at the top

[Tod]

Screenshot:

http://www.peppypawspoochpark.com/IAGOPdotORGscreenshot.jpg

[mosquitobite]

google bomb it!

search for words "iowa" "caucus" "location"

Click on the iowaforpaul.com link in the result. Right now its at #45

Not sure if this is enough time, but right now, the rick frothtorum site is a paid ad at the top

Even lower now (than #45)
Definitely need to get it up!

[mosquitobite]

I don't trust other sites to give the correct location either. :/ Sorry- just don't.

Iowaforpaul.com should be the only site WE use!

[Tod]

Tweeted this:

@cspanws (http://twitter.com/#%21/cspanws) @MattStrawn (http://twitter.com/#%21/MattStrawn) @iacaucus (http://twitter.com/#%21/iacaucus) IAGOP.org (http://t.co/zLHObpG7) site hacked. Screenshot showing title (upper left) http://www.peppypawspoochpark.com/IAGOPdotORGscreenshot.jpg


I think Matt Strawn is the chairman of the IAGOP.

[sailingaway]

Why are they advertising Santorum? Or is that a google ad?

[sailingaway]

Tweeted this:

@cspanws (http://twitter.com/#%21/cspanws) @MattStrawn (http://twitter.com/#%21/MattStrawn) @iacaucus (http://twitter.com/#%21/iacaucus) IAGOP.org (http://t.co/zLHObpG7) site hacked. Screenshot showing title (upper left) http://www.peppypawspoochpark.com/IAGOPdotORGscreenshot.jpg

I think Matt Strawn is the chairman of the IAGOP.


I'm pretty sure Strawn is the guy who only announced Bachmann winning the straw poll then left the stage leaving the media to crane around backwards to the projected results to find out that Ron was only 152 votes behind her.

On a serious note, this makes it more important that Ron have caucus information front and center on his website, not something you have to search for.

[sailingaway]

Perfect! It is right on the front: http://www.ronpaul2012.com/

[specsaregood]

Tweeted this:

@cspanws (http://twitter.com/#%21/cspanws) @MattStrawn (http://twitter.com/#%21/MattStrawn) @iacaucus (http://twitter.com/#%21/iacaucus) IAGOP.org (http://t.co/zLHObpG7) site hacked. Screenshot showing title (upper left) http://www.peppypawspoochpark.com/IAGOPdotORGscreenshot.jpg
I think Matt Strawn is the chairman of the IAGOP.

Its not a hack. IowaGOP.org is the official domain:
whois:
Registrant Name:Chad Olsen
Registrant Organization:Iowa Republican Party
Registrant Street1:621 E 9th St.
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Des Moines
Registrant State/Province:Iowa
Registrant Postal Code:50309

The other domain in this thread IAGOP.org is just a domain setup by some seperate individual. like registering misspellings. No big deal. And IAGOP.org was just including the real domain in an iframe.

We should probably lock this thread so inaccurate rumors don't spread.

[GomerPile]

It is NOT a google (or any other kind) ad....the code on the site has been modified to show that message.



Why are they advertising Santorum? Or is that a google ad?

[specsaregood]

It is NOT a google (or any other kind) ad....the code on the site has been modified to show that message.

Thats because it is someother persons domain, its not the official domain.
The official republican site in ia is: iowagop.org

[sailingaway]

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