The Ads

[Adorkable]

I recommended getting rid of the advertisements, search portals, etc...
That are put on the (non-custom) Error pages and Suspended accounts.

It just looks shady.
Especially, when it's no where in the Terms of Service (TOS).

[bmorejon]

Me too.....

[tobiaslw]

I've only just realised about the ads on the 404 page, but it's a FireFox ad. Personally (as a user of FF) I think it's great to advertise FireFox, even though its through Google Adsense (don't know if that's spelt correctly).

I think it's good, as long as there is no "explicit" ads or the sort.

[Adorkable]

The advertisements I experienced were search portals related to range of topics, and image ads for credit cards.

Google Adsense rotates advertisements,
So Firefox just happened to be plugged when you visited.

[tobiaslw]

Originally Posted by Host Gator Forum FAQ (the first link)

HostGator will never place ads on any of our customer sites.

I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, but isn't this kind of the same?

[Adorkable]

Originally Posted by tobiaslw

I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, but isn't this kind of the same?

Wow! Never even saw that that...
Link: http://forums.hostgator.com/faq.php?...l&titlesonly=1

You're not a hypocrite.
If it was just a link to Firefox, I wouldn't have even bothered making this thread.

[cleanxhost]

My thoughts are that if you run a professional website, then you would make sure that your visitors don't get any 404 error pages by adding a tiny bit of code to your .htaccess file and even less, the dreaded suspended page!

[Adorkable]

Originally Posted by cleanxhost

My thoughts are that if you run a professional website, then you would make sure that your visitors don't get any 404 error pages by adding a tiny bit of code to your .htaccess file and even less, the dreaded suspended page!

Very good advice...

A professional website also lives up to its TOS, and does not contradict its FAQs.