News site Newzulu backs down in domain squatting row with rival Newsmodo

A news sharing website has removed a redirect from a competitor’s brand as another public row over domain squatting threatened to erupt.

The boss of Melbourne freelance agency Newsmodo, Rakhal Ebeli, accused rival Newzulu of trading off the back of his business after visits to newsmodo.net were redirected to Newzulu.

Newzulu managing editor Jenny Noyes yesterday told Mumbrella she was unaware of the redirect and would investigate the issue. Within a couple of hours, the redirect had been removed.

A search of domain registrations show newsmodo.net had been registered by Newzulu group managing director Alexander Hartman.