TrustyPig Changes Site Design, Slightly

In what can only be seen as a victory for everybody who has ever had their site design ripped off, the creators of TrustyPig have at least changed their sites colors and logo on their main blog to something other than the exceptional design by HappyCog they previously copied.

While it appears to only be minor css changes (the actual div structure remains the same) – this is definitely a mark in the win column for “the good guys.”  After a public outcry and a flurry of postings around several different blogs, it looks we finally caught TrustyPig’s attention.

The SmartyPig logo still appears on TrustyPig’s blog header, but I am sure it is just an oversight, and the owners of TrustyPig know the Social Hijacking will continue to take place if this too is not corrected in a timely manner.

Thank you to everybody who put the word out on the shady Romanian company known as TrustyPig, and if you are into the High Yield Moneymaking “whatever” that TrustyPig is trying to peddle… I seriously urge you to reconsider doing business with people of that nature.

[TAGS]TrustyPig, SmartyPig, Site Ripoffs, blogging, seo, brand hijack[/TAGS]

Trustypig.com Rips Off Smartypig.com Design

You hear about it almost everyday… there is a nicely designed web site done by a team (or sometimes an individual) that is not only nice to look at, but is also a unique idea, and a fledgling business struggling to be both born and survive in today’s depressed economy.

Des Moines has become a hotbed of web entrepreneurs, strategists, social marketing mavens, and other services and businesses catering to the tech community.  I even wrote about some of them in a previous blog post, here – http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/07/08/big-fish-gets-cut-down-to-size-and-smiles.html.

One of those is a unique way to save money, and have relatives, friends and complete strangers contribute towards a savings goal.  A new bank called Smartypig.

Now, take a look at the following site, a complete ripoff (based in Romania) -

http://www.trustypig.com

Their blog currently has comments UN-MODERATED… so feel free to tell these bozos how you really feel about the “Trustworthiness” of the Trusty-Pig.

I just don’t get how some people find this “acceptable.”

Bad pig!

[TAGS]smartypig, romania, trustypig[/TAGS]