Quality Control Feedback
You can report quality control issues and generic abuse reports with no mention of specific URLs, editors or categories here.
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Thank you in advance for advice regarding my query..... Perhaps I have not looked hard enough, but under my own steam alone, I have been unable to determine the answer to the following.... Is it acceptable through these forums to enquire of the editors the progress (or otherwise) of a web site submission to the ODP? I submitted a site for consideration some 8 months ago and to date it is not listed. A subsequent follow up mail sent by me to staff@dmoz.org requesting feedback has yielded no reply after several months.... Would it breach the rules of the forum for me to post the URL of my site within this forum, requesting that an amenable editor might be ki…
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http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Pets/Cats_and_Dogs/Clothing_and_Accessories/Dogs/ Haute2Trot [EDIT] 404
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Credibility
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Hello everyone, I have been wondering how to establish the credibility of a website/domain? As a SysAdmin, I've seen what a good designer can do with minimal data from a client... My walk-though ODP shows, listing of higher credibility websites - ones with an equally strong offline presence, as online. Looking for suggestions how to evaluate a presentation before accepting the information provided or purchasing a product / service....
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I'm hoping someone can help me through this forum, if I am out of place posting here, I apologize, but I have written a few emails (hard to tell really, where to send them) none of which have produced any results. First of all, I must commend this project and all who are involved. A huge undertaking and I can see that the intention is in the right place. But as with many things, once human intervention is involved, there can be problems. That which is DMOZ's strength is also its weakness. I bid you all well in your efforts. Specifically, I own and maintain Steve's Authentic, my commercial site where I am selling my key lime pies. Although I know I could get more tra…
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Hi Just one question... I keep a running count of links that are reported dead. Before I do that, I put them in my DNS cache and perform random lookup (different DNS(s)) for the first 28 days. After I try to connect for 21 more days, 4 times a day. The last week I go back to 8 random DNS checks. After that I remove them from the cache. Now I do this because I don't want to kill any user reported dead listings that may be because of the users name servers not finding the site.So how should I report these, I have over 40,000, that have been unresponsive for 60 days, and over 90,000, that have been unresponsive for over 90 days. I have them in this format, but I …
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What happens to a site that has been suspended due to exceeded bandwidth? Thanks, Q.
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I just had a private query which I feel can be usefully answered here, as others may have similar concerns. Q. Suppose I have two websites and one of them is listed in DMOZ, but I make that website redirect to my other website with the same content. Would you just change the link? I am afraid you would delete it right away instead of switching over. A. Where a redirect is a straightforward url change with same content, and this is a useful listing that we don't want to lose, then editors like to update promptly. There are sometimes delays, but less so than in the past, because update requests now stand out internally. However redirects may not be straightforw…
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I would think that DMOZ has considerable bandwidth to work with. I'm curious why there are so many redirects and dead links that are not detected. The crawler cannot detect certain types but it should identify most of the redirects and, certainly, the dead links. For example: [dch@traif ~]# wget --spider --force-html http://list-business.com/opt-in-list-systems --23:44:15-- http://list-business.com/opt-in-list-systems => `opt-in-list-systems' Resolving list-business.com... 216.235.79.13 Connecting to list-business.com|216.235.79.13|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://emailuniverse.com/ [following] --23:44:15…
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http://dmoz.org/Business/Construction_and_Maintenance/Commercial_Contractors/Civil_and_Roadworks/Corrosion/ http://www.maunsell.co.uk * Dead * Link is dead and company doesn't operate under this name anymore. Also says its linked in the corrosion category but doesn't appear in the listing when you view it.
Last reply by photofox,
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With regards to mr leroys post about profiles, i agree that if a editor, ex or not could ask to have their profiles removed, it would save having embarrassing images like this on the ODP: http://dmoz.org/profiles/mrleroy.html Thats my 2 cents on it anyhow
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Hello. Ill make this brief. My editorial status was removed. I couldn't really give a hoot. Its your loss imo. What I find disturbing is my profile remains in your system. What I ask of you is to remove this.
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http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Recreation_and_Sports/Pets/ http://www.faithfulfriends.co.uk/ - dead link https://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop/index.htm - dead link http://www.paw-mark.co.uk/ - wrong category http://www.pets-corner.co.uk/ - been closed down http://www.ukpets.co.uk/ - it's a directory! http://www.woodhatchparrots.co.uk/ - dead link I have looked through all the sites listed but I am not sure what this category is trying to acheive!
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Dear Maters, We all know that DMOZ is stricly fair about companies not to get listed more than ones and if they are affiliated to make sure only one of the main website get listed. Now I want to tell about vegas.com and lasvegas.com and more websites they have, these URLs are belong to the same company. Now : 1 )they are originally listed here as Vegas.com http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Nevada/Localities/L/Las_Vegas/Guides_and_Directories/ 2) Vegas.com listed here as music.vegas.com - Reviews of Ratt in Las Vegas, and plenty of pictures. BUT link REDIRECTS to http://www.vegas.com/shows/ http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/R/Ratt/ …
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Do Search Engines really submit your website for free? I've created a website, an online wholesale merchandise store and more. I know the webhost has submitted it into it's Search Engine, at lest that's what they tell me, but I know I'm not getting the traffic I need to get to make sales. I've tried submitting it to Search Engines that say they'll submit it for free, but are they really submitting it? And if so, why do they want me to add their link to my website if they're offering this service for free? Thanks for your reply, newyork
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Hi everyone. I'm a little new to all this, but from researching about search engines and all I find that dmoz has become EXTREMELY important to people and search engines. I also realize that it is also a little bit unfair. Yes, I understand the "generousity" and time it takes to put something like this together. I appreciate it even though my sites are not listed yet. I am a patient person and I am appreciative. So short and sweet before the idea escapes my mind. How about having it easier to become an editor BUT have a requirement of reviewing 10? 20? sites before being able to add their own site? HOWEVER, they can in fact add their site. Just ONE. Or an…
Last reply by hutcheson,
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OK, because I have been extremely lucky thus far in pushing the envelopes of "suggestions," I feel bound to whine a bit more. The problem with human edited directories in general: I believe that all URLs that are an exact match are just "updated," not resubmitted. The rest of this is based on that. 1. Get a website. 2. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com 3. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com/ 4. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com/index.html 5. Create http://www.yourwebsite.com/forwarder, and put an automatic forwarder script in it 6. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com/forwarder 7. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com/forwarder/ 8. Submit http://www.yourwebsite.com…
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http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/I.../Bulk_Mailers/ OK I admit it. I am spam intollerant. We distribute free real time blacklists. With that disclaimer in mind, some - if not most - of the sites listed in this category are spamware. Inceed, if I took the time, I could get most of these removed by their hosting companies (I won't - at least not today). The broader question is why these deserve DMOZ inclusion at all. Aren't these enablers of illegal conduct? Example (just one of many): Wilcom2 Incorporated - Ken Mail Server. Sends bulk mail in HTML format using multiple threads and also acts as a mail server. Looking at the site, we find the following infomati…
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http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Abuse/Spam/Blacklists/Perspectives_and_Opinions/ http://pinkpell.net/ Dead Spam blocking on DNS blacklist criteria alone http://www.info-world.com/spam.diagnosis/ Outdated. Osirusoft ceased to exist almost three years ago.
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The four MAPS listings are no longer accurate. (June, 2005) None of the described information is available. They are redirects. Blacklist of Internet Advertisers http://www.non.com/news.answers/advertisers-blacklist.html "Last-modified: 15 Nov 1995 06:03:54 +0100" Not one of the listings remains applicable. http://www.cluelessmailers.org/ Last Updated 4/19/03 The Spamware Vendor List (spamsites.org) has not been active in some time: "Why is spamsites.org not being updated regularly?" "I've come to the conclusion that although the spamsites.org site has killed thousands of spamware and spam service sites in the last 5 years it is running to stand still. S…
Last reply by arubin,
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Hello, nearly 2 years ago I submitted my website. After waiting 6 months from that date, I assumed my submission was rejected so I submitted again. Alas, a year from the first submission I still had nothing. I am completely confused. I am sure you guys know best how to best run things; but there are indeed some problems. My question is, why not automate? A person opens an account, then opens a request--the request is either accepted or rejected and there can be real-time status on what is going on. A chain of comments etc. A history of who is "on the case" etc.
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It appears that the site http://vsssleep.com is "restructuring" It can be found at the following category. Shopping: Home and Garden: Furniture: Bedroom: Airbeds
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Hi,Guys. we have taken so long time in waiting for that we can log on the DMOZ in China. But till now we cann't. Anyone can show me what's happening to that, and anything that we can do for it ?! thanks very much.
Last reply by Callimachus,
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A few days ago i was looking through a catagory and was suprised to find a number sites which were either dead, or haven't been udpated in months. I used the abuse submission form to report the issue. Today using the ID, i checked the status of the report an was suprised to see that the issus is discribed as "resolved." But i don't see any changes to the catagory.... The catagory is related to a hot topic right now andi find it a bit disapointing to see the catagory so far behind a3a9c1c88eba43676a535d6767e00912
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Sorry if this is not the best place to post - not obvious where to place it. Website host listing at http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/Free/Personal/ still has mywbpage.netscape.com as a very respectable performer. It was flawed eighteen months ago and for at least the last four months has reduced to a feeble search mechanism, with NO facilities for maintaining the hosted sites or for creating new ones - or even for posting an 'abandoned ship' notice on an existing site. ALL efforts to communicate with these people have failed, incidentally At this point they should not be listed at all.
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Hello all, I just coded a very simple tool to help people reporting bad websites in the Report thread at the top of this forums. This tool helps you build a list of bad websites you have spotted in the directory and returns a forum code that you can copy and paste when posting into the thread. You can add websites, re-check them before copying the final code and eventually remove them. The tool also re-arranges websites by category, then alphabetically into each category. It also prevents double entries. At the same time, this tool should be useful also for Editors working on the thread, since its main purpose is to include an EDIT link for Editors that points direc…
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