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thehelper

thehelper

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Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

#65925 is done

No.2
Gary's Diecast Collectibles - Sells NASCAR and NHRA diecast collectibles.
http://www.gkdiecast.com/
broken link

apparently the problem was only temporary as the url works now
 
thehelper

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Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

#65997 done. Thanks for your time in finding these dead links - it is really much appreciated

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/Coins/World_Coins/United_States/
Charlotte Numismatics Gallery - Selling US coins and supplies.

It looks like this one was already taken care of but without the url I cannot tell for sure. It is not listed in the category mentioned under that site name.

http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Requesting_Help/Education/
Help with College - The story and request of a 24 year old college senior who needs help paying for his last year of college

This site works for me.

Thanks again! :cool:
 
thehelper

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Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

#66001 is done

No. 2
US Gifts Online - Single and mulit-model varieties of wood and acrylic, sized for toy vehicles
http://www.usgiftsonline.com/
- this has a holding page saying that the site is under construction but then an auto-divert to a different URL
http://www.usgolfgifts.com/index.shtml

This is OK because the redirect is on the main domain. If I change it not it will probably be broken later. You can sitll order from the site - you might want to check me on the at. I am keeping this url as it is though, for now.
 
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mcdermc

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Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

Hello,

RE: thehelper & #66001 is done

US Gifts Online ?

Your comment - "This is OK because the redirect is on the main domain. If I change it now it will probably be broken later. You can still order from the site - you might want to check me on that. I am keeping this url as it is though, for now."

- I wasn't sure which is why I queried it. I'm content with your approach. Thanks for the input.

Best Wishes
 
djdeeds

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Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

jparris1 - fixed, thanks. For next time - there is a place on the internal forums for editors to point out errors. No need to clutter up this public forum.
 
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jmagnan

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Hi,
I have a few more sites you may want to look at in this directory:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Peripherals/Printers/Supplies/

Title: Buerger Office Systems, Inc.
URL: http://www.notjustcopiers.com/bos/
Problem: Not sure why the dmoz link is pointing there - it seems to be an empty page with some missing graphics. notjustcopiers.com would be a better choice.

Title: Cartridgecity
URL: http://www.cartridgecity.com/
Problem: Not there anymore, now "Value Networks Webhosting"

Title: Computer Supplies International
URL: http://www.computersuppliesintl.com/
Problem: Blank Page

Title: Inkdrop
URL: http://www.inkdrop.co.uk/
Problem: Seems to be an 'example store' that isn't selling anything, but poses as an ink shop. In their words "This is an example store, designed to show you all the different ways you can create products using Actinic ecommerce programs."

Title: Inkjetbay.com
URL: http://www.inkjetbay.com/
Problem: 'Store coming soon'

Hope that helps...
 
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jmagnan

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Hi,
I found some more sites in this directory:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Peripherals/Printers/Supplies/Inkjet/

I hope this helps.

Title: Access Inkjet Products
URL: http://www.inkjetdomain.com/
Problem: "Page Cannot be found"

Title: Acrojet
URL: http://www.acrojet.com/
Problem: "Page Cannot be found"

Title: Ink King
URL: http://www.inkking.homestead.com/index.html
Problem: 'Website disabled'

Title: Inkjetsdirect.biz
URL: http://www.inkjetsdirect.biz/
Problem: 'Page cannot be found'
 
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jmagnan

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Pardon me, I realized my network was having some problems and I re-checked the sites:

This one was fine:

Title: Access Inkjet Products
URL: http://www.inkjetdomain.com/


All the rest still could not be displayed or found, or whatever.

I know you guys check them, but I wanted to catch my mistake before you did :)

Sorry about that.
 
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gckorn

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Dead Link - Maine wineries

In the category below, there is 1 misdirected (not dead) link:

http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Food/Drink/Wine/United_States/Maine/

Cellardoor Wineries
http://www.mainewine.com/winery.html - As best as I can tell, an entity by the same name still exists, so if the URL is simply changed to http://www.mainewine.com (instead of the existing mainewine.com/winery) that should fix the problem. I've also contacted Cellardoor Winery and perhaps they can deal with this by including an ErrorDocument 404 code.

gckorn
 
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gckorn

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Dead Links - Maine Camping & RVs

The following category contains dead/redirected links:

http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Camping/Campgrounds/North_America/United_States/Maine/

The bad entries are as follows:

Big Sky Acres Campground
http://www.bigskyeacres.com - This brings up Glasier Installations, which has nothing to do with camping.

Loon's Cry Campground
http://www.midcoast.com/~loonscry/index.htm
The listing title is correct, but the /index.htm code is causing it to fail. If you will delete the /index.htm it will work again (I know this from my own research for my Maine site). I will also notify Loon's Cry and perhaps they can do something on their end to make it work, though they are not internet savvy.

Shamrock RV Park
http://www.lamere.net/shamrockrv - This link is dead.

gckorn
 
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gckorn

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Dead Links - Maine Guides & Outfitters

The following category contains dead/redirected links:

http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Guides_and_Outfitters/North_America/United_States/Maine/

The bad entries are as follows:

Adventure Travel
http://www.fitnessadventures.net/ - Is resolving to a page not found entry. Not sure why.

House in the Woods
http://communities.msn.com/MeGuide - The link is dead, as it goes to an MSN Groups Cannot Find page. However, I think Mr. Paul House is still around (Lee, ME) and does have a telephone number listed on Switchboard.com. I've been trying to call him to see if he can somehow work with you or MSN to correct this if he is still in business.

Krismark Outfitters
http://www.krismarkoutfitters.com/ - The link is dead, the domain name itself expired on January 4, 2004 and is currently in redemption period. The google cache of this site shows a telephone number that has been disconnect and is no longer in service: 888-746-CAMP. Keep an eye on this to ensure, if it goes live again, it is with proper owner.

Stillwater Guides
http://www.stillwaterguides.com/ - This looks like a redirect to http://www.maineguides.com The latter is great, but is it Stillwater Guides?

gckorn
 
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Expired Domain - Maine - Society/Culture - Scouts

The following category contains a link to an expired domain:

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maine/Society_and_Culture/Youth/Scouts/

The expired domain is:

Girl Scouts of Kennebec Council
http://www.kgsc.org/ - I spoke to the webmaster and they've let this lapse as they purchased a different domain. I suggested they keep kgsc.org given the DMOZ link, but the webmaster was not interested. I do not know the name of the new domain.

gckorn
 
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