Report Hijacks, Dead Links, Inappropriate DMOZ Content, and other issues here ONLY

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AllyCat

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• Aug 6, 2003

• #21

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Should I just keep my mouth shut until after the next update? I wish I had access to find out what's already been edited, but alas, I do not. One of these days I'll get around to polishing my application - until then I'm just a member. LOL

 

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hutcheson

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• Aug 6, 2003

• #22

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Well, I admit if I were you, I'd get frustrated about this time and go work on something else until the databases were more up-to-date. But so long as you keep reporting them, we'll keep checking them. And in the meantime you're at least building a reputation for accurate reports.

 

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AllyCat

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• Aug 6, 2003

• #23

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Well, I'm enjoying playing detective, so I'll keep going for now.

http://dmoz.org/Business/Financial_Services/Cash_Flow/Real_Estate_Notes/

KAL Investments - http://kalinvestments.20m.com/
Purchases owner-financed mortgage notes and contracts.

supplement retailer now

 

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uzs980

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• Aug 6, 2003

• #24

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You still haven't caught us. The editor of that category noticed the change on August 2nd and deleted the site listing.

Your next try please. (And thank you, though.)

Robert

 

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lfking

• Aug 7, 2003

• #25

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

Mr. Tipton or other ODP editor:

Colorado Marriages and Divorces Search website at
CO Marriages and Divorces (http://www.quickinfo.net/madi/comadi.html)
is no longer available.

It's still listed in the Open Directory at Open Directory Vital Records Listing
(http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Legal_Practice/Resources/Public_Records/Vital_Records/.)

This site comes up FIRST in general searching for a number of Colorado Divorce terms and sort of gives ODP, as a research resource, a "bad name" as out-of-date.

Thank you for your review and assistance!

Sincerely,

Larry

 

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hutcheson

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• Aug 7, 2003

• #26

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Thanks for the report. It was listed (twice, as it turns out.) It is gone now.

Note that during our server upgrades the public pages aren't showing the latest data, and of course search indexes update on their own schedule. The site may have other links to it, and may remain high in Google's index even after the ODP links are gone. So you may not see any difference for awhile yet. But at least our database is updated.

 

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lfking

• Aug 7, 2003

• #27

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Thank you for such prompt assistance!
Larry

 

bobrat

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• Aug 7, 2003

• #28

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Maybe you should work on your editor application - being detective is part of editing

 

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AllyCat

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• Aug 8, 2003

• #29

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I'm taking my time on my application - my first (and only) application, I didn't take enough time to perfect it and got declined - don't want to do that again!

 

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rankoutsider

• Aug 9, 2003

• #30

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Note the doorway page (recall seeing the same some six months ago and at quick glance just figured it to be a legitimate redirect) at http://directory.google.com/Top/Recreation/Pets/Fish_and_Aquaria/Freshwater/Species/Cichlids/African/?il=1

Specific URL: http://www.geocities.com/vatoelvis/

Needless to say, ODP description hardly fits the site in question.

 

totalxsive

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• Aug 9, 2003

• #31

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Thanks. The site it points to was already listed in the parent category, so it has been deleted.

 

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webdoctor

• Aug 10, 2003

• #32

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Meanwhile, over in http://dmoz.org/Home/Consumer_Information/Food_and_Drink/

http://www.cspinet.org/ is listed (Center for Science in the Public Interest)

http://www.cspinot.com/ is listed, but this site is a 302 redirect for http://www.cspinet.org/

Webdoctor

 

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dfy

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• Aug 10, 2003

• #33

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Done, thank you.

 

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webdoctor

• Aug 10, 2003

• #34

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I'm not sure if this really qualifies as "Abuse" but anyway...

In http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Food/Drink/Wine/Winemaking/ I notice that "The Home Winemaker's Info Page" is listed twice. Once at http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/phumber and again at http://home.thezone.net/~phumber/index.html (identical content on both sites...)

Is this allowed?

Webdoctor

 

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webdoctor

• Aug 10, 2003

• #35

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<sigh>...and another two from http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Food/Drink/Wine/Winemaking/

http://www.jessepearl.com/ is listed as "Wine maker recepies" but in reality redirects to a nasty-looking page featuring "Lowest price for .us .info .ws or .biz domain names"

Similarly, http://handlez.org/ is listed as "Wine makers secrets" but redirects to the same page.

Webdoctor

 

tuisp

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• Aug 10, 2003

• #36

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Thanks

When I looked at the cat, those two had already been taken care of.

 

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suzy1212

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• Aug 10, 2003

• #37

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I removed one of the duplicates. Thanks.

Suzy

 

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old_crone

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• Aug 10, 2003

• #38

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In this category, numaTek Web Design appears to no longer be a web design company. I only see web hosting and SEO services.

 

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rankoutsider

• Aug 11, 2003

• #39

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Thanks. The site it points to was already listed in the parent category, so it has been deleted.

Click to expand...

Otherwise, a doorway page would continue to be listed by the ODP? Did an ODP editor include a "site" that upon review shows no content but an entrance to another site (also included in the ODP)? Highly doubtful. That leaves only one viable alternative: The URL in question once held real content, which was then changed by its owner for the sole purpose of pointing it to (and therefore "link enriching" it in a highly questionable manner) another URL already included in the ODP.

One of the preceding propositions must be true (again, assuming that nothing was amiss in the editor's review for inclusion of either), yet only one of the URLs will be deleted from the ODP? Since the ODP represents integrity if nothing else, why would only one site be deleted when clearly both sites have violated the spirit of the ODP?

Put simply: What is the ODP's position on such issues?

Thanks for your time; I realize you folks are volunteers.

 

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brmehlman

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• Aug 11, 2003

• #40

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I can think offhand of two other more innocent possible explanations. The site may have changed for reasons having nothing to do with our listing, or it may have been included by simple editorial mistake.

Yes, we do sometimes make mistakes. If this was one, we appreciate your having called attention to it. If it's the site that changed, we appreciate your pointing out that the second listing was no longer appropriate.

Thanks much for the help.