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

Robozilla has finished already - leaving a mess for us to clean up

Right now, on our editor interface, we have HUGE numbers of flagged sites which need to be checked - it hadn't been run in a while, so there is a lot to catch up on.

I would leave it until the end of May, to be honest. We're going to be very very busy for a while.

But once again, thank you for all your efforts - they definitely are appreciated!

#418 dealt with, thanks. Again you picked up some problems missed by the bot.

Humans do it better?

duplicate/abuse link?

In
Top: Regional: North America: United States: Florida: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Vacation Rentals: By Owner

There are two links:

title: Florida Vacation Rentals by Owner
url: http://www.frbodirect.com/vacationrentals/FL.htm

title: Vacation Rentals By Owner - Florida
url:http://www.frbodirect.com/USA/Florida.htm


Seems weird and confusing.

I wish you'd given a clickable link to the category, it would have saved me a few steps.

But you're right. Only one of those should have been listed. And now, only one is.

Thanks.

http://amos.host.sk/ listed as "AMOS - Basnicky vyber" in http://dmoz.org/World/Slovensky/Umenie/Literatúra/ redirects to penis enlargement site.

Got it. Thanks, much appreciated.

These are not porn or dead links but....19 listings? Much of this site merely consists of content lifted from other sites, mine included.

Capelinks Cape Cod Directory - Cape Cod business directory.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_links.htm Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Regions: Cape Cod and Islands: Guides and Directories (1)

Cape Links - Cape Cod online business information. Over 3,000 local web sites including lodging, real estate, shopping, businesses, hotels, motels, and summer rentals.
-- http://www.capelinks.com Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Regions: Cape Cod and Islands: Travel and Tourism: Travel Guides (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Provincetown - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/provincetown.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: P: Provincetown: Guides and Directories (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Chatham - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/chatham.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: C: Chatham (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Falmouth - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/falmouth.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: F: Falmouth (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Harwich - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/harwich.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: H: Harwich (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Mashpee - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/mashpee.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: M: Mashpee (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Orleans - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/orleans.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: O: Orleans (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Sandwich - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/sandwich.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: S: Sandwich (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Truro - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/truro.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: T: Truro (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Wellfleet - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/wellfleet.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: W: Wellfleet (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Yarmouth - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/yarmouth.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: Y: Yarmouth: Guides and Directories (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Eastham - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/eastham.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: E: Eastham (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Barnstable - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/barnstable.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: B: Barnstable (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Bourne - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/bourne.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: B: Bourne (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Brewster - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/brewster.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: B: Brewster (1)

Cape Cod Towns: Dennis - Facts, history and links to related sites.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/cape_cod_towns/dennis.shtml Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Localities: D: Dennis (1)

Cape Cod Massachusetts Directory - Directory for travel, lodging, business and real estate information.
-- http://www.capelinks.net/ Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Counties: Barnstable: Travel and Tourism: Travel Guides (1)

Cape Cod Beaches - List by town of beaches and saltwater ponds.
-- http://www.capelinks.com/beaches.htm Regional: North America: United States: Massachusetts: Counties: Barnstable: Travel and Tourism: Parks (1)

#427 - I'm dealing with it, thanks.

[Added] All fixed.

broken link

Under http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_Amer...ies/S/Saint_George_Island/Travel_and_Tourism/

the link

title: St. George Island State Park
url: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/district1/stgeorge/index.asp

is broken.

-g

Thank you!

They moved all the state park sites. That one and around a dozen others fixed now.

continuing from http://resource-zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14041
there is another, I-don't know-what, on http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Croatia/Regions/Dalmatia/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/ http://www.croatia-1.com/biograd/framehome.asp. Certainly the home page of this site is a mirror of http://www.kroatien-reiseportal.de/indexen.htm, but this page would be Deep-Linking ??

It's an html page with a .asp file extension. It doesn't work with a standards compliant browser, but it displays just fine with IE.

Oh, and we'd much appreciate it if you'd give us the title of the dmoz listing. It makes it about three steps easier to find, especially in a category with a lot of listings.

but thry are clones/mirrors or not ?
do you meen URL title ??

Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough or cleverly enough, but I'm not finding another dmoz listed page that's identical to http://www.croatia-1.com/biograd/framehome.asp . If you know of one, please let us know and we'll investigate.

To make that investigation as easy as possible, we'd appreciate it if you'd format your request to include the title as given on the dmoz category page, like this:

In http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Croatia/Regions/Dalmatia/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/
Motel Biograd
http://www.croatia-1.com/biograd/framehome.asp

Dead links etc. under http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/

Was browsing under http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/ and thought I'd point out some stuff that might need looking at:

Under:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/Business_and_Economy/Marine_Sales_and_Services/

Central Med Yachting International - dead link

Under:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/Business_and_Economy/Shopping/

RealMALTA photography - does not appear to be selling much! Maybe should be moved to http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/Arts_and_Entertainment/

Under:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/Education/

Learn English in Malta - moved to new site
Tal Handaq - Contact Form & Tal Handaq Common Room -- point to different pages on same URL

Under:
http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Malta/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Bands_and_Artists/
Chris & Moira - no website, just link to parent directory

#435 dealt with. Thanks very much!

Hi this site http://www.webterrace.com/diet/ listed in the http://www.dmoz.com/Health/Weight_Loss/ under Diet Tips and Tricks leads to a series of popups which don't quite seem appropriate. I was afraid to try it again to give better details.

Kathryn

I do not have privs in that category, but it seems that webterrace.com has a number of listings in that category.

For future reference, please include the title of the listing you're reporting as well as the other information you did provide. To save another editor some searching time, the name of the listing in question is "Diet Tips and Tricks."

Of course, I'm using Mozilla Firefox and I don't see any pop-ups. Let's see what it looks like in Infernal Exploder...

Ick. Well, there's nothing here that would prevent a listing in ODP. While annoying, pop-ups are not a legitimate reason to delete a listing. (There are some exceptions, like if they were for porn websites.)

The multiple listings in the same category, however, are something that should be looked into.

Thanks - I actually did list the title, Diet Tips and Tricks, but placed it after the url and didn't think to enclose it in quotes or otherwise make it stand out. Next time I'll make it more obvious or call it the Title in the first place.

wrathchild said:

Ick. Well, there's nothing here that would prevent a listing in ODP. While annoying, pop-ups are not a legitimate reason to delete a listing. (There are some exceptions, like if they were for porn websites.)

Click to expand...

I mentioned it because my browser was hijacked immediately thereafter, and I'm a very cautious surfer so I thought that link caused it. As I mentioned, I did not go back to be sure - which perhaps I should have. I know that popups or unders are okay in and of themselves.

You guys are right on top of this forum. Great job.

Kathryn

A few Dead links in Videography

While Browsing through the Wedding Videography area:

Video/Wedding_Videographers/

I noticed a few dead links or sites that didn't return a request.

Accel Video

acclaim productions

Barnhill Galyan Productions indexed directory without content

Backyard Productions has closed and is directing to other sites...

Best Video, page not found

Classic Video Services returns an error

Creekside Productions doesn't return a page

A Diamond Wedding doesn't return a page

Elements Video doesn't return a page

Five by Five Multimedia returns a Vhost error

Heartfelt Media Productions content error, ATT error page

Hollywood FX Productions needs to be updated to root domain name, currnet link goes to an old page.

Houston Professional Wedding Videography tries to install software upon load and then directs to a 403 error page.

Impact Images Video Productions - Colorado Wedding Video has been "deactivated" according to the error page

Karen McKenney Videographer returns an Index page error

Love Moments Video does not return a page

Merlin Production Ltd gave me a virus...

Mills Videography redirects to a hosting company

I just don't like to click and link and get a bad page or an error. Have a great day!

Jwr