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Two Identical Sites, Two Separate Categories

Main Site Info
DMOZ Cat: http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Campaigns_and_Elections/Products_and_Services/Election_Equipment_and_Technology/
DMOZ site Title: Reply Wireless Group Response/Voting Systems
Listed URL: http://euro.replysystems.com/

Mirror Site Info
DMOZ Cat: http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Telecommunications/Services/Wireless/Software/
DMOZ site Title: Reply Systems
Listed URL: http://www.replysystems.com/
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Certainly, if I find others like this, I will report it here.

Dead Links

On http://dmoz.org/Business/Employment/Job_Search/ I find # The World Wide Employment Center dead and it has been this way for some thime.

582 done. Thanks.

Duplicate Sites and Multiple Listings

Below is a list of multiple listings:

www.logosharx.com is listed 3 times:

1) Computers: Graphics: Web: Banners
2) Business: Marketing and Advertising: Advertising: Design Services: Logo and Stationery
3) Regional: North America: United States: Wisconsin: Localities: S: Sparta: Business and Economy: Advertising and Marketing

Below is a list of duplicate listings:
Despite their variance in contact information; I can assure you the sites are owned by the same company. 3 out of the 4 designs are very similar. **Have same secure order forms.

http://www.logotwister.com/
Regional: North America: Canada: Quebec: Localities: L: Laval: Business and Economy: Computers and Internet: Web Design and Development

**http://www.logodesign.us/
Business: Marketing and Advertising: Advertising: Design Services: Logo and Stationery

**http://www.logobob.com/
Business: Marketing and Advertising: Advertising: Design Services: Logo and Stationery
Regional: North America: Canada: Quebec: Localities: M: Montreal: Business and Economy: Advertising and Marketing

http://www.123logo.com/
Business: Business Services: Design: Graphic Design: Firms:

Category: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Strings/

Item Description: Armonica - Armonica is the brand name used by DI RUSSO firm for the production and marketing of sheep gut strings.

Non-existent domain: www.dirussostrings.com

-Michael

Dead Links

Category: http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Strings/

Item Description: Mostly Strings - Selling great strings at great prices since 1995.

Non-existent domain: www.mostring.net

Other Broken Domains in this page:

http://www.stringsandstraps.com/
http://www.bass-guitar-strings.com/
http://musicmoz.org/

-Michael

Hello editors,
I have found some unsuitable listing in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Internet/DHTML/

1. HTML guru has 2 listing in this category.
Listing 1
Name: Dynamic HTML Guru Resource
URL: http://www.htmlguru.com/
Description: DHTML techniques, tutorials, forums, and cross browser templates.

Listing 2
Name: Dynamic HTML Resource
URL: http://www.htmlguru.com/guru.html
Description: Offers Dynamic HTML resource for web developers in web site design using the latest cross browser Dynamic HTML techniques, tutorials, forums, and free cross browser DHTML templates.


2. Redirect to other irrelevant site
(a)Name: FlamingoLingo: DHTML & Scripting
URL: http://www.flamingolingo.com/dhtml/
Description: DHTML scripting articles useful to the everyday Webmaster.
Redirect to: http://www.tophosts.com (a hosting directory)

(b)Name: Inside Dynamic HTML
URL: http://www.insidedhtml.com/
Description: Web development discussions and resources.
Redirect to: http://www.siteexperts.com/ (another listed site in this category)


3. Little content about DHTML
Name: Developer-x.com - Dreams With Structure
URL: http://www.developer-x.com/
Description: A site all about DHTML, including articles, scripts, tutorials, projects and journal. This site aimes to debunk DHTML and its use in different applications. This site is aimed at a mainly web developer audience.


4. Outdated site - the web page is talking about IE<5 and Netscape<4
Name: Upgrading your Web Page for Netscape 6
URL: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/upgrade_2.html
Description: A technote hosted at mozilla.org that describes how to upgrade a proprietary (DOM0 based page) to Web Standards. (June 29, 2002)

5. Redirect site
(a) Name: Cross Browser DHTML (incl.Opera5+ and Netscape6+) API by knallgrau.at
URL: http://knallgrau.at/cross_browser_dhtml/
Redirect to: http://www.knallgrau.at/willkommen

(b) Name: Webmonkey: Dynamic HTML Collection
URL: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/dynamic_html/
Redirect to: http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/dynamic_html/


Thank you to all dmoz editors

Despite their variance in contact information; I can assure you the sites are owned by the same company. 3 out of the 4 designs are very similar. **Have same secure order forms.

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Contact information looks totally different, desings may be similar - all rectangular layouts, and one of those similar secure order pages doesn't seem to exist.

4. Outdated site - the web page is talking about IE<5 and Netscape<4
Name: Upgrading your Web Page for Netscape 6
URL: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-dev.../upgrade_2.html
Description: A technote hosted at mozilla.org that describes how to upgrade a proprietary (DOM0 based page) to Web Standards. (June 29, 2002)

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Hardly inappropriate content simply because it discusses older browsers.

porn site

Hi, I found a hijacked domain today too:

http://www.eins35.de is a redirect to a porn site and listed in http://dmoz.org/World/Deutsch/Freizeit/Hobbys/Modellbau/Militär/

maybe someone can take care of it and remove it from the index.

{{{ edited: another one I found a minute ago is http://www.trance-experience.de/ on http://dmoz.org/World/Deutsch/Kultur/Musik/DJs/ - it's "we are working on it", but with links to several insurance-company-domains further down the page (invisible text) - maybe this one can be deleted too - even if it is not "dangerous" to childs - it's not what I was searching for }}}

135 now 86ed. The other one we'll take in order as we work through this thread.

Thank you!

"hijacked" (changed) link, no longer appropriate:

http://www.DomainNotes.com is no longer with us (was a good site)
but someone has taken advantage of it inappropriately and is forwarding.

category: Computers: Internet: Domain Names: Resources
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/Resources/

also while you are in that category:

the following links are dead:
RFC 2164 ( http://www.nic.gov/help_rfc2146.html )

Domain Seller Pro ( http://www.prophp.com/domseller.php )

#591 handled; thanks.

wow that was fast, probably missed the two dead links I added at the end, sorry I should have opened a new message for em

I'll add them here for a new message number:

category: Computers: Internet: Domain Names: Resources
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/...ames/Resources/

the following links are dead:
RFC 2164 ( http://www.nic.gov/help_rfc2146.html )

Domain Seller Pro ( http://www.prophp.com/domseller.php )

Had gotten the first (title was also dyslexic - fixed) but not the second. #593 done now also.

Very impressive response time
(Y'all have my mail if you are looking for someone to modernize that category, some of those sites have not updated their pages in years...)

-lc-

Please feel free to submit your application. We can always use more eyes.

This is not quite the same as a bad link but is very bad placement
(feel free to move this message where appropriate, I am still learning your system)

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/
has four links (no additions can be submitted, apparently due to structure changes)

The first one, "Case Study of Tina's Free Live Webcam" is a glaring inapproriate placement compared to the foundational links there. Probably a legacy item before there were sub-categories.

If it's kept, it should probably be under "Opinions" http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/Opinions/
(which really should be "Opinions/Analysis/Research")
Maybe I'll apply to be an editor for that sub-category to get my feet wet

Callimachus said:

Contact information looks totally different

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as I indicated - "despite" - plus, I use to work there.
Trying calling their 1-800 numbers and you will see.

Also, how about the logosharx.com triple listings....

Also, how about the logosharx.com triple listings....

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Having a site listed in Regional in addition to another topical category is not uncommon, and if warranted is perfectly acceptible.

As to Computer and Business, you are correct and there should only be one listing, in this case the Computer/Graphics/Web/Banners one.

Dead link

http://www.dothanmaternity.com/

in category

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Clothing/Women's/Motherhood/