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dfy · Aug 15, 2003

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

That entry was deleted several weeks ago, but the public pages haven't been updated yet. Once the bug stopping the updates is cleared, you'll see the listing vanish.

We always appreciate people reporting porn hijacks, as we like to rip them out as fast as possible. Unfortunately, the update bug isn't something we can control.

juzme123 · Aug 18, 2003

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

http://www.cheap-domain-names.ws/ and http://www.cheap-discount-domain-names.biz/ have both been removed from Computers: Internet: Domain Names: C already on July 5th. The only problem is that the public page hasn't been updated since, due to system works. But as soon as the category refreshes, those sites will not be listed any more.

http://www.cheap-domainregistration.com/ is still listed in Computers: Internet: Web Design and Development: Hosting: C. As I don't really know this business, would please another editor have a look into this one?

Yours,
Robert

I could see that the first 2 sites had already been removed but the last one (www.cheap-domainregistration.com) is still around. Just wondering if anyone will be checking on it as well.

Tom

abhunter · Aug 21, 2003

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Some probably hijacked sites:
http://www.web2000.cz/urban/ listed as Earth Smart Urban Living in http://dmoz.org/Home/Urban_Living/ has porn links on bottom
http://www.web2000.cz/scout/ listed as Scout Knife Page in http://dmoz.org/Recreation/Knives/Activities/ the same porn links on bottom
http://www.web2000.cz/unreal/ listed as Unreal Tournament in http://dmoz.org/World/Czech/Hry/PC/Akcni/ tons of porn links on main page
http://www.web2000.cz/strategie/ listed as PC Games - Strategie in http://dmoz.org/World/Slovensky/Hry/ porn links on top and bottom of page

Seems probably hacked whole server or what, maybe there is more such pages in index.

abhunter

fran · Aug 21, 2003

Adult Store In A Teen Girl's Category

An adult store with very explicit pictures is in a category for young girls. Please look at it as soon as you have time because young children might see this site.

http://dmoz.com/Shopping/Clothing/Teens/Girls/

Title: Candy Crush

I already e-mailed staff@dmoz.org about this but maybe the editors are too busy right now to read my e-mail so I posted it here because I think this should immediately be removed.

Aug 21, 2003

Re: Adult Store In A Teen Girl's Category

I've removed the listing. Thanks for pointing it out. :crazy:

Note that staff@dmoz.org goes to the ODP paid staff (who receive a whole lot of mail!). Posting here about this stuff is great, since many of the volunteers can handle these requests.

The site won't appear in any future RDF's, and will disappear from the public side when page generation is fixed (staff is working on it).

[note -- previous post is still pending]

hutcheson · Aug 22, 2003

Re: Adult Store In A Teen Girl's Category

>I already e-mailed staff@dmoz.org">staff@dmoz.org</a> about this but maybe the editors are too busy right now to read my e-mail so I posted it here because I think this should immediately be removed.

Double thanks for your persistance. We really do appreciate reports like this...and try to show it by acting on them quickly. (When our new public page update system is working, you'll SEE the results quickly, sigh...)

For the record, <a href="mailto:staff@dmoz.org goes to the professional staff, all both of them, and not to any editor. THEY are enormously overworked, and generally, anything the editors can do will get done more quickly if you communicate with "the editors" -- that is, this forum, where many editors can see it, and almost surely at least one will look into it.

Communicating with a particular category editor is good also...if that volunteer editor is active and checking mail, otherwise the message may get lost.

jeanmanco · Aug 22, 2003

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

Re #42164 - Thanks for letting us know. The listings have been removed pending investigation.

arubalisa · Aug 24, 2003

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I believe this URL http://www.arubianainn.com/
Top: Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Hotels
is listed under the incorret category.

Equivalent "studio" accommmodations are listed in the category:
Top: Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Travel and Tourism: Lodging

Four of the resorts listed under
Top: Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Hotels
are actually timeshare accommodations.
According to the description should these be in
Top: Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Travel and Tourism: Lodging: Timeshares

Would this be considered "Multiple Listings" or "Mirror Sites" (sorry don't understand the difference)

http://www.sunfinder-vacations.com/las_vegas.htm Regional: North America: United States: Nevada: Localities: L: Las Vegas: Travel and Tourism

http://www.sunfinder.com/las_vegas.htm
Regional: North America: United States: Nevada: Localities: L: Las Vegas: Travel and Tourism: Travel Guides

http://www.sunfinder.com/grand_cayman.htm
Regional: Caribbean: Cayman Islands: Travel and Tourism: Guides

http://www.sunfinder.com/aruba.htm
Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Travel and Tourism: Travel Services: Travel Agents

http://www.sunfinder.com/los_cabos.htm
Regional: North America: Mexico: States: Baja California Sur: Localities: Los Cabos: Travel and Tourism: Travel Services: Travel Agents

NickA · Aug 25, 2003

Domain Hi-Jack

The http://www.zebra.co.uk/ domain has been taken over. It was originally listed as a Web/Multimedia designer, but now sells barcode printer hardware.

A few pages still exist to fool editors into thinking they're related to the previous owner of the domain, but the site definitely does not belong in any of the categories that it's currently listed in:
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers/Dynamic_and_Multimedia/Z/
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Tyne_and_Wear/Newcastle/Business_and_Economy/Internet/
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers/Z/

arubalisa · Aug 26, 2003

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http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Society_and_Culture/Politics/
http://www.visitaruba.com/ppa/jrpeterson/
no longer exists

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/
http://visitaruba.com/homenet/
Now redirects to
http://www.arubarealestate.com/ which is already in
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/
http://www.andeco.com/ "is under construction"

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Business_and_Economy/Real_Estate/
http://www.vrrealestatenv.com/ seller and reseller of timeshare properties
Should it be listed under?
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Timeshares/
as a similar company already is?

CREATE new category ????????
Top: Regional: Caribbean: Aruba: Health: Beauty: Salons and Spas
http://www.visitaruba.com/cosmos/
is now listed under
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Business_and_Economy/
Some how does not fit into category description "Organizations that offer banking services, financial advice, offshore consulting and company formation"

I know for a fact that this day spa does not offer banking, financial, consulting etc. advice. Just your usual run of the mill massages, manicures, facials...

jeanmanco · Aug 27, 2003

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I think some of those links were removed/fixed a while ago, but the public side hasn't updated to show that. Take a look at Aruba and see if it looks OK to you.

The category description you were looking at was for Aruba: B&E: Financial Services . It appeared to be for the whole of B&E because the description for B&E was missing. I have fixed that now.

arubalisa · Aug 27, 2003

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Expedia travel affiliate site?
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Caribbean/Aruba/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Hotels/Directories/

http://arubahotels.info/default.asp

hutcheson · Aug 27, 2003

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here

Thanks, arubalisa, I believe you are right.

pnm · Aug 29, 2003

Re: Domain Hi-Jack

I've taken care of http://www.zebra.co.uk/ . Thanks for pointing it out

sailor1966 · Sep 1, 2003

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http://dmoz.org/Business/Healthcare/Employment/
http://www.jobs4beauty.com/

A dead site.

brmehlman · Sep 1, 2003

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Somebody nuked that one several weeks ago, you'll see the result when the public pages update.

Don't let that discourage you though, keep 'em coming. I know we haven't got them all, and more eyeballs find more of them.

pudsey · Sep 2, 2003

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http://www.dmoz.org/Recreation/Travel/Lodging/Vacation_Rentals/

http://www.travelguides.com - not just accommodation specific, surely this belongs in the travel guide category

http://www.world-traveler.com/
Dead link

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Portugal/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/

http://www.a1vacations.com/Portugal.htm has a listing in the vacation rentals directory.

I have noticed alot of websites which have submitted a specific country page to the individual region, i.e.

www.ownersdirect.co.uk has a listing in five regions.

Is this legal within TOS of DMOZ?

jeanmanco · Sep 3, 2003

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Dead link removed, thanks. Leaving the rest for a travel specialist.

juzme123 · Sep 3, 2003

Re: Hijacks & Other Content Changes - Report Here ONLY

Thank you very much for your input.

http://www.cheap-domain-names.ws/ and http://www.cheap-discount-domain-names.biz/ have both been removed from Computers: Internet: Domain Names: C already on July 5th. The only problem is that the public page hasn't been updated since, due to system works. But as soon as the category refreshes, those sites will not be listed any more.

Yours,
Robert

Click to expand...

Just found a few more affiliate sites using similar template:

1. http://delightdomains.com/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/D/

2. http://www.cheapdomainname.com/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/C/

3. http://www.cheapwebname.com/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/C/

4. http://www.domainnames.com/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/D/
Redirected to another site with a different domain name

5. http://www.1stdiscountdomains.com/
Domain offered for sale

6. http://domain-name-registration-tools.com/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/D/
Redirected to completely unrelated site

7. http://www.cheap-domainregistration.com
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/C/
Using the same template as no. 2 & 3

8. http://www.register-domain-name.co.uk/
Found in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/R/
Domain taken over by another company with different name

Tom

arubalisa · Sep 6, 2003

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