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jeanmanco · May 23, 2005

#1274 dealt with, thanks. I am leaving the last listing you mentioned where it is, but the other two had changed content, it seems.

gimmster · May 23, 2005

#1254 has now been done, some of the urls work again now, the others have been dealt with appropriately.
:tree:

jeanmanco · May 23, 2005

#1275 dealt with, thanks. The site you thought was listed in a different category in the Google Directory is not listed there, as far as I can see, but certainly music sites should be in a music category.

Changes may not appear immediately on the public side of the directory, but should be visible within a day or two.

wjcampbe · May 23, 2005

This completes http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Accounting/Small_Business/

http://www.ezbooks.com.au/ - Offers GST compliant software system suitable targeted at the SOHO market
// redirects to http://www.xesoftware.com.au/

http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/HelpingHandSoftware/ - Software for the home and business
// website states Unfortunately, due to situations beyond our control we are no longer able to operate the site.
// redirects to a web hosting company

http://www.logicteam.com/ - Dead link

http://www.myob.com/pages/frameset.html - bad url - but www.myob.com/ works

http://www.ornetcorp.com/ - Dead link

http://www.parallelsoft.com/ - just a placeholder - coming soon??

http://www.quickuse.com/ - no content - just an email us.

http://www.sofware.com/ - dead link

http://www.solution6.us/ redirects to MYOB

http://www.solutionssd.com/ - offers a business analysis/restructuring service

http://www.vnetaccount.com.hk/ kanji characters(chinese?) - may belong in equivalent world category

regards,
Bill

Eric-the-Bun · May 23, 2005

Society: Ethnicity: Slavic: Sorb - 1 broken link, 2 foreign language sites

Society: Ethnicity: Slavic: Sorb

Sorben-Wenden.de - All about Sorbian culture

Sorbs of Lusatia - About the culture, history and dates of Sorbs of Lusatia

This last is all in German/Sorbic except for the link kultura/Kultur (top left corner) which leads to a page that duplicates Sorben-Wenden.de

IMHO Sorben-Wenden.de should be left and Sorbs of Lusatia moved to the appropriate world category.

Nase Sule - Unsere Schulen - The struggle of Sorbs to preserve their minority school network

Appears to be entirely in german/sorbic - move to the appropriate world category?

Sorb National Anthem - In mp3 format
gives a 404 error - Page you looking for does not exist or was moved to different place.

jeanmanco · May 23, 2005

#1277 and #1278 dealt with, thanks.

jeanmanco · May 23, 2005

#1279 all fixed, although I found only 37 matches for no.1 and several of them were in the URL. Thanks for pointing out these errors.

shama · May 23, 2005

Good work, I'm impressed someone corrected these items so fast. The 69 came from searching, obviously I suppose, but the actual 37 or so justified correction nonetheless.

nrapt · May 24, 2005

Hijacked link

Aloha,
Our domain was "snatched up" as you so eloquently described at the beginning of this thread. (Unfortunately an oversight on my part.)
The "hijacker" has links to adult content, gambling, etc.

Previously listed as shelldave.com, the new url's are shelldave.net (preferred listed url) & shelldavekauai.com.
I also feel the category would be better suited as
Shopping: Jewelry: Handcrafted: Ethnic and Regional.

Should I update the listing in addition to this posting?
Thank you for your time and energy.
Jennifer

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

#1289 - Thanks for letting us know. You could simply have put in an update request. They are currently being dealt with very promptly in Shopping. But as you have posted here, I have updated the URL and category. (I agree that the site seems better suited to Ethnic and Regional.) The change may not be visible immediately on the public side. It should show up in a day or two.

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

Shama - even one typo or spelling error justifies correction. I was just slightly puzzled by the difference between your search result and mine. I suspect that the answer may lie in the date of the database being used for search.

Not to worry. Accommodation is one of the most frequently mis-spelled/mis-typed words. So periodically an editor will search the directory for common errors in it, as you did. So if I missed any, they will get picked up at some point I expect.

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

#1280 dealt with as far as I am able to do so without knowledge of the language. I have alerted the appropriate editor.

[Update] On investigation the editor found that two of the orginal four CroDream sites listed had gone dead. One link had already been removed from the public side by an alert editor. But since the directory's search database had not been updated, the listing was still showing in search results. The other dead link I removed this morning.

The editor is re-reviewing the two live links. One appears to have changed its content after listing.

andysands · May 24, 2005

Jean re: 1291

ODP search finds some plural spellings in descriptions as well - but doesn't seem to find them all bizarrely.

Whereas the internal search tool I suspect you are using will find the complete word searched on only.

So a search on the mispellings: "accomodation" and "accomodations" separately would be needed to pick up the lot I think.

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

Thanks Andy. Yes I was using the internal search tool. I'll run it again with the plural.

[Edited to add] That's finally done.

nrapt · May 24, 2005

I just wanted to thank you for handling it so quickly! Have a great day!

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

#1284 dealt with, thanks. quickuse.com seems fine now. Otherwise I found all as described.

jeanmanco · May 24, 2005

#1285 dealt with, thanks.

nrapt · May 25, 2005

Aloha again,
I'm just wondering if the previous listings that this person "hijacked" from us...do they get changed/corrected, too?
If one types in "shell dave" into dmoz.org's search box, our site's title & description comes up:
Shell Dave's Kauai & Kahelelani Shell Jewelry
but it has the old url (shelldave.com)
It is in category: Shopping: Crafts: Jewelry: Thematic: Animals and Nature

Same thing if searching for "Shell Jewelry".

I hate the idea of these people prospering with sex/gambling links from our Shell Jewelry listing.
Our new url is shelldave.net.

Thank you and have a great day!
Jennifer

jeanmanco · May 25, 2005

nrapt - don't worry. The search facility always lags behind changes in the directory, since it runs on its own database, which is updated periodically. If you look at the actual category, you will see that the change has been made. Search will eventually catch up.

lorenzinho · May 25, 2005

Reporting a Typo

In:

http://www.dmoz.org/Home/Consumer_Information/

Under the listing: "RateItAll"

There should be a space between "and" and "travel". Currently it reads "andtravel."

Thanks for your help.

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