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

The following sites in this category, http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Message_Boards/ are defunct:

Ambient Noize - http://ambientnoize.ipbhost.com/index.php

Brainboat - http://www.brainboat.org/

BratsRBack - http://p208.ezboard.com/bbratsrback

Cribzero - http://www.cribzero.com/

Grandma's Kitchen - http://pub168.ezboard.com/bgrandmaskitchen

Internet Junk Online - http://www.ijunk.org/forum.php

Life is Annoying - http://www.lifeisannoying.com/

Majestic Forum - http://www.majesticforum.com/

Mind Collisions - http://mindcollisions.com/

The Oasis - http://invisionfree.com/forums/Heavenly_Hangout

PvP Forums - http://www.pvpforums.com/

Robot Orgy - http://robotorgy.pharse.com/

TCF - http://bb.bbboy.net/html/deleted.shtml?tcf

Ultimate Forumboards - http://members.lycos.co.uk/ultimateforum/phpBB2/

VF2 - http://www.vf2.co.uk/ (this looks like a plain ol' blog to me)

We Are Better Than You - http://we-are-better-than-you.com/ (redirects to a non-message board site)

#1501 dealt with, thanks. Life is Annoying still works for me, but the others were found as described.

All DMOZ Sites 301’d

Hi There,

I just discovered a guy with four separate websites which, due to the way he’s linking to dmoz, illegally and permanently hijacks every site contained in dmoz to each of his four sites via 301 redirect commands. ie:

http://www.hijackersite1.com/red.php?http://www.widgetsite.com/

Server Response: http://www.hijackersite1.com/red.php?http://www.widgetsite.com
Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:15:41 GMT
Server: Apache Location: http://www.hijackersite1.com/iasodp/red.php?http://www.widgetsite.com Content-Length: 279 Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=300 Connection:
Keep-Alive Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

Two of his sites are also listed in dmoz.

Doubt I can list his URLs here, but please let me know how I can provide them via email to the moderator. I’ve done the dmoz abuse form, however I’m concerned that that’s most likely a very long que.

And I’m fairly clueless as to if I’m even posting this correctly

Thanks so much!

Any URL that has a 301 redirect, please post here: we do want to get those cleaned up ASAP.

All DMOZ Sites 301’d -- With URLs

Hi There,

I just discovered a guy with four separate websites which, due to the way he’s linking to dmoz, illegally and permanently hijacks every site contained in dmoz, including our site www., to each of his four sites via 301 redirect commands.

Here’s how:

1. http://www.mesothelioma-support.org/red.php?http:///
Server Response: http://www.mesothelioma-support.org/red.php?http://
Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:10:22 GMT
Server: Apache Accept-Ranges: bytes X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.2 Location: http:///
Content-Length: 0 Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=300
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

WHOIS for www.mesothelioma-support.org:
Domain ID: D99684067-LROR
Domain Name:MESOTHELIOMA-SUPPORT.ORG
Created On:22-Aug-2003 18:07:03 UTC
Last Updated On:07-Aug-2005 00:46:35 UTC
Expiration Date:22-Aug-2006 18:07:03 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT RENEW PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:GODA-012118400
Registrant Name:Gerald Johnston 859.219.0389
Registrant Street1:4736 Agape Drive
Registrant City:Lexington
Registrant State/Province:Kentucky
Registrant Postal Code:40514-1475
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+99.999999999999
Registrant Email:jjohnstn@iasweb.com
Admin ID:GODA-212118400
Admin Name:Gerald Johnston
Admin Street1:4736 Agape Drive
Admin City:Lexington
Admin State/Province:Kentucky
Admin Postal Code:40514-1475
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.8592190389
Admin Email:jjohnstn@iasweb.com
Tech ID:GODA-112118400
Tech Name:Gerald Johnston
Tech Street1:4736 Agape Drive
Tech City:Lexington
Tech State/Province:Kentucky
Tech Postal Code:40514-1475
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.8592190389
Tech Email:jjohnstn@iasweb.com
Name Server:NS1.THEPLANET.COM
Name Server:NS2.THEPLANET.COM
IP Address: 67.18.36.75 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-INDIANA-INDIANAPOLIS
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: Apache

2. http://www.iaswww.com/red.php?http:///
Server Response: http://www.iaswww.com/red.php?http://
Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:15:41 GMT
Server: Apache Location: http://www.iaswww.com/iasodp/red.php?http://.com Content-Length: 279 Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=300 Connection:
Keep-Alive Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

WHOIS for www.iaswww.com:
Registrant:
Internet Advertising Solutions
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, KY 40514
us
Domain name: IASWWW.COM
Administrative Contact:
Johnston, Jerry info@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, KY 40514
us
(859) 219-0389
Technical Contact:
Johnston, Jerry info@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, KY 40514
us
(859) 219-0389
Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.
Record last updated on 03-Feb-2005.
Record expires on 02-Aug-2006.
Record created on 03-Aug-1995.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.EASYDNS.COM 216.220.40.243
NS2.EASYDNS.COM 205.210.42.20
REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.212
REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM 212.100.224.80
REMOTE3.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.216

NOTE - www.iaswww.com is a redirect from isaweb.com

WHOIS FOR: IASWEB.COM
Administrative Contact:
Johnston, Jerry info@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, KY 40514
us
(859) 219-0389
Technical Contact:
Johnston, Jerry info@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, KY 40514
us
(859) 219-0389
Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.
Record last updated on 03-Feb-2005.
Record expires on 14-May-2006.
Record created on 15-May-1998.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.EASYDNS.COM 216.220.40.243
NS2.EASYDNS.COM 205.210.42.20
REMOTE1.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.212
REMOTE2.EASYDNS.COM 212.100.224.80
REMOTE3.EASYDNS.COM 64.39.29.216

3. http://www.computerrescue911.com/red.php?http:///
Server Response: http://www.computerrescue911.com/red.php?http:// Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:08:55 GMT Server: Apache
Location: http://www.computerrescue911.com/911odp/red.php?http:// Content-Length: 290 Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=300 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

WHOIS for www.computerrescue911.com:
Registrant:
Internet Advertising Solutions
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, Kentucky 40514-1475
UNITED STATES
Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: COMPUTERRESCUE911.COM
Created on: 25-Jul-03
Expires on: 25-Jul-06
Last Updated on: 18-May-05
Administrative Contact:
Johnston, Gerald jjohnstn@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, Kentucky 40514-1475
UNITED STATES
859-219-0389
Technical Contact:
Johnston, Gerald jjohnstn@iasweb.com
4736 Agape Drive
Lexington, Kentucky 40514-1475
UNITED STATES
859-219-0389
Domain servers in listed order:
NS2.THEPLANET.COM
NS1.THEPLANET.COM
Current Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
IP Address: 67.18.36.72 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: US(UNITED STATES)-INDIANA-INDIANAPOLIS
Record Type: Domain Name
Server Type: Apache

Go to http://www.mesothelioma-support.org/ODP/Health/Mental_Health, mouse over any of the site links and do a header check on them. You’ll see they all 301 those sites to www.mesothelioma-support.org. You’ll find the same on the other sites listed above.

Two of his sites are also listed in dmoz.

I’ve done the dmoz abuse form, however I’m concerned that that’s most likely a very long que. And I left a post in the forum, then I saw your email address.

Thanks so much!

I'm not quite sure what the problem is here -- I click on http://www.mesothelioma-support.org/red.php?http://www.coping-with-bipolar.com/ and I get to http://www.coping-with-bipolar.com exactly as I should. The fact that a user of ODP data is using a redirecting script to link to the listed sites instead of a direct one really isn't abuse of ODP data as far as I can see. Am I missing something?

301 continued

Hi Motsa,

Although the link actually goes to my page, go to http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/servercheck.cgi and insert http://www.computerrescue911.com/red.php?http:///

You’ll see that the header code actually reads:
Server Response: http://www.computerrescue911.com/red.php?http://
Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:08:55 GMT Server: Apache
Location: http://www.computerrescue911.com/911odp/red.php?http://
Content-Length: 290 Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=300
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

Note the “Status: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently” line and the “Location: http://www.computerrescue911.com/911odp/red.php?http://” line – therefore it’s my understanding that he’s actually illegally and permanently redirected my site to underneath his, as well as creating a duplicate of my page content.

The same is true of http://www.iaswww.com/red.php?http:///. Note, iaswww.com is redirected from iasweb.com.

However I just noticed that although the 301 header is also used, http://www.mesothelioma-support.org/red.php?http:/// actually does show my correct location.

Afraid I may not be explaining this too well.

Go to www.iaswww.com. Click Health in the web directory. Click Senior Health. Click Nutrition. Copy the link location for Egg Nutrition Center, which is http://www.iaswww.com/red.php?http://www.enc-online.org/, and run a header check – you’ll see the same problem.

Thank you all for your time, guidance. . .and perhaps most of all your patience with me

They are all greatly appreciated and I think I'm finally clear about what needs to be done.

I'm pretty sure that he's redirected the redirector to your site properly to your site.

In any case, even if he wasn't doing it properly -- there's nothing you or we can do about it.

There's nothing special about your site there. That's the way they do all their links. And they're probably running some kind of Googlehack (which is not our issue).

If you think it's affecting your site positioning at Google, then report it to Google.

http://dmoz.org/Society/Paranormal/Psychic/Readings

http:// psychic.20megsfree.com and psychicrealm.com are the SAME.

I thought DMOZ prefer unique content.

http:// psychic.20megsfree.com
[Broken External Image]:http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/9023/realm22ms.jpg


psychicrealm.com
[Broken External Image]:http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2393/realm13mu.jpg

I've removed the 20megs.com listing which was a doorway page. Thanks for the heads up.

Please note - the www.psychicrealm.com site tried to install an activex control by an unknown publisher on my machine. It was blocked by SP2 - but looking at url it may be a dialer of some sort. Totally unacceptable behaviour for a site - so have delisted it too.

@ #1513 In IE it offered to install an ActiveX control. I did not accept. In Opera and Firefox, there was no activex offer.

Agree the site appears to have no navigable links and therefore no content.

Reply to Post #1499

1.)Affairs R Us - http://www.affairsrusinternational.com/
http://affairsrus.makesparties.com/Catalog.aspx?intDisplayableCategoryID=851.

This site is an affiliate of MakeParties.com

2.)American Party Company
http://www.epartysite.com/

This site is also an affiliate of MakeParties.com

3.)E Party Supply - http://www.epartysupply.com/
http://www.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/.

This site is an affiliate of BirdayExpress.com. This site also redirects to 3 outside URLS, http://www.balloonclub.com/, http://www.custompartyprints.com/, http://www.toparty.com/

4.)Great Party Stuff - http://www.greatpartystuff.makesparties.com/Home.aspx.

This is another MakeParties.com affiliate site.

5.)Party411.com - http://www.party411.com/. http://www.party411.makesparties.com/Home.aspx.

This site is another MakeParties.com affiliate

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I was also curious if the site listed below is in violation of DMOZ policy due to redirects and cross links outside the domain?

#1 Party Supplies & Party Favors - http://www.1partysuppliesandfavors.com/

This site redirects to 7 outside URLs which are listed below:
http://www.bulkpartysupplies.com/
http://www.partysecret.com/
http://www.bulkballoons.com/
http://www.carnivalsource.com/
http://www.bulktoystore.com/
http://www.1glowstore.com/
http://www.discountweddingsupplies.com/

andysands said:

I've removed the 20megs.com listing which was a doorway page. Thanks for the heads up.

Please note - the www.psychicrealm.com site tried to install an activex control by an unknown publisher on my machine. It was blocked by SP2 - but looking at url it may be a dialer of some sort. Totally unacceptable behaviour for a site - so have delisted it too.

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ok thanks.

but those 2 site is still here:. > http://dmoz.org/Society/Paranormal/Psychic/Readings

as dmoz fan I will search and report more suspicious sites.

re:1516 - No they're not - but the public directory can sometimes take a day or so to update after changes are made. I've checked and it definitely isn't showing them now anyway

as dmoz fan I will search and report more suspicious sites.

Click to expand...

And that is exactly the type of assistance we appreciate. We may not always agree with your findings, but any good faith effort to identify inappropriate/dead/hijacked sites is genuinely appreciated.

Thank you

Affiliate Sites

djdeeds said:

Post #1499 done - thanks.

If they are affiliates, which are they please. If they are offering affiliate programs, that is part of their service; probably relevant to the category unless not party-related.

Click to expand...

Sorry I didn't include the quote in my first reply

1.)Affairs R Us - http://www.affairsrusinternational.com/
http://affairsrus.makesparties.com/...eCategoryID=851.

This site is an affiliate of MakeParties.com

2.)American Party Company
http://www.epartysite.com/

This site is also an affiliate of MakeParties.com

3.)E Party Supply - http://www.epartysupply.com/
http://www.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/.

This site is an affiliate of BirdayExpress.com. This site also redirects to 3 outside URLS, http://www.balloonclub.com/, http://www.custompartyprints.com/, http://www.toparty.com/

4.)Great Party Stuff - http://www.greatpartystuff.makesparties.com/Home.aspx.

This is another MakeParties.com affiliate site.

5.)Party411.com - http://www.party411.com/. http://www.party411.makesparties.com/Home.aspx.

This site is another MakeParties.com affiliate

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I was also curious if the site listed below is in violation of DMOZ policy due to redirects and cross links outside the domain?

#1 Party Supplies & Party Favors - http://www.1partysuppliesandfavors.com/

This site redirects to 7 outside URLs which are listed below:
http://www.bulkpartysupplies.com/
http://www.partysecret.com/
http://www.bulkballoons.com/
http://www.carnivalsource.com/
http://www.bulktoystore.com/
http://www.1glowstore.com/
http://www.discountweddingsupplies.com/

Same site listed twice in the same category

In http://dmoz.org/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Resources/

Both of these urls go to the same site.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/workingpartners.htm
Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace - Searchable database on substance abuse, state and territory laws, drug-free workplace advisor.

http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/drugs/workingpartners/Screen1.htm
Workplace Substance Abuse - The Small Business Workplace Kit provides resources and information to help employers make their workplaces alcohol and drug free. A program by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Also, any progress on the issue mentioned in post #1493? It was a situation where 2 doorway pages, plus the "real" site are all listed. Furthermore, one of the doorway pages is in an inappropriate (IMHO) category.

Thanks.