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

[huwrich]

Dead Site

 

britonferry.com 404 been like it for years

[photofox]

britonferry.com 404 been like it for years

 

I does not appear to be listed in DMOZ.

[aaleksanyants]

Dead and outdated links in shareware directories, part II

 

This time I decided to start checking listed sites from the beginning, so look at my results, MORE THAN 50% of links are bad! After that you will say that your existing editors do their work good and you do not need new editors for that category?! So, let's proceed:

1. ab-archive.com - contains a HUGE amount of badware downloads (99 downloads marked red at siteadvisor.com report, see details at http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/ab-archive.com)

2. absoluteshareware.com, allworldsoft.com, bestvistadownloads.com - the same as above

3. annesoft.com - lists ONLY affiliated downloads hosted on their other sites e.g. software-phile.com , triplequadturbo.com etc., just take a look at their download links to see if where do they take!

4. shareware-4-you.com - try to click on their 'Web & E-Business' and find out some iteresting "downloads", including "IX Web Hosting", "Yahoo! web hosting" etc.

5. best-software.co.uk - the front page does not contain any information but only the links to categories, and when entering any category you see only this: "Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'bestsoft_simon'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /home/bestsoft/public_html/showpads.php on line 145

Error connecting to the database server".

6. 100apps.com - please try to find the list of categories on their front page or any other helpful navigation links. Could you? Hint: go to the ultra bottom and find small link to alphabetical listings, follow the link and find lots of casino downloads and lots of other crap there! Also you are welcome to check their rating at siteadvisor.com. And this site is listed in DMOZ???!!!

7. bluedownloads.com - open the site and see the only phrase written: "Put here you're welcome text". Very valuable resource, of course... Also you may click on "Hitman pro 2.6" link to read the following in pure English: "hitman pro is een alles in 1 scanner. U kunt met dit programma eenvoudig virussen verwijderen enz."

8. binarymagic.com - take a look at their top banner taking to smileycentral.com site providing lots of adware containing smileys downloads.

 

To be continued...

[aaleksanyants]

Dead links in Shareware Directories, part III

 

Once started, it is really hard to stop :-)

1. hotlib.com - they claim to provide 50000 software titles to download. Please try to search their site for "cucusoft dvd to ipod converter" using their site search engine on the right column and get amazed with 29 identical search results :-))))))

2. itshareware.com - lots of badware download, please refer to siteadvisor.com report

3. internetsecuritysoftware.org - right on their home page you will find a LARGE "Click here to start free registry scan" button taking to reseller's subdomain page http://www.registry-booster.com-http.com/free-scan.html (you may check users opinions on siteadvisor.com for its main domain, com-http.com to find out some interesting details regarding hosted software) for rogue Registry Booster software with lots of fake Microsoft Partner certificates. And this sime claims to be an internet security resource and is listed in DMOZ???!!!

To be continued...

P.S.: It seems I could find another way to edit this full of crap category unless your "big boys" do not accept my submission as an editor for that category...

[aaleksanyants]

Dead links in Shareware Directories, part IV (enough for today)

 

1. sharewarehunter.com - the same issue as with hotlib.com I have reported in my previous post (they claim to have listed 61481 downloads, even more than on hotlib.com!)

2. sharewareking.com - open their main page to see the featured software called "NewsShark v2.0 by WMHSOFT" and see the release date, it is... 10-22-2002! Indeed, not only me but lots of other visitors will also be impressed with their fresh content :-)))

 

OK, it's enough for today, good night, see you tomorrow again...

[ravs]

Nobody has attended #3400 (Page #27) yet...

 

opalinfotech.com - http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Designers/Full_Service/O/

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/India/Gujarat/Localities/Ahmedabad/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/

Vs

topranker.in - http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Promotion/Search_Engine_Optimization_Firms/T/

[Artisands]

#3400 is done. Thanks

[phantomize]

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Travel_and_Tourism/

 

Pacific Leisure Travel Agency - server not found.

 

Phuket Trekking Club-Khao Sok River Loadge: Answer The Call Of The Wild - title much too long.

 

Phuket.to - vanity title's OK?

 

Rang Yai Island - desc copied from site, much too obvious.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Hotels/

 

Blu Sky Residence - should be "blue"

 

Phuket Merlin Hotel - not found.

 

South Sea Resort Hotel - "finest resort"?

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Travel_and_Tourism/Lodging/Resorts/

 

Sugar Palm Resort - a better url is http://www.sugarpalmphuket.com/sugar_palm.html which goes directly to the resort.

 

Banyan Tree Phuket - page not found.

 

Kata Beach Resort - yes, it does sound like it's "right on Kata Beach".

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Health/Dentistry/

 

City Park Dental Clinic - Two listings that are almost identical mirrors of each other.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Health/

 

Phuket Gym - redirects to http://www.expressdata.co.th/ , a web hosting service.

 

Kata Hide Away - should be titled Kata Beach Spa Resort or Phuket Health Spa & Retreat.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Provinces/Phuket/Education/

 

Greenhouse Pre-school - is under construction.

 

Prince of Songkhla University - looks like completely in Thai, far as I can see.

[Artisands]

#3497 is complete now.

also:

#3380 - Done - by another editor

#3385 - Done - by another editor

#3396 - Done

#3439 - Done

#3440 - Done

#3475 - Done

#3476 - Done - by another editor

#3477 - Done

#3478 - Done

#3482 - Done

 

Thanks

[Artisands]

#3504 and 3506 are done.

Thanks

[aaleksanyants]

Where are 2 of my previous posts?

 

Hi again, 2 days ago I have submitted 3 posts, but until now only the third (dead and outdated links in shareware directories, part IV) is displayed, however, no action is performed! What is the matter?

[spectregunner]

All three are visible.

 

We will do a memo post when the item is reviewed.

[formulaseries]

Not Powerboat Related.

 

This site used to be a powerboat racing site, but now no more..

 

http://www.rocket-racing.com/

 

Also I'm not sure of the structure of the directory, in relation to Powerboat Racing. If you take the UIM which is the world governing body for all forms of motorised water sport, this includes, jet ski, wet bike, jet boat, offshore, inshore types of racing.

 

The boat racing, is coming under motor racing, not water sports, although there is a reference to take you over to the boat racing, which is under motor sport.

 

Another thing I noticed is that there is one link in boat racing called "Drag Boat Racing" I don't think this should be there..

[motsa]

It helps if you give a link to the category where the site in question is or where you think there are issues. It also helps if you explain why you don't think something belongs.

[formulaseries]

It helps if you give a link to the category where the site in question is or where you think there are issues. It also helps if you explain why you don't think something belongs.

 

ok,

The Top: Sports: Motorsports: Boat Racing (95)

http://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Motorsports/Boat_Racing/

 

You have the following site listed in the main "Boat Racing" section.

http://dragboatracing.com/

 

It's the only site listed there, I can't understand why it would be there, when there are sub categories more suitable.

 

The site that is no longer a powerboat racing site found under:-

http://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Motorsports/Boat_Racing/Organizations/

 

It's listed as Junior Racing, which it was 2 years ago..

http://www.rocket-racing.com/

[aaleksanyants]

My previous reports

 

Hi again,

 

After you have finally added two of my previously submitted reports (dead links in shareware directories, parts II and III) all later posts have changed their numbers, therefore even you cannot understand now if what posts you have already processed and what posts (including my last posts) remained out of your attention.

[shadow575]

This thread is meant to help facilitate quality control issues. There are only a few members of this forum who are actively working through the posts here. There is no guarantee that the response will be swift or that the corrections made will match what was posted. The preferred method to ensure qc problems are properly addressed is to submit an update request in the category where the problems reside.

 

We recognize that it may be easier to report those here, hence the existence of this thread. We do our best to process all reports made here as soon as possible. With a limited number of editors willing to work on them who have permissions in all the categories, when we get the rapid fire reports of problems we sometimes fall behind.

 

If anyone feels that their report has been over looked, the can remind us of it here (link to the Item# will be helpful) or feel free to navigate to the category in question and submit an update request.

[shadow575]

I went back a few pages and show the following not being marked as dealt with:

 

Item# 3503

Item# 3505

Item# 3508

 

I will go back through and see if these have in fact been dealt with and just not reported or if the still need attention. If anyone has others that they feel have been overlooked please report them again.

[shadow575]

Item# 3508 - was dealt with (not by me)

 

It will take a while for someone to try and go through the other two and figure out exactly what is wrong and where since they were not supplied in a user friendly format. Its hard to tell which ones are really problem listings, its important to remember that while dead links and ads are considered the reviewer blocks those out to evaluate the useful/unique content. Have a lot of ads and dead links is bad, but if there is a significant amount of usable content that isn't obscured by the junk the site is still eligible for consideration.

 

Still remaining and in need of attention:

Items 3503 & 3505 (I dealt with a couple of the obvious ones, but its not my area normally)

Item 3515

[jeanmanco]

#3513 and #3515 dealt with, thanks. The dead link has been removed, but I cannot see any reason to move the other site into a subcategory. It appears to fit the main category.

[aaleksanyants]

Its hard to tell which ones are really problem listings, its important to remember that while dead links and ads are considered the reviewer blocks those out to evaluate the useful/unique content. Have a lot of ads and dead links is bad, but if there is a significant amount of usable content that isn't obscured by the junk the site is still eligible for consideration.

 

OK, thanks for the clarification. In such case please take a look at shareware5.com in the same category, there is no site but an empty parking page.

BTW, why there are 2 categories for the same listings (software/directories and software/shareware/directories), and if the first one still exists (while having lots of duplicate listings with the second), why don't you accept any submissions to it any more? Otherwise why not just to merge them into one category?

[aaleksanyants]

Some more dead link findings in shareware directories: filedomain.com (no website), submitfiles.com (no website), software4win.com (enter any category to get MySQL error instead of content), soft-directory.com (lots of MySQL warnings on start page).

[phantomize]

Laos

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Laos/Business_and_Economy/Economic_Development/

 

Development Gateway - Laos - Unable to connect.

 

Industry Canada - Stat-USA Market Research Reports International Market Insight: Laos - Seems to be about Papua New Guinea rather than Laos?

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Laos/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Guides/

 

Discovering Laos - not found.

 

Travel Link Directory on Laos - This one (eyeonlaos.com) appears to be another mostly affiliate site of precisionreservations.com and bookings.net as well as others like thailandhotelnet.com, bangkokhotelnet.com, eyeoncambodia.com, asiahotelcentral.com.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Laos/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Services/Tour_Operators/

 

LaoExplorer.com - no content, goes to some vague Resort Booking System.

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Laos/Maps_and_Views/Photos/

 

Laos Pictures - wants you to go to a new url at http://www.asia-pictures.net/laos/

 

 

In

http://www.dmoz.org/Reference/Flags/Regional/Laos/

 

The National Flag of the Lao People's Democratic Republic - page not found.

 

Theodora.com: Laos Historical Flag - goes to a geographic.org site, not theodora.com

[NCMan]

Category Entry Issues

 

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Idaho/Localities/C/Challis/

 

I encountered the following issues I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

Article Buried. The entry appears to be for an article in a particular issue of this magazine. However, there is no indication what issue the article appeared in and the magazine has no search function.

 

New Heulandite Discovery

- Information about minerals in the area.

 

 

URL Changed. Link provided to new URL on landing page.

 

Sawtooth Martial Arts

- Offers Soo Bahk Do instruction. Information about courses, instructors, and events.

 

 

Regards,

NCMan

[NCMan]

Category Entry Issue

 

Hi!

 

While searching:

 

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Idaho/Localities/S/Stanley/Business_and_Economy/

 

I encountered the following issues I wanted to bring to your attention:

 

 

URL Changed. Landing page has timed redirect to new URL

 

Selma Lamb and Sheldon Hentschke

- Stanley Sawtooth Realtors - Includes photos and information on current real estate listings.

 

 

Regards,

NCMan