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[jeanmanco]

#825 Thanks for going to the trouble. These are just the right type of problems to report.

 

I have starting working on your list, but the ODP server is slow at the moment, so I have only got as far as http://www.kailove.com/ .

[Markc13]

Dead / incorrect links

 

The link to "BrainFlower - Dotcom ideas" in the category Top: Business: Investing: Humor is currently linking to a page that no longer exists.

 

Also, "Psychic Dog - Psychic Dog predicts which stocks, under $20 to buy, sell or hold. " in the same category now leads to a number of pictures of a home under construction.

 

Just wanted to let you know.

 

Regards,

 

Mark

[rcarr]

I found this one:

 

http://www.dpcsys.com/

 

The description for this site in the directory:

 

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Consultants/Databases/

 

under Dana Point Communications has nothing to do with the site.

[rcarr]

Found this dead link:

 

http://www.vizsoft.net/

 

It is listed in:

 

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Consultants/Databases/

 

under VizSoft.

[rcarr]

This link is dead.

 

http://www.aia.es/english/

 

Found it in:

 

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Consultants/

 

Under AIA Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada.

[gboisseau]

This link is dead.

 

http://www.aia.es/english/

 

Found it in:

 

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Consultants/

 

Under AIA Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada.

 

 

It looks like the link should be: http://www.aia.es/ There is a link on this page to the english part of the site.

[gboisseau]

I found this one:

 

http://www.dpcsys.com/

 

The description for this site in the directory:

 

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Consultants/Databases/

 

under Dana Point Communications has nothing to do with the site.

 

 

It looks like this url was hijacked

[plantrob]

Karen's gardening

 

The entry for Karen's gardening (http://www.peddler.com/garden/index.html) in http://dmoz.org/Home/Gardens/Designed_Gardens/Private/ goes to a domain reassignment page.

Rob

[jeanmanco]

#825 continued.

 

I cannot find that http://www.chatrooms.org is or ever has been listed. http://www.chatroom.org (no s) is listed and working fine.

 

All dead links taken out and non-English sites moved now, thanks.

[jeanmanco]

#827 dealt with, thanks.

 

The flexibilty of the Net is its greatest strength and our greatest challenge. Webmasters can and do redesign sites and change content all the time.

[jeanmanco]

#828 dealt with, thanks. Clearly there has been a change of site owner since the listing, as gboisseau says.

 

#829 dealt with, thanks.

 

#830 dealt with, thanks. As gboisseau says.

[jeanmanco]

#833 dealt with, thanks.

[blaster_1981]

http://www.webcity.co.uk/chat/ No longer runs a chat service. Tho it does advertise something else.

 

Its in http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Chat/

 

 

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http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Chat/Community_Chat/

 

 

http://www.white-lightning.co.uk/southroom/ Discountined.

http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/chat/ Seems to be a deadlink (Maybe the link below in the directory listing is the update and this old entry hasn't been removed? Maybe the site is just down at the time not sure.)

[screenprinter]

Dead/broken links

 

Here are a few dead or broken links.

 

http://www.jwproducts.com/

 

http://www.rockisland.com/~newmoon/shirts.html

 

Located in the following category.

 

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Clothing/Custom/

 

Thanks,

David

[jeanmanco]

#838 dealt with, thanks.

 

#839 dealt with, thanks.

[blaster_1981]

Title tag abuse

 

Title tag abuse with affilate scheme and pretty much irrelvant.

 

Ciao.com

 

http://www.uk.ciao.com/ciao.php?Pid=1,12,12975,12961

 

in

 

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Business_and_Economy/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Chat/

[jeanmanco]

I looked at that one when you drew that category to my attention.

 

The title is not wrong. In this case it is following the standard pattern for deep links (i.e. links to sub-sections or individual pages of a site). Site Name: Page/Section Name.

 

We list reviews if the content is substantial.

 

However I am looking at other aspects of the category. You may see some changes.

 

[Edited to add] The category has been moved and renamed UK: Society and Culture: Chats and Forums

[plantrob]

Elusive gardening

 

http://www.mlys00070.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

no longer goes to a useful page

(in http://dmoz.org/Home/Gardens/Resources/Directories/)

[jeanmanco]

#843 dealt with, thanks.

[blaster_1981]

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/

 

The chat seems to be a Symlink.. Maybe it should be unsymed and changed to Chat & Forum (it seems to be symed to the old location and redirected to the new location without a direct link).

[jeanmanco]

The change is just not fully showing yet on the public side. It does make it look a bit odd at the moment. All will be well in a day or two.

[DavidM]

Dead URL

 

Hi,

i am on standby to become an editor in

http://dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Mining/Prospecting

 

meanwhile, would like to report

 

"Prospecting Mining and Information Resources" has dead URL to

http://btech.lunarpages.com/btimining

 

Regards,

D

[jeanmanco]

#847 done thanks.

[windsong]

Multiple Listing

 

Hi,

 

There is a duplicate listing in:

 

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Antiques_and_Collectibles/Varied_Merchandise/W/

 

These are the two I'm speaking of:

 

http://www.bcn.net/%7Ewbfa/gene_2.htm

 

http://www.winterbrookfarm.com/

 

They have been there for some months now

[plantrob]

Flower images

 

http://ucs.byu.edu/bioag/aghort/aghort100/flower.htm is a dead link, in http://dmoz.org/Home/Gardens/Resources/Image_Galleries/