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Hiya,

I found sereval domains, who were regged after being dead and are in dmoz.
The content is on every domain thesame PPC in Holland, so this isn't good.

Here they are:

http://www.soroptimistclub-vpr.nl
http://www.123-vierdaagse.nl
http://www.salesprobusinessconsulting.nl
http://www.websuite.nl
http://www.demooistearbeidsvoorwaarden.nl
http://www.www-web.nl
http://www.artissum.nl
http://www.designplus.nl
http://www.extremeproductions.nl
http://www.online-etiketten.nl

Good luck and i hope they get unregged in DMOZ

bilfar2 · April 6, 2005

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Science_and_Environment/

1. Energy Policy & Planning Office - Does this go under Gov't, it's the Ministry of Energy?

2. National Science and Technology Development Agency - An agency that may also go under Gov't? Furthermore, this agency oversees (and has deeplinks to) the 2 listings above it and the one below (Nectec), so I wonder if those links should be there as well or even listed as they're on this site?

3. The Thai Astronomical Society - All in Thai (listing even says so!).

4. Thai Palms - This is just a private company selling palms and seeds.

5. Wild Animal Rescue Foundation of Thailand - Maybe move to Organizations?

6. Wildlife Fund Thailand - A homepage that has very little info on it.

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Science_and_Environment/Organizations/

1. Environmental Tourism Consultants - Part of Asia Web Direct, so shouldn;t be listed I think. This also goes for bangkok.com and gothailand.com which would also be listed improperly. (See http://editors.dmoz.org/editors/editcat.cgi?cat=Bookmarks/B/bilfar/Potential_Problems for these and a few other problems).

2. Zoological Park Organization of Thailand - Is it possible to reduce the number of times the word "zoo" is mentioned?

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Transportation/

1. Airline Ground Staff Thailand - The few links I clicked on were almost all in Thai.

2. Phromnares Aerospace & Defense - Didnt get anything from this site.

3. Smart Way Auto Service - An AOL site that yields a directory page that goes nowhere.

4. Straits Express (Thailand) - Under construction, wants you to go to previous site.

5. Thai Amadeus - Couldn;t load site.

6. Thailand Train Tickets - timetables, fares, and online bookings - Poor title.

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Thanks for your efforts.

zipz · April 6, 2005

http://wwwkamikazegames.com

Listed in these categories.

Top: Games: Online: Roleplaying: Science Fiction and Fantasy: Browser Based (42)

Top: Games: Video Games: Roleplaying: Browser Based (106)

Top: Games: Video Games: Strategy: Real-Time: Browser Based (62)

The site should be in

Top: Games: Video Games: Strategy: Turn-Based: Browser Based

I played the game. It's not a roleplaying game. I think the category Turn-Based suites better than Real-Time because the game updates every hour.

jeanmanco · April 7, 2005

#1103 dealt with, thanks.

Dimension 2 Music has been moved to UK Shopping. The links are the top are just Google-supplied links, which are irrelevant. But you are right that businesses which only ship within the UK don't belong in the main Shopping tree.

jeanmanco · April 7, 2005

#1104 - again all but one of these were removed from the directory last month. I have now removed the last one. Thanks again.

jeanmanco · April 7, 2005

#1105 dealt with, thanks. I imagine that Thai Palms was listed in S&E for its helpful encyclopedia of palms, but it is better placed in B&E. I haven't fiddled with the government agency listings.

jeanmanco · April 7, 2005

#1106 - our Games editors have been notified thanks. This one needs an expert!

mort · April 7, 2005

Redirecting Links.

Hello,

On this page: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Education/Courses/

Logilent Learning Systems

http://www.logilent.com/

(Redirects to this page: http://campus.logilent.com/construct.asp?pid=LOGILENT&mode=Class which is just a login page)

Multimedia Production and Design

http://www.mpd.selkirk.bc.ca/

(Redirects to this page: http://selkirk.ca/learning/programs/?program=MPD)

Kind Regards,

mort-

jeanmanco · April 8, 2005

#1111 dealt with, thanks.

mort · April 8, 2005

Dead links

On this page: http://dmoz.org/Reference/Education/Distance_Learning/Online_Teaching_and_Learning/E-learning_Companies/

Click2learn

http://home.click2learn.com/

(Redirects to this link: http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/)

Docent, Inc.

http://www.docent.com/

(Redirects to this link: http://www.sumtotalsystems.com/ Same as above)

Interactive Services

http://www.interactiveser.com/

(Message advises new URL: http://www.interactiveservices.com/index.html)

KMGP

http://www.kmgpinc.com/

("Under construction")

Media1st

http://www.media1st.com/

Mindspan

http://www.ibm.com/mindspan/

(Redirects to: http://www.lotus.com/lotus/offering3.nsf)

Now International

http://www.nowinternational.com/

(Not in the correct category?)

Playback Media

http://www.playback.com/

(On the web site: "Playback Media is no longer in operation.")

Trainersoft

http://www.trainersoft.com/

(Redirects to: http://www.outstart.com/portal/index.jsp)

Kind Regards,

mort-

bilfar2 · April 9, 2005

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/

1. Thailand Grand Festival - This site is owned by circleofasia.com which is already listed under travel agents in Bangkok. Should not be listed, imo.

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Services/

1. Harley Rental Co. Ltd. - Should be under http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Transportation/Car_Rental/ if you ask me, or maybe in B&E then but not here.

http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Thailand/Travel_and_Tourism/Travel_Services/Travel_Agents/

1. AA Enterprise & Travel - Koh Samui maybe?

2. Adventure Travel Agency - Based in the Philippines.

3. Asia Ways - An inbound tour operator, actually.

4. BestThaiTour.com - A travel agent based in BKK.

5. Good Marketing Center - An affiliate of http://www.wctravel.com. not to be deeplinked anyway.

6. GP Chiangmai Travel and Trade - Based in Chiang Mai

7. HoneymoonThailand.com - Travel agent based in BKK.

8. Ifly Travel (Thaifly.com) - Based in Chicago according to whois.

9. Luxury Thai - Same as traveltech2000.com already listed as Travel Technology Services below.

10. Master Tour - Couldn't load.

11. Orange Tour - 404 error.

12. Phuket Hotel Service - Based in Phuket.

13. Phuket Hotel Service - Goes to Bangkok.com which is an affiliate of Asia Web Direct, therefore not to be listed at all.

14. Siam Wanderer - Looks like out of business, "Siam Wanderer is a Thai registered company but is no longer seeking business as an internet travel agent. The travel and tourism information retained on this site is as a public service only. " according to their website.

15. Sight and Gold Tours - An inbound tours business based in BKK.

16. SkandiTours.net - Travel agent based in Hua Hin.

17. South Siam Travel Services - Travel agent based in PHuket.

18. Thaifocus.com - Travel agent based in Chiang Mai.

19. Thailand Holidays 4 Less - A division of lastminute.com which has many listings already.

20. Thailand Voyage - res. system based in Tujunga, CA

21. Thailandtravel.us - Offices in BKK and Tujunga.

22. Tip Thong Tour and Service - Can't read, in Japanese or ? Based in BKK.

23. Travel Technology Services - Travel agency based in Nonthaburi (that's near BKK)

24. Traveller2000 - An Affiliate of Travex Co., Ltd. (travexnet.com, already listed twice in Regional, at the country-level in TOs and BKK TOs).

artbyrenee · April 9, 2005

Bad Link

The following site points to a blank page consisting only of a logo.

http://www.fortunecity.com/business/taylor/1213

listed as:

Roth McIntosh, Angela C.

at

http://www.dmoz.com/Shopping/Visual_Arts/Painting/Artists/Watercolors/R/

perdue · April 9, 2005

In the following category:

http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Strings/

D'Addario Fretted Instrument Strings

http://daddario.netstoreusa.com/guitarstrings.shtml

returns Page Not Found error

Ernie Ball

http://www.ernieball.com/

is listed also in http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Instruments/Stringed/Bass/Manufacturers/

NetStoreUSA.com

http://daddario.netstoreusa.com/bowedstrings.shtml

returns Page Not Found error, same site as D'Addario Fretted Instrument Strings above

Pro Fame Guitar Strings

http://www.profamestrings.com/

Returns: CleverNet: This web site has been temporarily closed due to non-payment of the web site hosting account.

Stringout.com.au

http://www.stringout.com.au/

Ships only within Australia -- best suited to another category?

jeanmanco · April 9, 2005

#1113 - dealt with, thanks.

Now International originally had other content it seems. It is now a mirror and so has been removed.

jeanmanco · April 9, 2005

#1114 dealt with, thanks. As I understand the Regional guidelines, a few of the listings you mention in Travel Agents can be left there, but if you wish to discuss this further, the internal forums would be the best place.

jeanmanco · April 9, 2005

#1115 - the site is working fine for me in Firefox and IE. Perhaps there was a temporary problem.

jeanmanco · April 9, 2005

#1116 dealt with, thanks.

bilfar2 · April 9, 2005

Jean,

I've checked the Travel Guidelines at http://dmoz.org/guidelines/travel/#travelagents , where Travel Agents are mentioned and it says to list them at their physical locations. The issue here might be the difference between Agents and Tour Operators which can have multiple listings, but I will take it up internally as you suggest.

Thanks, Bill