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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)

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SK1244 Newbie

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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!

SK1244 Newbie

SK1244

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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 http://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 http://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 http://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 - http://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 http://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 http://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!

SK1244 Newbie

SK1244

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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.

SK1244 Newbie

SK1244

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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.

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arubin Newbie

arubin

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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.

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hutcheson Newbie

hutcheson

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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.

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andysands Newbie

andysands

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

 

Please note - the http://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. :)

wjcampbe Newbie

wjcampbe

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@ #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.

tkeenan Newbie

tkeenan

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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/

dashboard Newbie

dashboard

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

 

Please note - the http://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. :)

 

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. :)

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andysands Newbie

andysands

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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 :-)
spectregunner Newbie

spectregunner

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

 

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

tkeenan Newbie

tkeenan

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Affiliate Sites

 

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.

 

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/

dvh Newbie

dvh

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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.

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andysands Newbie

andysands

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This is an updated list of QC requests not yet looked at:

 

STILL OUTSTANDING (From list in 1454 and subsequent additions not yet flagged as dealt with)

 

1331 done (sorry about the delay glynos :-)

1384 done (sorry about the delay glynos :-)

1385 has been partly resolved but needs more work (see #1393)

1400 done - see 1546

1401 done - see 1546

1402 done - see 1559

1404 done - see 1559

1413 done - see 1559

1418 done - see 1565

1419 done - see 1565

1420 done - see 1565

1425 done - see 1565

1426 done - see 1565

1427 done - see 1565

1433

1439

1441

1464

1473 done - see 1564

1475

1476

1477 done - see 1564

1478

1479

1480

1482 done - see 1574

1483 done - see 1574

1484 done - see 1566

1489 done - see 1574

1493 done - see 1566

1495 see answer in 1574

1496 done - see 1574

1498

1515

1519

1520 done by alucard

 

NB: THIS LIST IS NO LONGER UPDATED - Please see the following post:

http://resource-zone.com/forum/showpost.php?p=198725&postcount=1575

for items not marked as completed here.

SmashinYoungMan Newbie

SmashinYoungMan

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The following links in http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Cyberspace/Online_Communities/ are defunct:

 

AsianXO.com - http://www.asianxo.com/ <works for me-hutcheson>

 

ChitChat Forums - http://www.chitchatforums.com/ <whacked-hutcheson>

 

The Duh Project - http://www.duhproject.com/ (this is a blog) <moved-hutcheson>

 

HelpBooster - http://www.helpbooster.com/<whacked-hutcheson>

 

Laibcoms - http://www.laibcoms.com/ (currently giving an xml error page)<works for me-hutcheson>

 

Mindbubble.net - http://mindbubble.net/<whacked-hutcheson>

 

Whyville Cheats - http://cyberstew.t35.com/<whacked-hutcheson>

 

I find I really enjoy doing this; it satisfies my almost obsessive desire to tidy things up and make 'em right. I hope my editor application is approved. :p

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hutcheson Newbie

hutcheson

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Thanks for the info, SYM. (I've edited your post to add my reaction.) If you keep doing that, I don't care whether you're an editor or not -- you're a contributor.
SmashinYoungMan Newbie

SmashinYoungMan

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Thanks for the info, SYM. (I've edited your post to add my reaction.) If you keep doing that, I don't care whether you're an editor or not -- you're a contributor.

Thanks, hutcheson. I figured the blank/error pages I was getting on the two was a temporary thing.

 

I'll certainly continue doing this, editor or no (besides, I think my application was already declined - it's been a long while since I submitted it).

SmashinYoungMan Newbie

SmashinYoungMan

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In http://dmoz.org/Society/People/Personal_Homepages/A/:

 

Abarbanel, David - http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dabarb1/ (no content)

 

Abbas, Raza - http://www.geocities.com/razashome/ (stuck on autorefesh)

 

Acklen, Quincy L. - http://www.acklenx.com/ (no content)

 

Aghamohammadi, Neema - http://home.earthlink.net/~nagha/

 

Agnew, Morgan - http://home.columbus.rr.com/agnew/index.htm (currently no content)

 

Akselvoll, Magnus - http://www.akselvoll.net/

 

Alikhan, Akbar - http://akbar.4mg.com/ (no content that I can see)

 

Andrei, Florin - http://florin.myip.org/main.php

 

Andrus, William - http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/~andrusw/

 

Angel, Mike - http://home.san.rr.com/mikestuff/ (no index page, but the site is there and functional)

 

Ankerson, Ingrid - http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ingrid/ (no content)

 

Arellano, Stacie - http://www.quixotica.com/ (no content)

 

Arkless, Paul - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.arkless/

 

Arnesen, Lars - http://home.no.net/laka/ (currently a blank page)

 

Arora, Kapil - http://kapilarora.com/

 

Ashe, Dennis - http://home.earthlink.net/~travelingtech/

 

Asiama, Alexandra - http://userpages.umbc.edu/~aasiama1/

 

Astrid, Schmirler - http://www.schmirler.biz/alibaby/ (useful to only friends and family, apparently :p)

 

Avalos, Luis - http://beefy.f2o.org/ (no content)

 

Avila, Alexis Andres - http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/tutorrific/ (redirects to a company website)

 

Ayyagari, Rajeev - http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~arajeev1

 

Azikiwe, Lionel Aniweta - http://lion74.tripod.com/Frame-Personal.html

 

I'll try and dig through B to Z later. Right now I have to clean the spyware cookies from my 'puter that I accumulated going through all those free pages.

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