Geocities Closing, What Would Happen to 10,000+ Listings in Dmoz

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    Since yahoo announced geocities shall shut down in october, what would be the dmoz strategy to get rid of more than 10,000 geocities listings in dmoz index?
     
    Jin, Jul 10, 2009 IP
  2. Professional Dude

    Professional Dude Prominent Member

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    This is a good question. It seems like all of those listings will have to be removed ;)
     
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    It's a shame that they are closing it down because there is so much interest history there. I remember creating my first website using geocities. A lot of cool sites are hosted there too, and I often find myself clicking a link to geocities when I am surfing the web.
     
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    I have my first website on geocities, it's still there and I can't remember my username or password. Every once in awhile it generates a few pennies for an old fastclick link.
     
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    Going Green Active Member

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    Quick! Everyone apply to be a volunteer! They are gonna need a lot of help!
     
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    Just as with all other sites that become unavailable for any reason, the solution involves a combination of automated tools and human effort.
    It would be very easy, but completely wrong to simply "get rid of" all geocities listings, because many of them will have set up redirect notices, and the new site could be listed instead, so as always it will involve a volunteer looking at the site and making a decision. So there will be no quick resolution to the problem, and everyone is welcome to assist by notifying editors whenever you find a replacement URL for a geocities site. Thanks! :)
     
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  7. Jin

    Jin Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like there would be alot of dead links in dmoz.I wonder if it would be possible to redirect those links since yahoo shall simply remove those accounts. So you recommend i should make a new site and tip off my category editor to replace my geocities site with the new one?
     
    Jin, Jul 11, 2009 IP
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    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    They did OK nuking all the personal aol pages listings...they have a handful left (search for hometown.aol.com) so I guess that they should do OK with the Geocities listings... though, heh, if I am not mistaken there are/were a LOT more geocities pages then AOL pages.

    Most categories SHOULD have an "update listing" link that you can use to notify the editor.
     
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    Q is correct. Most editors ignore personal emails, and there is no way of knowing if that editor is active anyway, whereas by using the correct method (the Update Request feature), it can be seen by all of the several hundred volunteers who can edit there.
     
    makrhod, Jul 11, 2009 IP