On 26/10/2007, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/25/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
I suppose if the "dead" link goes to something actively misleading instead of just a standard 404 page one should deactivate the link, though, to make sure readers notice the fact that it's not the material that was originally referenced.
Such as those phony domain-squatter search engine pages that crop up when people fail to pay their bills.
Mmm. We get quite a few of these (and if we're unlucky, it's squatted by a pornsite). Is there any practical way of spidering through our links to check for these?