Weird things happening!

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   TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years ago

   Two things have happened this morning that are strange.  Both concern articles with titles that begin with "9 Things....".  In the first instance, the article was about the downside of RVing.  I was told it was being removed because the editor did not feel it was a good fit for my RV site!  The second was even worse.  I got notice that the article had been copied, but when I clicked on the link, it took me to a porn site!  I can't file a DMCA because I'm afraid that if I enter the site I'll get a lot of nasty spam, but I can't file the DMCA becaue I can't get the http for the site if I dont enter it!  I have contacted the team about both issues but am wondering if anybody else is having or has had similar problems and how you handled them.

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   theraggededgeposted 6 years ago

   You don't have to click on the site. Just type the domain name in here: https://www.whois.net/
   
   For example: hubpages.com is this domain. Leave off the https://
   
   Then you should be able to find the host or even sometimes contacting the registrar works too.
   
   Having said all that... if it redirects to a porn site, it's not going to affect your traffic anyway.

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      Dreamworkerposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks.  If the word "removed" is on the warning, does this mean HP already removed it?  I sure didn't.

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      TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years agoin reply to this

      The page it goes to is not the page where the article is shown.  It's a page warning people who don't want to see nutiity, etc from entering. Can't get to the article.

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         theraggededgeposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         So if you can't see it, no one can

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            TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years agoin reply to this

            unless they click through to the porno site!  As I said...weird!

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               psycheskinnerposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               As you say, its a doorway page so unless you go through you don't know if your material is there or not.  I would just DMCA it anyway.

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                  TIMETRAVELER2posted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  I would do that if I can get an http address because obviously there would be numerous articles within the site.  Just using the http of the doorway won't work.

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                     psycheskinnerposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                     The c report page should give the full url where the material ism even if clicking on it takes you to the doorway.

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   daniellepopovitsposted 6 years ago

   Oh wow, I have never had this happen. Perhaps you have a virus on your computer?

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   paradigmsearchposted 6 years ago

   Sometimes I click the cache instead of the URL. Your results may vary.

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