[silk] another scam (yahoo)
If I remember well, one of the threads in silk a while ago was about yahoo being up to some mischief. Here is another example. In a recent review of one of my books (in case anyone is interested... it's The Power of Stupidity) there are links to my website. But one of them doesn't work - it goes to a totally unrelated yahoo page. I've checked the code in the original htlm file and, as far as I can see, it's correct. I've seen, here and there, over he years, other cases of such things happening, leading to all sorts of silly places. My ignoramus question to tech wizards is: how do they do it? Thanks Giancarlo
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
Giancarlo Livraghi wrote, [on 9/21/2009 4:33 PM]: If I remember well, one of the threads in silk a while ago was about yahoo being up to some mischief. Here is another example. In a recent review of one of my books (in case anyone is interested... it's The Power of Stupidity) there are links to my website. But one of them doesn't work - it goes to a totally unrelated yahoo page. I've checked the code in the original htlm file and, as far as I can see, it's correct. Can you post the URL? I can't comment without looking at it. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
Udhay Shankar wrote: Can you post the URL? I can't comment without looking at it. Here it is http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2186713/book_review_the_power_of_stupidity.html?cat=9 The link that gets de-routed is in the third (and last) line of the first paragraph of the review, where it says: I must recommend Giancarlo Livraghi's The Power of Stupidity. Maybe from where you are it works properly? What happens when I click on it is that (instead of http://gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm) it goes to http://it.yahoo.com/?p=us I hope you can figure out how this scam works. Or is it a coding error? In that case, why doesn't it just say file not found? (I wrote to the associatedcontent.com webmaster - but, so far, no reply) Thanks Giancarlo
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
2009/9/21 Giancarlo Livraghi g...@gandalf.it If I remember well, one of the threads in silk a while ago was about yahoo being up to some mischief. Here is another example. In a recent review of one of my books (in case anyone is interested... it's The Power of Stupidity) there are links to my website. But one of them doesn't work - it goes to a totally unrelated yahoo page. I've checked the code in the original htlm file and, as far as I can see, it's correct. I've seen, here and there, over he years, other cases of such things happening, leading to all sorts of silly places. My ignoramus question to tech wizards is: how do they do it? Do you have yahoo toolbar or any other addon/plugin supplied by yahoo installed on your browser? If so, disable that and see if it works fine. It seems to work fine for me. Kiran
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
2009/9/21 Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com 2009/9/21 Giancarlo Livraghi g...@gandalf.it If I remember well, one of the threads in silk a while ago was about yahoo being up to some mischief. Here is another example. In a recent review of one of my books (in case anyone is interested... it's The Power of Stupidity) there are links to my website. But one of them doesn't work - it goes to a totally unrelated yahoo page. I've checked the code in the original htlm file and, as far as I can see, it's correct. I've seen, here and there, over he years, other cases of such things happening, leading to all sorts of silly places. My ignoramus question to tech wizards is: how do they do it? Do you have yahoo toolbar or any other addon/plugin supplied by yahoo installed on your browser? If so, disable that and see if it works fine. It seems to work fine for me. Nope. I see what the problem is. The url is malformed. It redirects to http://www/gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm instead of http://www.gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm The yahoo redirect is due to addon/plugin/toolbar you have installed. Either that or your default search engine is yahoo. Kiran
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have yahoo toolbar or any other addon/plugin supplied by yahoo installed on your browser? If so, disable that and see if it works fine. It seems to work fine for me. Nope. I see what the problem is. The url is malformed. It redirects to http://www/gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm instead of http://www.gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm FWIW, Searching for [www] in Google shows Yahoo as the first hit (i.e. the I'm Feeling Lucky hit). This may not be the yahoo toolbar in action, but the browser trying to be intelligent. Thaths -- Homer: Look at these low, low prices on famous brand-name electronics! Bart: Don't be a sap, Dad. These are just crappy knockoffs. Homer: Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's a Magnetbox and Sorny.
Re: [silk] another scam (yahoo)
Kiran wrote: Do you have yahoo toolbar or any other addon/plugin supplied by yahoo installed on your browser? and also: The yahoo redirect is due to addon/plugin/toolbar you have installed. Either that or your default search engine is yahoo. No. I use Firefox and I don't have any yahoo addon, plugin, toolbar or whatever. I dont' have any default search engine set as such - and I generally use google. I very rarely use yahoo... but (strange as that may be) I shall check if something has installed itself without my knowing. I see what the problem is. The url is malformed. It redirects to http://www/gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm instead of http://www.gandalf.it/stupid/book.htm Yes, I had noticed that. But faulty code should lead to file not found, not to an unrelated page. I have tried with another browser. It still redirects to an unrelated page, but it's a different one (and it isn't yahoo). So, after all, it doesn't seem to be a yahoo scam, only malfunction caused by bad code. But it's irritating that the key link is the one that doesn't work. I guess I shall have to give up... or keep chasing the associatedcontent.com webmaster. Anyhow... thank you. :) Giancarlo
