Companies come, companies go and it seems websites go sometimes even faster.
For some reason people forget to extend their domain name registration. Other ventures just stop their business so it makes sense the website perishes as well.
Also the opposite happens. The print version of a magazine ceases publication, the website is still available although not updated anymore.
I intend to update on a somewhat regular basis on the ditched websites. The main reason for ditching is the fact that they ceased to exist.
Other reasons can be that they haven’t been updated in the last year or their content changed completely. Last but not least there is a whole set of arbitrary regulations that all have to do with upsetting the harmony of my online mind.
This week online casualties ( a totally random selection I compiled after cleaning up some pages)
Ortho-asia.com - No more Orthodontic treatment and general and restorative dental treatments but you’ll be served with adds from NS1.EXPIREDDOMAINSERVICES.COM
mandarin2e-z.com and gatewaymadarin.com stopped teaching Chinese.
Part of checking of dead link is finding out some websites have decided to change their url structure. Great:) Well. slightly irritating but sometimes resulting in the fact that the new structure has come with a new design.
There is an entirely brand-new edition of the Shenzhen Library website using a new clear url http://www.szlib.gov.cn/english/. Nice.
The Suzhou Government decided to ditch their http://www.szgov.com domain and kept only the http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/ active. Great choice but next time just point the old site to the new. It’s called user friendliness and it beats the message “No website is configured at this address.”
