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Remove 404'd sites!
Why not remove websites that are 404'd -- using server headers? Although, I guess it would be a hassle to run on a million URLs (bandwidth costs, CPU time costs, etc.)
Maybe allow a user to submit a broken link, check its headers, then allow the user to remap the URL. Potential for abuse? Probably. :/
Maybe allow a user to submit a broken link, check its headers, then allow the user to remap the URL. Potential for abuse? Probably. :/
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Inappropriate?Hi Jhonny,
Yeah - that sort of thing is definitely on the TODO. It's tricky though, because one of the responsibilities of the site is also to have "trustworthy short links"; and when a link changes then that fails.
A user who clicks on a link might not know that the old destination doesn't work anymore anyway.
Checking the links isn't so bad - we already do that when they are created and I have plans to do it regularly to check for viruses and spammy content and such anyway. Almost the only hassle of running the service is dealing with abuse. :-(
I think the feature you suggest will go into the future better management of links when you are a registered user. Maybe even on a separate domain (one of the features on the TODO list is to allow you to use your own domain for the short links).
Anyway, thanks for the suggestion!
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Please consider that 404 depends on the perspective. Maybe you check an URL, but your ISP or ICANN is blocking it. But via an OpenDNS check the URL can be reached. Or the URL has an OpenNIC tld like opennic.glue. For the one it's unreachable, for the others it works.
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