[WEB4LIB] RE: Domain name lapsed

[David L. Rodgers]

      Peter Lyman and Hall Varian have statisics that reflect:

              o the average lifespan of a Web page is about 44 days

              o 44% of Web sites found in 1998 could not be found in 1999

      See http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/ 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tripp, Tim" <tim.tripp at uhn.on.ca>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:28 PM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Domain name lapsed


> This seems to be a growing trend.  This is the third instance I've run
> across in the last few months where this has happened.
> 
> The previous one was also this week - a breast cancer information site for
> patients has now gone the same route.  The unfortunate thing is, a
> multimedia publisher we work with to create CD's of patient related cancer
> information was including web links on the CD's, and is now in a quandry as
> to how to deal with this - especially the packaged copies of the discs that
> they've already got in stock...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim
> --
> 
> Tim Tripp 
> Clinical Decision Support, Senior Project Manager
> University Health Network
> Suite 201, 700 Bay Street
> Toronto, ON Canada M5G 1Z6
> http://www.uhn.ca/
> Voice : (416) 340-5266
> Fax : (416) 340-3391
> Work : tim.tripp at uhn.on.ca
> Home : tim at timtripp.com
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glynis Andersson [SMTP:gandersson at bctf.bc.ca]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 12:11 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Domain name lapsed
> > 
> > Just wanted to alert as many as possible that EduRock (www.edurock.com) -
> > known as being a search engine that maintains a database of educational
> > related and family oriented sites is now a very obtrusive porn site. This
> > is very unfortunate as a search in Google indicates many educational
> > institutions are still linking to it. In particular, there are sites that
> > are geared towards children that are still linking to it, e.g. UCLA,
> > Fullerton Children's Center.
> > 
> > Glynis
> > B.C. Teachers' Federation
> > http://www.bctf.bc.ca