Robozilla is a webcrawler that periodically scans the directory
for broken and outdated links. Robozilla notes when a page has moved
or is not found. Editors can then correct the errors found. Robozilla
error codes are positive numbers greater than 100 or negative numbers.
The positive numbers represent errors in HTTP protocol: Robozilla
was able to talk to the server, but couldn't get to the document.
The negative numbers mean that Robozilla was unable to talk to the
server.
Fixing Errors
To fix an error, the best first step is to click on the link to
make sure it is really dead.
Often a link may have been down for a short period and is now
active again
Sometimes a user will be redirected to a new website and the
appropriate course is to change the URL on the record to reflect
the new address
Sometimes the URL may be typed incorrectly
If the base server URL itself is responding, it's probably
a temporary problem
If the user root doesn't respond, the site may be permanently
gone and deleting the link may be appropriate.
While determining whether the site is still active, move the link
either back to the list of unreviewed sites or to your bookmarks.
Alternatively,
you can move the site to the Test: Robozilla: Reds category, where
the resident editors will attempt to locate the correct URL for
the site. If they are successful, they will move the site back to
its original category. For further details, you may wish to
refer to the document entitled What
should I do about Robozilla Errors?
Last update: 2002-07-11
