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pizidoro said – Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:49:48 -0000 ( Edit Link )

I’m wondering why had you a redirect links for almost all links?

Please look at : http://learnhub.com/lesson/11965-questionar-online

Google docs links are ok but all others gets a redirect link that opens a page with a disclaimer. And none of them open in a new window as stated on the editor.

This is the zoho home page link:

Zoho – http://learnhub.com/redirect?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zoho.com%2F

Does this look like ok as for usability??

We can’t even copy a text with some links and paste to other program has it will be a lot of bad ursl!

If this is not a bug but a feature, I’m very sorry but I will leave this service right now!

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wmoxam said – Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:35:11 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

Basically we have a disclaimer for any site we haven’t whitelisted. It provides a huge deterrent to spammers who cannot use Learnhub as a vehicle for SEO optimization, and it helps protect our users. Other sites do this, including Facebook.

Zoho looks like a good candidate for the whitelist. The other sites in the article I’m not so sure about.

The problem with your document is that you posted the links in the format: “Site name – Link”, rather than just linking the ‘Site Name’ itself. Alternatively, omit the ‘http’ part of the link and the url escaping won’t take effect.
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1. pizidoro said – Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:39:45 -0000 ( Flag Edit Link )
  
  Thank for your answer
  
  Your whitelist its very small I’m afraid. Those links are for webservices that allow users to create online surveys!
  
  I don’t think this is a good solution for anti-spammers, as all legits users gets problems. Can be a minor problem for community sites, but not for elearning sites with web2.0 sites as services.
  
  - As for not using the format: “Site name – Link”, but just linking the ‘Site Name’ itself.
  
  Done that with same result. I don’t want to use the link on the site name because than URLs got lost when someone copy/past into emails in text mode or it gets printed. And my course materials are for people that used to print them.
  
  Note: Removing the http:// part does work indeed but only for the visual aspect (the learnhub redirect links its now hidden)
  
  That gives problems also on subdomains and several blogs
  
  Too bad for me! This site could be useful, back to my wetpaint wiki !
  
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wmoxam said – Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:28:19 -0000 ( Flag Edit Mark / Unmark Best Link )

The visual aspect is the part you seemed to have a problem with (when pasting into emails) and that issue is easily solved. I’m not sure why you feel your articles should be completely exempt from our security measures. Feel free to suggest sites that should be added to our white list. I’m happy to review any URLs that our users feel are respectable and appropriate.
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