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Cleaning up the links

I did some clean up on the links section removing sites that met this criteria:

• Sites not found (404 error).
• Sites that present the host’s default error page, usually sites hosted on Tripod or Geocities.
• Sites that redirect to other sites. If possible I’ve added links to the new site if the content is still related.
• Sites that admittedly report to have closed and left no content.
• Sites that have no accessible content unless logged in.
• Sites that are abandoned and broken or unusable.
• Revamped sites that have content no longer related with my site.
• Sites that are only forums (at least be kind enough to link back to me).
• Myspace sites or similar crap.

This time I didn’t mind if the site has been abandoned. As long as it is there and has some content with some sort of uniqueness, I can keep links to it, for historic purposes at least.

To my surprise many sites of some favorite artist of mine are gone.

As for the many Mega Man sites gone, well, considering the current state of the web, the old format of  mega man site that everybody seemed to copy years ago is no longer appealing. Even back then I couldn’t help to wonder what’s the point of this or that site? On the other side, I’ve been surprised to see many old sites still working and maintained with new content and activities. Kudos!

I even looked for sites that I knew they still were there but had old links pointing to them.

It only took me around ten years to sit down and do this clean up, so don’t expect me to do it again any time sooner.

If you think your site has been unfairly removed, just let me know. Probably I couldn’t find it.

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