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A zombie in the context of the web is a website that has died or been lost, perhaps due to domain registration neglect, and has been brought back online in a form resembling what it look like before, yet oddly broken, often with spam pages/links added, and sometimes eats a lot of CPU likely due to abusive scripts.
IndieWeb Examples
Unfortunate examples of past IndieWeb sites that died and had their domains repurposed by others:
- kylewm.com — note: "powered by WordPress." when he was previously using his own CMS Red Wind, later Known, and the spate of non-English (Kyle always posted in English) spam keyword and link posts near the bottom, key zombie indications.
Other Examples
- diveintopython.net — possible alternatives: diveintopython3.net, diveintopython.org (Drupal site, could be a clone, or could be a zombie, needs investigation), diveinto.org/python3/table-of-contents.html or check for other mirrors via: https://github.com/diveintomark
- portablecontacts.net
- TUAW.com
- ...
Brainstorming
How to repair
When you find a zombie site related to the IndieWeb, after confirming with folks, and perhaps adding it to the list on this page, replace links to it on the wiki with Internet Archive versions if available.
Articles
- https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2018/01/19/seo-spammers-wearing-a-printout-of-my-face-as-their-mask/
- https://twitter.com/zittrain/status/1395781101650599941
- "We know link rot is a real problem for academic articles and judicial opinions. How about for news articles? Well, @shootingthemess wrote a fascinating piece about how what's found at links in major media articles can be resold (!) for spam and fraud https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/deansterlingjones/links-for-sale-on-major-news-wesbites" @zittrain May 21, 2021