FindParked 1.7 build: 9639 released: 2016-02-26 compiled with: Java 1.8.0_131 Jet jet12.0-pro-x86/1.8.0_131

Check a list of URLs to see if any point to parked sites..

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#FINDPARKED

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Notes:

You must install the Java JRE to use this program.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss/jre.html

This program can only be used from the command prompt, (or via an command
line style icon shortcut) e.g. under Windows command.exe or JPSoft
tcmd.exe, formerly called the DOS box. Just clicking the programs in a
directory listing will not do anything useful. Just typing the program
names at the command prompt will not either.

This program requires a manual install! See below.

This program works with vanilla text files, (e.g. ASCII files or UTF-8
Unicode files). You will need a text editor to create and view them, not a word
processor. e.g. notepad, Visual Slick Edit or other suitable text editor
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/editor.html. You must use a monospaced font
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/monospacedfonts.html (aka fixed pitch, aka
programmer font) to view your files, or they won't look properly aligned.

I put out an avalanche of free software into the world, and submit PAD
files to hundreds of distribution sites, but I rarely hear back from
anyone. What's happening? Does it all just work fine? It is so
complicated nobody can figure out how to use it and they give up on it?
It is it useful? Since everyone has the source, do people just fix the
programs to their liking themselves? Did you have trouble installing? Do
I presume you know too much? I would be happy to hear from you about your
experiences, positive or negative and your requests for improvements. A
one-line email to roedy@mindprod.com would be great.

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labelled non-military use only.
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
All Java jars and source code are included. If you need the class files or Javadoc, you will have to build them yourself. To streamline the zip downloads, class files and Javadoc have been removed.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS that supports Java,
(e.g.W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W2008/W7-32/W7-64/W8-32/W8-64/Linux/LinuxARM/LinuxX86
/LinuxX64/Ubuntu/Solaris/SolarisSPARC/SolarisSPARC64/SolarisX86/SolarisX64/OSX/AIX...)
so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.8 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ -- ticking off the <span class="click">use folder names</span> option.
To run as an application, type:
java.exe %JAVA_OPTIONS -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\findparked\findparked.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.
To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java.exe -ea -jar com/mindprod/findparked/findparked.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

FindParked is a tool to help you find links on your website that point to
a parking site. These will look fine to Xenu or brokenlinks. The site is
no longer functioning. It just has a page of ads.
There are two ways you use it:
1. create a list of URLs in a text or CSV file, and put the name of the
file or files on the command line to FindParked e.g.
java.exe -jar findparked.jar mylist.csv myotherlist.csv
The data must be in the first column of the CSV file. Other columns will
be ignored. The CSV file might sook something like this:
#candidate sites to check
http://www.filerex.com
http://www.filerex.com/user/submitpad.html
http://www.filespack.com
The urls may point to domains or to pages within that domain. Duplicates
to the same domain will be automatically ignored.
2. OR use XENU (see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/xenu.html) to export a list
of URLs your site points to by doing a File / Save Page Map to TAB
separated file, then putting that file name of the command line of
FindParkedInXenu.
You must use a special beta version of xenu available from
http://mindprod.com/zips/xenubeta20121111.zip
that corrects the missing status code.
java.exe -jar findparkedinxenu.jar xenupage.csv
Duplicates will be automatically removed before probing the sites. Like
Xenu, these programs probe many sites at once, but the process is slow
since it has to load the contents of every home page. You would probably
want to run this test perhaps once a month, where you might run
BrokenLinks daily.
The sites it reports may or may not actually be parking sites. You could
examine them manually to confirm. If they are indeed parking sites, there
is not much you can do but delete links to those sites from your website.
FindParked can be fooled by links to sites hosted with an ISP that also
does parking under the same domain name. This is why I ask you to
manually verify any sites it finds.
If you discover parked sites that FindParked does not recognise, please
send me the URLs so I can investigate them and add code to detect them.
FindParked just puts its findings on the console. It intended for a
competent webmaster, not a rank novice. It has no frills.
You can read more about Xenu Link sleuth at:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/xenu.html
You can download it at:
http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
See http://mindprod.com/products1.html#BROKENLINKS
the companion BrokenLinks utility that is also a back end for Xenu
to detect broken and directed links.
Why the no-parking logo? This utility helps you get rid of links to
parking sites.

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Version History:

1.0 2012-05-06 initial version

1.1 2012-05-08 suppress some false alarms

1.2 2012-05-15 add text-link-ads.com

1.3 2012-11-21 convert to new format Xenu files with more accurate status.

1.4 2014-06-25 easier to read output

1.5 2014-07-09 now also searches text in embedded frames for parked markers

1.6 2014-07-12 handles JavaScript redirects, and iframes. Add to lists of parking domains.

1.7 2016-02-26 now supports a list of execptions, that look like they are parked, but are not.

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