[PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--
Mmmm.  Go there again and try hitting the "Refresh" button to force the 
site to reload.

Metta,
Ivan

Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD wrote:
> I just tried ... and had no difficulty clicking on the link to
> 
> http://gethuman.com/
> 
> and getting to the web page with a long list of how to reach a human being.
> 
> It begins to sound as though there may be a problem with your system, or your ISP?
> 
> Peter Ingerman
> 
> 
> Charles Early wrote:
> 
>> Even, I'm still getting redirected to http://www.kayak.com/.
>>
>> At 12:23 PM 9/11/2007, you wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> And to ad to this, I find http://gethuman.com/ is up and running. And
>>> different from the other two mentioned, BTW. Charles, give it another
>>> try, maybe it was a glitch.
>>>
>>> Even
>>>
>>> On 9/11/07, Frear, Ruth <Ruth.Frear at wolterskluwer.com> wrote:
>>>    
>>>
>>>> Try www.gethuman.org
>>>>
>>>> (It seems to want the www)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
>>>> [mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Charles Early
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:36 AM
>>>> To: list at project-wombat.org
>>>> Subject: [PW] What Happened to gethuman.com?
>>>>
>>>> Some time ago I learned about the useful site http://gethuman.com/.  As
>>>> described in Librarians' Internet Index (2007-02-15):
>>>>
>>>> This website features a list of consumer service telephone numbers and
>>>> tips
>>>> for how to get to speak to a person. The  company lists also include a
>>>> letter grade and are browsable by category, such as automotive, credit,
>>>> finance, insurance, products, and travel. The site includes a
>>>> description
>>>> of how grades are assigned, a blog, and discussion forums. From a
>>>> consumer
>>>> advocate and other volunteers.
>>>> <<
>>>>
>>>> When I tried to visit gethuman a few minutes ago I was redirected to
>>>> http://www.kayak.com/, a travel search engine.  At the moment Google
>>>> still
>>>> has a cached copy of the site retrieved on September 7.  Gethuman and
>>>> Kayak
>>>> were both founded by the same person
>>>> (http://www.behance.com/Featured/Articles/Paul-English-Getting-Human/552
>>>> 4),
>>>> but I don't see any explanation for gethuman's disappearance on the
>>>> Kayak
>>>> site.
>>>>
>>>> This seems odd. Has anybody heard any rumors?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Charles Early
>>>> Library, Code 272                       (301) 286-0887, Fax (301)
>>>> 286-8218
>>>> Goddard Space Flight Center             Charles.T.Early at nasa.gov
>>>> Greenbelt, MD 20771                     Library Associates of Maryland,
>>>> LLC
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>>>> tion.htm
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>> Charles Early
>> Library, Code 272                       (301) 286-0887, Fax (301) 286-8218
>> Goddard Space Flight Center             Charles.T.Early at nasa.gov
>> Greenbelt, MD 20771                     Library Associates of Maryland, LLC
>> *If you have a moment, please fill out our online customer satisfaction 
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