Old URLs, explicit decisions.
Historical paths are reviewed by user intent, rights, safety, and target-level link evidence. Unknown paths do not collapse into the homepage.
| Historical path | Former intent | Evidence | Decision | Current target / reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/analysespider.html | server log and crawler analysis software | 25 referring domains | RESTORE 200 | /analysespider.html |
/ | technical utility homepage | 19 referring domains | RESTORE 200 | / |
/ip2country/lookup.php | IP address lookup | 19 referring domains | REDIRECT 308 | /tools/ip-location |
/ip2country/lookup.html | IP address locator | 6 referring domains | REDIRECT 308 | /tools/ip-location |
/ip2country/country_code.html | international country code list | 7 referring domains | RESTORE 200 | /ip2country/country_code.html |
/ip2country/ip_country.html | commercial IP-country database | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | /guides/ip-geolocation-data |
/geo-targeting/geo-targeting.html | IP-based redirect and restriction scripts | intent reviewed | RESTORE 200 | /geo-targeting/geo-targeting.html |
/download/analysespider.exe | former executable download | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | No software, binary, warranty, or distribution rights transferred. |
/download/flags.zip | former media/data download | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | No rights to former archives, media, or datasets transferred. |
/download.html | former software download page | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | The former software cannot be offered or implied to be available. |
/order.html | former software order page | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | No former product, commerce relationship, or warranty transferred. |
/index.html | homepage variant | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | / |
/contact.html | former contact route | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | /contact |
/ip2country/ | historical IP-to-country directory entry | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | /tools/ip-location |
/ip2country | historical IP-to-country directory variant | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | /tools/ip-location |
/ip2country/IP-COUNTRY-REGION.html | IP country and region information | intent reviewed | REDIRECT 308 | /guides/ip-geolocation-data |
/download | former software download route | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | No former executable, software, warranty, or distribution rights transferred; a generic redirect would be misleading. |
/download/ | former software download directory variant | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | The directory variant belongs to the retired former-software cohort and has no truthful replacement. |
/download.h | malformed former download route | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | The malformed download URL belongs to the retired former-software cohort and has no truthful replacement. |
/lander | registrar or parking lander | intent reviewed | RETIRE 410 | The parking-era route is not part of the current site and has no equivalent destination. |
Decision rules
Restore 200 means the same legitimate user job receives independently written current content or a new tool. Redirect 308 requires a substantially equivalent current destination. 410 is reserved for deliberately retired software, downloads, data, or commerce routes that cannot truthfully return.
This map is implementation evidence, not a claim that every production response has already been verified. Launch remains blocked until the deployed host is checked.