# Why Can't I Get To Job.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218 "2009-12-14T15:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/1 "2009-12-14T15:37:31Z")
[Job.com](http://Job.com) is a job search website that’s referenced in quite a few other job search sites, but for some reason, I am not able to get there. Google shows this as a legitimate site, but I can’t get there even via Google. Can anyone else get to [Job.com](http://Job.com)? Running XP Home and AVG Internet Security. As far as I can tell, AVG does not have this site on a blacklist. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/2 "2009-12-14T15:39:34Z")
I got to the login page with no problem from a Google search. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/3 "2009-12-14T15:41:21Z")
It works fine for me. I just tried. What browser are you using? ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/4 "2009-12-14T15:43:24Z")
Huh! I get “Server not found” on both FF 3.5.5 and IE8. Could it be that my ISP is blocking access? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/5 "2009-12-14T15:52:34Z")
I got there no problem… FF 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.6; my iSP is Rogers in Canada. Can you ping it from a command prompt? (“ping [www.job.com](http://www.job.com)”) Have you checked your hosts file to make sure that “[job.com](http://job.com)” is not being redirected to a null IP address? Have you had malware that may have left an effect on your computer? ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/6 "2009-12-14T16:09:33Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I got there no problem… FF 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.6; my iSP is Rogers in Canada. > > Can you ping it from a command prompt? (“ping [www.job.com](http://www.job.com)”) Have you checked your hosts file to make sure that “[job.com](http://job.com)” is not being redirected to a null IP address? Have you had malware that may have left an effect on your computer? No malware that AVG has spotted. Hosts (C:\I386) has no entries other than “127.0.0.1 localhost” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/7 "2009-12-14T16:12:04Z")
Running Firefox on Vista with AVG installed, and I can get there without a problem. My ISP is Verizon. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/8 "2009-12-14T16:16:40Z")
I’ll tell you, at least in my experiences, [Job.com](http://Job.com) has a lot of bs listings. They’ve had the exact same HR job listing up (company confidential of course) for like this past year, and the job is one of those too-good to be true. 45k starting salary, requires no experience. Here most no experience type jobs start at 30 or lower even. I fell for one of their listings once and all I got was some company calling me asking me if I wanted to “get more education” even though it clearly said I was currently working on a masters degree. So long story short, watch out for phony ass listings there. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/9 "2009-12-14T16:17:07Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I got there no problem… FF 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.6; my iSP is Rogers in Canada. > > Can you ping it from a command prompt? (“ping [www.job.com](http://www.job.com)”) Have you checked your hosts file to make sure that “[job.com](http://job.com)” is not being redirected to a null IP address? Have you had malware that may have left an effect on your computer? Could not ping from command prompt - returns “Ping request could not find host [www.job.com](http://www.job.com). Please check the name and try again.” Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/10 "2009-12-14T16:18:37Z")
I just tried pinging [job.com](http://job.com) and got no response. I remember reading that some hosts disable the ping response. However, the ping command mentioned an IP address (208.17.204.155). Can you get to [http://208.17.204.155/](http://208.17.204.155/) ? On my machine, that also returns the [job.com](http://job.com) website. ```auto pele:~ user$ ping job.com PING job.com (208.17.204.155): 56 data bytes Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 Request timeout for icmp_seq 2 Request timeout for icmp_seq 3 Request timeout for icmp_seq 4 Request timeout for icmp_seq 5 Request timeout for icmp_seq 6 Request timeout for icmp_seq 7 Request timeout for icmp_seq 8 Request timeout for icmp_seq 9 ^C --- job.com ping statistics --- 11 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss ``` ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/11 "2009-12-14T16:21:57Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > I’ll tell you, at least in my experiences, [Job.com](http://Job.com) has a lot of bs listings. They’ve had the exact same HR job listing up (company confidential of course) for like this past year, and the job is one of those too-good to be true. 45k starting salary, requires no experience. Here most no experience type jobs start at 30 or lower even. I fell for one of their listings once and all I got was some company calling me asking me if I wanted to “get more education” even though it clearly said I was currently working on a masters degree. > > So long story short, watch out for phony ass listings there. Understood - I’m wary of quite a few of these sites, and not being able to get to [Job.com](http://Job.com) is not a killer for me, but it’s just annoying that I can’t get there - doubly so now that I know that others have no problem. It seems that my computer is preventing access, but I don’t know why… On preview, YES **Sunspace** , that worked for me - I got there! What’s causing that? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/12 "2009-12-14T16:24:32Z")
Are you on the web at work? It may be blocked by your company. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/13 "2009-12-14T16:26:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Are you on the web at work? It may be blocked by your company. No - at home. The web is wide open to me…except [Job.com](http://Job.com). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/14 "2009-12-14T16:32:11Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > It seems that my computer is preventing access, but I don’t know why… > > On preview, YES **Sunspace** , that worked for me - I got there! What’s causing that? Sounds like there’s a problem with your DNS service. If you’re on the web at work, your company’s network may be refusing to resolve or pass on DNS requests for known job-hunting sites. ---
**Author:** ![Petek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/petek/32/1590_2.png) [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/15 "2009-12-14T17:05:01Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > No malware that AVG has spotted. Hosts (C:\I386) has no entries other than “127.0.0.1 localhost” C:\I386 isn’t the location of the “real” hosts file. Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. Petek ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/16 "2009-12-14T17:11:08Z")
> [@Petek](#): > > C:\I386 isn’t the location of the “real” hosts file. Look in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. > > Petek Didn’t see that one. I checked and it’s the same. The only entry is “127.0.0.1 localhost” ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/17 "2009-12-14T17:19:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I just tried pinging [job.com](http://job.com) and got no response. I remember reading that some hosts disable the ping response. However, the ping command mentioned an IP address (208.17.204.155). I can’t see it via browser, or ping it either. The IP address I’m getting is 208.17.204.128. Wonder if it’s doing some clever-ass DNS stuff where it delivers a different site depending on your locale\* - or whether its DNS listings are all screwed. I’m in the UK. \*Though DNS couldn’t actually do this, could it? ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/18 "2009-12-14T21:21:12Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > No malware that AVG has spotted. Hosts (C:\I386) has no entries other than “127.0.0.1 localhost” The hosts file you want to look at should be in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/19 "2009-12-14T21:43:31Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > The hosts file you want to look at should be in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Tried that at post #16. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218/20 "2009-12-14T21:57:13Z")
Just as an aside, if you want to test from an external location to see if a web site’s up for other people, you can try: [http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-get-to-job-com/521218.md?page=2)