On 05/01/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dag Wieers</b> <<a href="mailto:dag@centos.org">dag@centos.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Ned Slider wrote:<br> <br> <snip><br> ><br> > Personally, I'd prefer to see the title of the thread/post followed by<br> > the source returned for a search. So when googling "best Linux" the<br>
> searcher may get the following results:<br> ><br> > Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS forums<br> > Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS Wiki<br> > Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS Mailing List<br>
><br> > etc<br> ><br> > Now, if we could just do something about those URGENT - PLEASE HELP!!!<br> > threads for which google returns 474,000 hits (not all of which are on<br> > centos!)<br> <br>While I am mostly for removing as much as possible from the page title<br>
except the subject. I think there is a lot of value to still keep the<br> CentOS-4, CentOS-5 identifier.</blockquote><div><br>As one who consistently and conscientiously reads *every* forum post, in reverse chronological order, every day of the year it is important -- to me -- that I have a visible indication of the CentOS version before I even open the thread (to read the post(s)).<br>
<br>My reason for stating this point? So that a decision is not made to change the working (& structure) of the fora just to increase the CentOS page rankings, returned by a search engine, without giving serious consideration to the users of the fora.</div>
</div><br>Alan.<br>