On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Alan Bartlett wrote: > On 05/01/2009, Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Ned Slider wrote: >> >> <snip> >>> >>> Personally, I'd prefer to see the title of the thread/post followed by >>> the source returned for a search. So when googling "best Linux" the >>> searcher may get the following results: >>> >>> Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS forums >>> Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS Wiki >>> Is it true that CentOS is the best Linux ever? - CentOS Mailing List >>> >>> etc >>> >>> Now, if we could just do something about those URGENT - PLEASE HELP!!! >>> threads for which google returns 474,000 hits (not all of which are on >>> centos!) >> >> While I am mostly for removing as much as possible from the page title >> except the subject. I think there is a lot of value to still keep the >> CentOS-4, CentOS-5 identifier. > > > 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)). > > 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. I don't know why everyone seems to think we are going to change *ANYTHING* to the way the forums work. The only thing I asked to consider is changing the page title. Something a forum user would not even notice because that is *NOT* what they see anywhere, unless in your tab. And now all your tabs look like: "www.centos.org -" (if you can see that many characters) I don't see any compelling reason to keep it that way... And I am not asking for this to improve the page ranking. I am asking for this because otherwise everybody using Google to find solutions is blind for what a certain topic is until he opens the page. And that is plain silly and will not attract a lot of users, let alone help them find what he needs. I thought my examples were pretty obvious, but I guess the whole thread scared people into forgetting the examples ? Maybe ? Can you please try to google for "CentOS Wireless site:www.centos.org" and tell me which link you prefer without clicking through. It is simply impossible since all the titles contain no valuable information to differentiate. Search Results 1. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 4 - Hardware Support - Intel ... 2. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 5 - Networking Support - CentOS 5 3. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 5 - Hardware Support - Hawking ... 4. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 4 - Hardware Support - Intel ... 5. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 4 - Networking Support - intel ... 6. www.centos.org - Forums - CentOS 5 - General Support - Getting ... How very *NOT* useful. -- -- dag wieers, dag at centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]