Re: [WebDNA] Is a '.webdna' suffix better?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 100861
interpreted = N
texte = On Sep 18, 2008, at 23:54, Psi Prime, Matthew A Perosi wrote:> There's an easy fix for the Google issue Ken just mentioned, and it > also goes back to something I said earlier today about linking back > to www.webdna.us with the phrase "powered by webdna"excellent idea. Dan just did this too (thank you Dan!)> I'm not sure how many of you guys deal with SEO on a daily basis, > but I have a person here that knows a lot about it and I'm currently > running through a 60+ hour training class.>> If we developers are going to link back to www.webdna.us the new > owners should figure out what exact keywords they want us to use.> This afternoon I put this link at the bottom of IJODiamonds.com>>
WebDNA > server side scripting language>> The keywords here are "server side scripting language"> But if we want people to find the new file type the link could be > ".dna scripting language"another good idea.> If enough of us with G.PR4 and above use a link like that we can > correct the Google search within a week or two.>> While we are on the topic of Google and searching for "WebDNA." > Donovan or Christopher, you should see if SMSI would be willing to > contact Google and remove all the cached pages that are still > floating around. Since the smithmicro.com website is not producing > 404 errors, Google will maintain those cached copies for a very long > time. If the SMSI guys are clueless, tell them to contact Google > through the Google Webmaster Tools and request the pages to be > removed.webdna.smithmicro.com is just pointing at dev.webdna.us: SmithMicro kindly changed their IP for our. So, this is our pages.> As for the .webdna extension, I think the idea of a 6 character file > extension is bad and it will confuse people into thinking the > website is a virus or something of the like.agreed.- chris>> Matthew A Perosi |> Psi Prime, Inc. |> http://www.psiprime.com |> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Prime%2C_Inc |> 323 Union Blvd. |> Totowa, NJ 07512 |> P: 973.413.8210 |> F: 973.413.8217 |>>>> Kenneth Grome wrote:>> Since you all seem so interested in this default suffix issue I'm >> going to chime in here:>>>> I just did a Google search for ".dna" only to learn that there's >> not a single mention of WebDNA in the first ten pages -- and my >> pages are set to display 100 hits at a time -- which means WebDNA >> does not appear in the first 1000 Google hits.>> Isn't the point of using a new default suffix so that people who do >> not recognize it will 'get curious' and do a search for it in >> Google or some other web search engine? Or am I missing something >> here?>>>> If you're going to bother changing things, why don't you use the >> full software name as the suffix? The string "webdna" is certainly >> short enough to use in a suffix!>>>> For the above reasons and more I think the new default suffix >> should be ".webdna" ... and that's my two cents!>>>> :)>>>> Sincerely,>> Ken Grome>> --------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list
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On Sep 18, 2008, at 23:54, Psi Prime, Matthew A Perosi wrote:> There's an easy fix for the Google issue Ken just mentioned, and it > also goes back to something I said earlier today about linking back > to www.webdna.us with the phrase "powered by webdna"excellent idea. Dan just did this too (thank you Dan!)> I'm not sure how many of you guys deal with SEO on a daily basis, > but I have a person here that knows a lot about it and I'm currently > running through a 60+ hour training class.>> If we developers are going to link back to www.webdna.us the new > owners should figure out what exact keywords they want us to use.> This afternoon I put this link at the bottom of IJODiamonds.com>> WebDNA > server side scripting language>> The keywords here are "server side scripting language"> But if we want people to find the new file type the link could be > ".dna scripting language"another good idea.> If enough of us with G.PR4 and above use a link like that we can > correct the Google search within a week or two.>> While we are on the topic of Google and searching for "WebDNA." > Donovan or Christopher, you should see if SMSI would be willing to > contact Google and remove all the cached pages that are still > floating around. Since the smithmicro.com website is not producing > 404 errors, Google will maintain those cached copies for a very long > time. If the SMSI guys are clueless, tell them to contact Google > through the Google Webmaster Tools and request the pages to be > removed.webdna.smithmicro.com is just pointing at dev.webdna.us: SmithMicro kindly changed their IP for our. So, this is our pages.> As for the .webdna extension, I think the idea of a 6 character file > extension is bad and it will confuse people into thinking the > website is a virus or something of the like.agreed.- chris>> Matthew A Perosi |> Psi Prime, Inc. |> http://www.psiprime.com |> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psi_Prime%2C_Inc |> 323 Union Blvd. |> Totowa, NJ 07512 |> P: 973.413.8210 |> F: 973.413.8217 |>>>> Kenneth Grome wrote:>> Since you all seem so interested in this default suffix issue I'm >> going to chime in here:>>>> I just did a Google search for ".dna" only to learn that there's >> not a single mention of WebDNA in the first ten pages -- and my >> pages are set to display 100 hits at a time -- which means WebDNA >> does not appear in the first 1000 Google hits.>> Isn't the point of using a new default suffix so that people who do >> not recognize it will 'get curious' and do a search for it in >> Google or some other web search engine? Or am I missing something >> here?>>>> If you're going to bother changing things, why don't you use the >> full software name as the suffix? The string "webdna" is certainly >> short enough to use in a suffix!>>>> For the above reasons and more I think the new default suffix >> should be ".webdna" ... and that's my two cents!>>>> :)>>>> Sincerely,>> Ken Grome>> --------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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