Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2011
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 106109
interpreted = N
texte = Matt, You are correct. Since the domain is .us it's automatically set to "United States" https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=62399&hl=en Another project of mine is to contact the owners of the other "webdna" domains and see what we can work out given that we have a Federal US trademark on "WebDNA" dating back to 1997, but since there hasn't been any real effort to protect the mark, I don't really expect to get optimum results here. -Dan -------------------------------------------------- From: "Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi "
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:44 AM To: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 > I'm not sure how much everyone on this list knows about search engine > optimization... Although I can now claim creation of 3 different CMS' I > now spend most of my time monitoring my server room for SEO ideas and > analysis, and I spend a lot of time reading and learning. All this > knowledge is put to use at public speaking gigs, article writing, eBooks > and a few physical books I am about to publish. > > I've never analyzed how WSC would, or should, show up in Google, but the > Germany hosting mentioned below is a problem. > > I do see that one Google Webmaster Tools account has claimed ownership of > webdna.us. Within the GWT account there is a setting to indicate what > country you want to market your website to. GWT has this feature because > in previous years Google would only show websites in the SERP according to > the TLD and country of the host IP address. Websites were ranked lower if > the TLD and the IP address didn't match. As hosting became available > worldwide this became an issue so Google gave us the ability to choose > target countries so the IP address variable could be overridden. > > However, there is a problem which has been well covered in Google videos > and at Google live seminars. The selected country in the GWT account is > not guaranteed. The only way to guarantee targeting a specific country is > to host your website within that country. If, within the GWT account you > do select United States then you suddenly vastly lower your ranking in all > the other English speaking countries. > > I stuck with WebDNA a few years ago because I strongly believed it would > not go away. Whatever the future marketing plan is for WSC there should > be a serious consideration for hosting different versions of the site in > different countries. And if you do take this step I can offer a > registration address in France when you go for the .fr domain name. > > Matt > > > > On 1/22/2011 1:05 PM, Dan Strong wrote: >> Also, I'm pretty sure the site is hosted in Germany (209.236.238.140 - >> http://www.infosniper.net/index.php?ip_address=209.236.238.140 ), and for >> us in the USA, it does seem to add a few extra milliseconds to the hops >> to get there, but as I said, for me, it's negligible. Mirroring the site >> in the USA, I think, would be a good idea, but we've never discussed it. >> > > -- > Matthew A Perosi > Computer Engineer > Senior Web Developer > SEO Analyst& Educator > > Psi Prime, Inc. > 323 Union Blvd. > Totowa, NJ 07512 > > Service: 973.413.8211 > Training: 973.413.8214 > Fax: 973.413.8217 > > http://www.psiprime.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >
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Matt, You are correct. Since the domain is .us it's automatically set to "United States" https://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=62399&hl=en Another project of mine is to contact the owners of the other "webdna" domains and see what we can work out given that we have a Federal US trademark on "WebDNA" dating back to 1997, but since there hasn't been any real effort to protect the mark, I don't really expect to get optimum results here. -Dan -------------------------------------------------- From: "Psi Prime Inc, Matthew A Perosi " Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 10:44 AM To: Subject: Re: [WebDNA] Serial numbers and pricing for WebDNA 7.0 > I'm not sure how much everyone on this list knows about search engine > optimization... Although I can now claim creation of 3 different CMS' I > now spend most of my time monitoring my server room for SEO ideas and > analysis, and I spend a lot of time reading and learning. All this > knowledge is put to use at public speaking gigs, article writing, eBooks > and a few physical books I am about to publish. > > I've never analyzed how WSC would, or should, show up in Google, but the > Germany hosting mentioned below is a problem. > > I do see that one Google Webmaster Tools account has claimed ownership of > webdna.us. Within the GWT account there is a setting to indicate what > country you want to market your website to. GWT has this feature because > in previous years Google would only show websites in the SERP according to > the TLD and country of the host IP address. Websites were ranked lower if > the TLD and the IP address didn't match. As hosting became available > worldwide this became an issue so Google gave us the ability to choose > target countries so the IP address variable could be overridden. > > However, there is a problem which has been well covered in Google videos > and at Google live seminars. The selected country in the GWT account is > not guaranteed. The only way to guarantee targeting a specific country is > to host your website within that country. If, within the GWT account you > do select United States then you suddenly vastly lower your ranking in all > the other English speaking countries. > > I stuck with WebDNA a few years ago because I strongly believed it would > not go away. Whatever the future marketing plan is for WSC there should > be a serious consideration for hosting different versions of the site in > different countries. And if you do take this step I can offer a > registration address in France when you go for the .fr domain name. > > Matt > > > > On 1/22/2011 1:05 PM, Dan Strong wrote: >> Also, I'm pretty sure the site is hosted in Germany (209.236.238.140 - >> http://www.infosniper.net/index.php?ip_address=209.236.238.140 ), and for >> us in the USA, it does seem to add a few extra milliseconds to the hops >> to get there, but as I said, for me, it's negligible. Mirroring the site >> in the USA, I think, would be a good idea, but we've never discussed it. >> > > -- > Matthew A Perosi > Computer Engineer > Senior Web Developer > SEO Analyst& Educator > > Psi Prime, Inc. > 323 Union Blvd. > Totowa, NJ 07512 > > Service: 973.413.8211 > Training: 973.413.8214 > Fax: 973.413.8217 > > http://www.psiprime.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > Bug Reporting: support@webdna.us >
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