Posted by Dr. Bob on January 27, 2006, at 2:41:01
In reply to Re: blocking ONLY search-engines, posted by finelinebob on January 27, 2006, at 1:52:07
> 1) Dr. Bob -- do you use a robots.txt file and/or robots meta tags?
Not usually, it's OK with me if the whole site gets indexed.
> 2) Reducing the pages indexed can increase the value of pages that do get indexed. Having actual discussions cataloged by Google **may** be of value to certain people at certain times, but you already provide your own means of accessing archives, both through search and through browsing.
Sorry, I don't see how not indexing some pages increases the value of other pages...
Those are separate issues, how people get here in the first place and how they access the archives once they're here. And it's a good question, how many people initially find their way here via post vs. top-level pages.
> 3) Conducting a poll or survey of the search terms that people use to find sites like Babble is one of the most important things that can be done to raise Babble's relevance for search engines. The most typical, common, popular terms that fit with the mission of the site need to appear in as many different types of places -- meta tags, page titles, opening paragraphs, header tags, etc. -- as possible to raise the URL's connection to those terms.
What do you think would be some good terms for meta tags?
> 4) Then there is the "miserable failure" effect...
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> asking anyone who links to this site to use a common phrase or sentence will use the "miserable failure" effect to create a wonderful success.But isn't that kind of putting all your eggs in that one basket?
> as you may have guessed this is what I do for a living.
Thanks for the great input! :-)
Bob
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