- From: Patrick D'Souza <pdsouza@about.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:51:16 -0400
- To: PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com>
- CC: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <51763D74.3040700@about.com>
Then /s/ it is, unless we have some other favorite character :) On 04/23/2013 03:48 AM, PhistucK wrote: > w/ is for internal/administrative MediaWiki pages, I would not use it. > > > ☆*PhistucK* > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Patrick D'Souza <pdsouza@about.com > <mailto:pdsouza@about.com>> wrote: > > I agree. How about using webplatform.org/w/some-short-thing > <http://webplatform.org/w/some-short-thing>? /w/ is Disallowed in > robots.txt although I'm not sure when and why that rule was put in > place. > > - Patrick > > > On 04/23/2013 03:40 AM, PhistucK wrote: >> I think webplatform.org/some-short-thing >> <http://webplatform.org/some-short-thing> is too simple and can >> be problematic. >> It would be better if we at least prefix it somehow - >> webplatform.org/ <http://webplatform.org/>_s/_some-short-thing >> That would also be easier to disallow in robots.txt. >> >> >> >> ☆*PhistucK* >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 <tel:2013> at 10:16 AM, Patrick D'Souza >> <pdsouza@about.com <mailto:pdsouza@about.com>> wrote: >> >> We could prevent any short links being indexed under >> webplatform.org <http://webplatform.org> by Disallowing it in >> robots.txt. This way we can continue to use the url shortener >> in slides etc without it being indexed. >> >> On 04/23/2013 03:11 AM, Doug Schepers wrote: >> >> Hi, Patrick- >> >> As much as I appreciate Frozenice's many contributions, I >> feel the same way about this particular issue. >> >> Before the launch, I bought the wpd.cc domain for the >> same purpose, but I was afraid of just this, that it >> would get indexed, so I didn't really promote it. I >> wasn't sure that it would be harmful; I'm glas that >> someone with SEO skills can speak definitively about it. >> >> Lea pointed out earlier that Twitter has a fixed length >> for all links, so the shortener isn't needed there, and >> in fact they use their own shortener, so it would be >> doubly-redirected. >> >> I do like the idea of shortlinks like >> webplatform.org/apis/canvas >> <http://webplatform.org/apis/canvas> to >> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/apis/canvas, for links >> in slides, etc. If Frozenice were to install his >> shortener on webplatform.org <http://webplatform.org>, >> would that still hurt SEO? >> >> Regards- >> -Doug >> >> >> On 4/23/13 2:59 AM, Patrick D'Souza wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> It has been brought to my notice that wpd.mx >> <http://wpd.mx> has been setup as a url >> shortener for webplatform.org >> <http://webplatform.org> urls. for e.g. >> wpd.mx/apis/canvas <http://wpd.mx/apis/canvas> 301s to >> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/apis/canvas. >> <http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/apis/canvas> >> >> This url has been indexed by Google and I don't like >> the thought of >> different urls pointing to the same content when a >> user is searching for >> canvas in a search engine. It dilutes the positive >> effects of a >> webplatform.org <http://webplatform.org> url. >> >> Sorry to be a little picky but we should avoid all >> such short urls which >> confuse a user and in turn result in duplicate >> content being served to >> search engines. I see the benefit of a url shortener >> as it can be useful >> in social media campaigns as well as brand promotion for >> webplatform.org <http://webplatform.org>. I propose >> we use this url shortener on webplatform.org >> <http://webplatform.org> >> itself for e.g. webplatform.org/font-size >> <http://webplatform.org/font-size> which would >> redirect to >> docs.webplatform.org/css/properties/font-size >> <http://docs.webplatform.org/css/properties/font-size>. >> Every 301 is one >> additional request for a user which is not good in >> terms of performance. >> I would appreciate if we avoid 301s as far as >> possible unless it's >> absolutely required. Always, keep it simple :) >> >> Any thoughts and feedback are much appreciated. >> >> - Patrick >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Patrick D'Souza Developer, Metrics About.com | Do more 1500 >> Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 AIM: padsouza >> >> > > -- > Patrick D'Souza Developer, Metrics About.com | Do more 1500 > Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 AIM: padsouza > > -- Patrick D'Souza Developer, Metrics About.com | Do more 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 AIM: padsouza
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