I'm happy to report that dbi.perl.org is now the top result on google for "DBI". Many thanks to all who have helped.
As an extra bonus, google now adds: Category: Computers > Programming > Languages > Perl > Database http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Perl/Database/?tc=1 above the search results. Tim. On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:06:06PM +0000, Tim Bunce wrote: > I did a search for "dbi" on google a couple of weeks ago and it > returned these entries as the first few results: > > Perl Database Info > www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/ > > (www.symbolstone.org is now being domain squatted) > > Hermetic A - HermeticA - hermetica.com > www.hermetica.com/ > > (www.hermetica.com is also being domain squatted) > > Dbi > Description: Official site includes documentation, mailing list information, and > demonstrations. > Category: Computers > Programming > Languages > Perl > Database > dbi.symbolstone.org/ > > (dbi.symbolstone.org is being domain squatted) > > perl.com: A Short Guide to DBI [Oct. 22, 1999] > www.perl.com/pub/1999/10/DBI.html > > DBI Mailing Lists > www.fugue.com/dbi > > (very old page with very out of date information) > > Only one out of the top five is valid, and that's to a four year > old article (albeit a good one by MJD)! This is far from ideal. > > Google is returning these results because lots of other web pages > contain those old links. Fortunately Google makes it easy to search > for the pages that contain these old links: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=link:www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/ > http://www.google.com/search?q=link:www.hermetica.com > http://www.google.com/search?q=link:dbi.symbolstone.org > http://www.google.com/search?q=link:www.fugue.com/dbi > > I'd appreciate it if you could look through the results of > those searches and help change any that can be changed. > > Obviously you can ignore things like mailing list archives. > But there are lots of random web pages around the world that > have these old links. If you maintain any them please update them. > But even if you don't maintain any, perhaps you could send a polite > email to those who do asking that the old links be fixed. > > All links should simply point to http://dbi.perl.org - that's > the DBI's home page and will always have upto date links on it. > > Recently updated (partly to conform with the current perl.org 'house > style' and new maintainance tools) it contains all the key links to > DBI information and, over time, will grow to include more features. > > Obviously I'd like dbi.perl.org to be the top result when searching > for "dbi"! > > > Please direct any questions/comments/suggestions etc about the > http://dbi.perl.org contents to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please also join me in thanking Ilya Sterin for looking after it now, > and to Terrence Brannon for looking after it before him, and both for > putting up with a long transition. Thanks also to Robert Spier and > Ask Bjoern Hansen, the hardworking and largely unsung heroes behind > almost all the *.perl.org sites and services. > > Tim. > > p.s. Update: Ted Lemon has changed www.fugue.com/dbi to return a > redirect to dbi.perl.org now. But pages refering to www.fugue.com/dbi > still need fixing. I've emailed a few sites like perl.com that had > old links. Please check pages haven't been updated before emailing > the maintainers - and please be polite when you do email them! > Thank you!
