I can't agree more!!! It is incredibly frustrating when people renumber; the url entered becomes totally useless. There is absolutely no need, beyond OCD, to renumber. Sites that do not are the sites of choice!
CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using IntelliShare > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:30:16 +0100 > > Ron, > > There is one very good reason for *not* renumbering RINs, if one creates > Pedigree Webpages. These pages use the RIN for the file name eg. on my > website the URL for myself is http://www.fergys.co.uk/genealogy/1.html > (actually I use the .php extension, but for this illustration it does not > matter). > > All search engines, such as Google, use the URL to identify the page > location, i.e. if someone is searching for me they will find that page > (sooner or later!) at the above URL. If the RINs are changed then all > bookmarks which people have made will be rendered invalid, before a search > engine can register the new URL there will be a delay (which may be a long > delay), and thus all the effort which one should have put in promoting the > site and contents will end up being a waste of time. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
