Is it just me or is the <. in collatzv unnecessary? (I'm referring to http://jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Collatz%20Conjecture)
Cheers, Mike On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote: > Since material related to J is mostly concentrated on jsoftware.com, I've > sometimes found it more fruitful to use the J wiki's built-in search > engine rather than Google. For example, try typing "Collatz" into the > search box at the top-right corner on any J wiki page, and hit "text" (not > "titles", that's almost always way too restrictive, though in this > particular case it would work ok). > > However, in this case, I actually typed [Collatz site:jsoftware.com] into > Google (where the []s represent Google's search box, and shouldn't be > taken literally as part of the search terms). That usually works well too > (sometimes better than the Wiki's built-in search), but in this case it > only worked because I knew what I was looking for, and I knew it actually > existed on the site. Because, when I tried it, while the Essay in > question was actually the first result returned, what I actually saw was: > > Source - Jsoftware > jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Collatz%20ConjectureJ > A description for this result is not available because of this site's > robots.txt – learn more > > Where "Source - Jsoftware" would usually be the title of the linked page, > and the only way I knew this result was actually the essay I sought was > the URL below that, which included the words "Collatz Conjecture". > > Someone should probably look into this [1]: SERPs (and, by implication) SEO > is the internet's analog to one's storefront. Bloomingdales probably > wouldn't be doing so well if they blacked out all their window displays > and wrote "Macy's" on them. > > -Dan > > [1] Starting with http://www.jsoftware.com/robots.txt as Google's > complaint > suggests) > > ----- Original Message --------------- > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Memoizing (Project Euler problem 14) > From: mvillarino <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 18:30:58 +0200 > To: [email protected] > > 2014-08-04 14:12 GMT+02:00 Dan Bron <[email protected]>: > > If you're OK with spoilers, have you seen Roger's Collatz Conjecture > essay > > on the Wiki? > > > > http://jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Collatz%20Conjecture > > > > ? I googled for information on a J spoiler... but no, I haven't found it. > Thanks a lot !!! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
