Thanks John -- looking forward to learning more. BG
On May 20, 2008, at 2:52 PM, JohnQ wrote: > I like the idea to make this linkable from Special:WebTools... that > makes it more accessible for admins. As for seo, we've heard the > main benefit is increasing click-thru rate on a wiki's links on a > search result page (rather than raising a wiki's position in the > results) ... but we'll know more soon as we get our own measurements > on this. > > Thanks, > John Q. > > > Brian Grove wrote: >> This is awesome -- I wonder how we "productize" it. >> >> Here's a couple thoughts. >> >> Maybe once we learn SEO tips we suggest an optimized set of >> keywords to include. We also link to this MediaWiki:Description in >> the WebTools report. >> >> We take an active/inactive role in getting this changed: >> >> 1) Inactive Wikis with many pages: we go ahead and change the >> description based upon SEO best practices. >> 2) Active wikis with many pages: suggest changes to this file with >> SEO best practices. >> 3) New Wikis: make this a first suggestion >> >> All wikis -- add the ability to change this file. Have link within >> the WebTools SEO report. http://hotrod.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Webtools >> >> I'm assuming this is highly SEO valuable. I'm also assuming adding >> more keywords+readable does more good than harm in helping the rank >> plus search users to choose your wiki vs. other results in search. >> >> BG >> >> Danny Horn wrote: >> >>> I should explain the MediaWiki:Description feature -- it's a cool >>> new thing, but it's a lot better if people customize it. >>> >>> When main pages show up in Google results, they sometimes have odd >>> text showing as the description. Keywords for the topic of the >>> wiki sometimes appear in boxes and templates on the main page, >>> rather than plain text, so what Google shows can be somewhat random. >>> >>> MediaWiki:Description is a way for wikis to customize what Google >>> uses as the description for the main page. Right now, it's set to >>> a bland default: "{{SITENAME}} is a database that anyone can edit." >>> >>> Admins can edit that page to expand the description, up to 150 >>> characters. It would be great if the description included search >>> terms that you'd expect people to use when they're looking for >>> your site. >>> >>> Here's a few examples: >>> >>> * Doctor Who Wiki is a database that anyone can edit, covering >>> Doctor Who episodes, characters and monsters, including the Daleks >>> and Cybermen. >>> >>> * Muppet Wiki is a database about Jim Henson's work that anyone >>> can edit, including episode and character guides to The Muppet >>> Show and Sesame Street. >>> >>> * Dofus Wiki is a database that anyone can edit, with articles on >>> quests, guilds, and everything Dofus! >>> >>> So folks can go ahead and edit that on your wikis, and make it >>> interesting or useful or whatever you'd like. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I can't help with the question about non-ASCII >>> characters... Maybe someone else can? >>> >>> >>> -- Danny >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Jesús Martínez <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> om <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> I found a new feature: The contents of >>> [[MediaWiki:Description]] will >>> be placed inside the content of the <meta >>> name="description" ... > tag >>> of the main page of a Wiki. That description should be shown on >>> search >>> engines, but only when the main page appears in the results. >>> >>> But, it doesn't support non-ASCII characters so non-english wikis >>> would probably have strange characters on it. >>> >>> As an example, "é" turns into é�¾, and "ñ" into á�¾ >>> >>> Encoding such characters as entities -- like é or >>> ñ -- >>> does not work because they are double-encoded: é turns >>> into >>> &eacute; >>> >>> A fix for that would be greatly appreciated! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >> > Brian Grove [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
