Well I have just updated AoC Wiki's Description a little bit. Let's see how it goes in a week or so. Although getting upwards of 30K pageviews daily now don't think it matters as much :)
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Brian Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Victor ('Daworm') AoCWiki Sysop (http://aoc.wikia.com/)
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