Search spiders are "text browsers". Compare where the content starts on Monaco vs Monobook: Viewing http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Community_portal without javascript, images or CSS:
Monaco: http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wikiacpmonacocn1.png Monobook: http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wikiacpmonobookin6.png -Jesús 2008/10/4 George Pribul wrote: > Heya, > > I noticed your message earlier on IRC :) I brought up the issue with Wikia > briefly, though in the context of mobile browsing. I think it's a fair > point, as mobile browser usage is ever increasing, and Monaco isn't perfect > for small screens and simple browsers. Assuming you're not going to do a lot > of editing from such browsers, one workaround for the moment is to set up a > second account with your prefs set on a simple skin, to save you changing it > each time you visit. > > Do many people use text only browsers? What kind of situations? > > Regards, > George (Kirkburn) > > > > > > 2008/10/4 James Twyford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Have the monaco designers looked at how pages look in a text-mode >> browser (I'm using elinks) as compared to monobook? >> >> Picking some random article while logged out: >> http://www.wowwiki.com/Ashbringer[?useskin=monobook]. In Monobook, 21 >> pages... In Monaco: 32. Actual article content: 18 pages. (1 page is >> 24 rows of 80 characters, a standard terminal window size) >> >> I know this is the reason the for the blind wikis are still using >> monobook (or they were the last time I heard about it), but is there >> any plan to fix this? Especially the two pages of cruft before page >> content. I'd like to think this would help the almighty page rank >> too... Less junk on the page certainly makes the job easier for the >> spiders. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -james >> -- >> Live or die trying. >> Get Firefox! http://www.getfirefox.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
