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Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

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PenDuffy - Apr 16, 2004 4:14:39 am PDT #97 of 10001
I need a new tagline.. submissions are accepted.

Do we know that if you google "Wonderfalls" a link to Tim's "We're cancelled" post turns up on the first page?

It is linked a lot so thats not surprising. What if we wrote the webmasters and requested they remove the link and replace it with the text?? Its not like its hot news anymore. Its been two weeks now.


§ ita § - Apr 16, 2004 4:15:00 am PDT #98 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gah!

::returns to drawing board::

eta:

What if we wrote the webmasters and requested they remove the link and replace it with the text??

Won't work. Didn't work for Firefly's cancellation. This is a tech thing I THOUGHT I'd addressed. Last time.


Laura - Apr 16, 2004 4:18:18 am PDT #99 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I might post the vote results a little late. I have to go to a customer’s and set up their DSL router and the VPN so I can work on their system. Supposedly the line is to be installed today. IF Bell South does their thing and all goes well then I will have access from their offices and can test by accessing b.org. If the phone company lets me down, or I have no skilz, then it will be 1-2ish PDT before I post results.

Why does work have to get in the way of Buffista time?


Sue - Apr 16, 2004 4:28:59 am PDT #100 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Gah!

The good news is that there no summary or anything, just this:

www.buffistas.org/showthread.php?thread_id=71&post_id=9310
Similar pages

And it is the last link on the page. If I was searching, (and I didn't know us from Adam) I wouldn't be inclined to click on it.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 16, 2004 4:32:21 am PDT #101 of 10001
What is even happening?

If a bunch of us go click on the other links that google brings up, can we send the Buffista link even further down? ijs


§ ita § - Apr 16, 2004 4:33:05 am PDT #102 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

can we send the Buffista link even further down?

That's not how google works.


Sue - Apr 16, 2004 4:33:29 am PDT #103 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I think it helps more if you link to other things...


Topic!Cindy - Apr 16, 2004 4:33:55 am PDT #104 of 10001
What is even happening?

How, Sue?


Sue - Apr 16, 2004 4:36:16 am PDT #105 of 10001
hip deep in pie

I think that the google ranking has to do partly with how many places link to you, as well as the tendency for people to click on the link. But my understanding is pretty basic.

I know that when people googlebomb, they want people to link to their sites, because that's how they get a higher result on Google.


§ ita § - Apr 16, 2004 4:36:32 am PDT #106 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

By having a web page that google hits that links to other sites with the same search terms.

I really doubt it's worth the effort -- googlebombing takes a lot of effort.