Do our thread names google? I guess they would, huh.
Freaky: If you google "Minearverse," we're not the first site that comes up. But they are talking about us.
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
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Jesse - Apr 09, 2004 8:57:16 am PDT #3809 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
tina f. - Apr 09, 2004 9:00:57 am PDT #3810 of 10289
Freaky: If you google "Minearverse," we're not the first site that comes up. But they are talking about us.
I just did the same thing. But if you google "Getting his words out" we don't come up at all and I went four pages in. And "YExpirationDateMV" gets no hits at all. Point being: it's the TM that is googleable - if we come up with something non-M it should be OK, I would think.
I am pro Wonderfalls spoiler thread.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 09, 2004 9:01:25 am PDT #3811 of 10289
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frank, I think Googlability is the issue.
Not sure I follow. The Googlability is a bad thing, right? So wouldn't we want a more obscure name for the thread? on edit - OK, I get it now. smacks forhead
It also occurred to me that a spoiler thread is going to draw those seeking copies of the unaired episodes like a swarm of locusts. That's something to consider.
Lyra Jane - Apr 09, 2004 9:03:01 am PDT #3812 of 10289
Up with the sun
I am also pro-WF thread.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2004 9:03:09 am PDT #3813 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think the idea is that we want the thread, but we really really don't want to come up when someone googles "wonderfalls spoilers."
tina f. - Apr 09, 2004 9:03:14 am PDT #3814 of 10289
It also occurred to me that a spoiler thread is going to draw those seeking copies of the unaired episodes like a swarm of locusts.
But that is already happening. I was about to say it can't get much worse and then ... well, that will mean it will, so. I'll just stick with the first sentence.
Lyra Jane - Apr 09, 2004 9:06:12 am PDT #3815 of 10289
Up with the sun
It also occurred to me that a spoiler thread is going to draw those seeking copies of the unaired episodes like a swarm of locusts.
That is why people want an obscure name, I think.
Could we have something about that in the thread header? E.g., Please do not post here looking for copies. Posts requesting copies will be edited or deleted.
(Or whatever --I'm not sure about the edit/deletia need.)
Jessica - Apr 09, 2004 9:14:47 am PDT #3816 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
As I understand it, Google works by counting words used in links. In sense-making terms: if enough people have linked to that thread as Minearverse, then "Minearverse," as a Google search term will point to that thread. (Which is how Googlehackers got "miserable failure" pointed to whitehouse.gov for however long that lasted.)
I'm guessing that we're the only people linking to that thread with the terms "Getting His Words Out"
So whatever we call the WF Spoilers thread, the title will be a Googleable set of search terms for getting there. The slug, nsm.
Kristen - Apr 09, 2004 9:15:36 am PDT #3817 of 10289
I would like to call the thread Janet. Or possibly Snowy Owl Love Killer. But the Janet makes me laugh. Every. Time.
Allyson - Apr 09, 2004 9:16:17 am PDT #3818 of 10289
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
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