[Bf-docboard] Redirecting old 2.3 docs: help needed!

[Raindrops From Sky]

oops- forgot to sign my name...


-Regards,
Narayan

On 11/3/11, Raindrops From Sky <raindrops.fromsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not simply retire the old pages, rather than this exercise? Once
> the old 2.3 pages are out of the way, the users will quickly find find
> the new wiki pages. More hits on the new pages means their rankings
> will dramatically.
>
> The problem with SEO rating of the new pages is, the rate of change is
> slow (see Wiki>New pages). If these pages are changed more frequently,
> there will be more hits from the REPEAT users, and consequently the
> Google rating would quickly shoot up.
>
> We cannot expect people top write content in the older branches. So
> why not simply archive the old branches (if anyone wants to refer to
> the old stuff, he/she can always download and unzip the content.)
>
> Simply copy the previous content to the latest branch page and add a
> HatNote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote) that this
> content is based on old version x.xx; and may be outdated. After that,
> all the old pages can be retired immediately. Since all users can see
> only the LATEST version in wiki, they will focus on that page, leading
> a robust rate of change (and better SEO ratings).
>
> ****
> Another issue is to the Description meta tags are missing in the new
> pages. Adding them will improve the ratings of the new pages on its
> own; without having to piggy-ride on the back of the more popular old
> pages.
>
> Just my two cents...
>
> On 11/2/11, mindrones <mindrones at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> errata corrige. Below is the double mapping I was referring to:
>>
>> http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/p86.html
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Introduction
>> --
>> http://www.blender.org/documentation/htmlI/c94.html
>> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Introduction
>>
>>
>> (2 html pages pointing to the same wiki page)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Luca
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