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It's not really on-topic, but why do people name their projects with names that are very difficult to find via search engine? I really don't understand this min
by mpd 11y ago
It's not really on-topic, but why do people name their projects with names that are very difficult to find via search engine? I really don't understand this mindset.
- Pharaoh2 11y agoAll projects start that way, mostly because it very hard to invent a new noun for something. Some projects just get really popular and then get high on search rankings for that noun organically.
- mpd 11y agoI get that¸ but naming your project a single word that has tons of pre-existing search results can't be a great idea if you're looking for traction. The average person's (or even programmer's!) Google-fu has always been much worse than I expected, ime.
- glenda 11y agoI don't think this is actually an issue. You can always add context to searches -- rather than searching for just "stevia" you can search for "stevia iOS layout"
- mpd 11y agoI mentioned it in my response to the other reply, but I've found that the average programmer's Google-fu is actually quite poor, and they would not do that subsequent narrowed search.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoDoesn't matter anyway, Google nowadays just ignores some words if it feels like it. Even if you add quotes << "stevia" "iOS" "layout" >> then you're not guaranteed that the pages will have all the words in. Google need a "just show me the results I asked for" button.
- Can_Not 11y agoSometimes you have to add the boolean nots. PHP templates -"WordPress" -"joomla" -"codeignitor" -"drupal"
- danellis 11y agoI guess they don't understand how search engines work, like that dumb company that created the unsearchable programming language Go.
- mpd 11y agoWhich would have been a terrible name if they weren't simultaneously controlling the bully pulpit.
- chrisfosterelli 11y agoI think this has hugely influenced the number of people who refer to it as 'golang' instead of just 'go'. If a query comes up with junk I usually replace 'go' with 'golang'.
- legulere 11y agoEven worse is the tendency to give every subproject a non-descriptive name. E.g. Safari on iOS/OS X This just raises the mental burden and lowers discoverability.