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Usability-wise they're horrible. I'm not so sure it's going to hurt their rankings though. They're using the #! in URL structure to conform with Google's AJAX c
by glasner 16y ago
Usability-wise they're horrible. I'm not so sure it's going to hurt their rankings though. They're using the #! in URL structure to conform with Google's AJAX crawling rules [1] and Google is linking to the pages in the SERPs.
Now they have screwed themselves in an entirely different way. Google has indexed their staging server [2] which is now password protected and outranking their site [3].
[1] http://code.google.com/web/ajaxcrawling/docs/getting-started.html http://code.google.com/web/ajaxcrawling/docs/getting-started...
[2] http://www.google.com/search?q=site:stage.gawker.com http://www.google.com/search?q=site:stage.gawker.com
[3] http://www.google.com/search?q=flubbed+because+she+was+drunk http://www.google.com/search?q=flubbed+because+she+was+drunk
- cfontes 16y agodidn't get that [2] and [3] parts, But the design is so bad that makes me stop going there instantly. Engadget just got a not shared 24/7 user.
- cfontes 16y agoJust got the [2]. [3] still not clear thougt
- glasner 16y agoThe original author says that they won't rank, but the pages are ranking in Google with the #!. The problem is stage.gawker.com is ranking instead of gawker.com. Click the first result in [3] and it will ask you for a username and password.
- glasner 16y agoIt looks like the main domain is ranking for everything but the most random queries. Interesting to see the AJAX crawl in action.