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I have exactly this problem. Beej's Guide to Network Programming is indexed just fine. Beej's Guide to C won't index. The automated tool says it's in violation

by beej71 4y ago

I have exactly this problem. Beej's Guide to Network Programming is indexed just fine. Beej's Guide to C won't index. The automated tool says it's in violation of some unnamed rule, but I can't figure out which. There's zero SEO, tracking, or ads, and the content is educational and G-rated. All the other guides index just fine. I asked for a review and they came back with the same ambiguous message. Eventually I just gave up. Recently I split the C guide in two. I'll have to check to see if that made any difference. But it left a bad taste, and now I don't trust Bing or DDG to provide complete results. Google's overrun with spam, but at least my stuff actually shows up on Startpage.

KRAKRISMOTT 4y ago
It is interesting since Beej's guide is probably the most famous C/Unix programming tutorial after K&R.
- abdullah2993 4y ago
  Whats K&R?
  - jinwoo68 4y ago
    Kernighan & Ritchie: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernig...
  - sigio 4y ago
    http://cslabcms.nju.edu.cn/problem_solving/images/c/cc/The_C_Programming_Language_%282nd_Edition_Ritchie_Kernighan%29.pdf http://cslabcms.nju.edu.cn/problem_solving/images/c/cc/The_C...
- beej71 4y ago
  I don't know if I'd go _that_ far. There are a lot of great books out there. But I'm pretty sure mine is the greatest that you can't pay money for. ;)
  - wan_ala 4y ago
    The statement isn't too far from the truth ngl. I think it'd probably be in the top 10 most famous C guides out there.
    - TeMPOraL 4y ago
      C? I don't know, I never heard of it. Network programming guide, on the other hand, is arguably the most famous out there.
      - beej71 4y ago
        Well, when you search for the C guide, for the love of God, don't use DDG. ;)
        mharig 4y ago
        beej.us/guide is the first hit
        beej71 4y ago
        Unfortunately beej.us/guide/bgc is not.
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et-al 4y ago
Could it be due to some overly zealous prude filter and the unfortunate coincidence that "beej" is American slang for blowjob (oral sex)?
- michaelmrose 4y ago
  Actually outright porn is indexed you know or so I hear.
  - irrational 4y ago
    Porn is one thing, the word Beej is quite another. I wish this was a joke.
  - SonOfLilit 4y ago
    Indexed, but only returned if the search query was explicitly and unambiguously about porn.
    - frickinLasers 4y ago
      Not true, I've had pages of x-rated results with SafeSearch on, with DDG and Bing, a couple of times. The search only needs to be sufficiently weird. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31334670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31334670
      - SonOfLilit 4y ago
        Where "weird" involves words like "licking" and "party" (not saying it's not a bug, just that it's a statistics vs actual language understanding bug in a feature and not absence of that feature). I bet there's no way to compose all of the words "spatula", "serotonin", "pion" and "deconstruction" along with words like is/a/an/of/how/what/when that would turn safe search off, despite any query of this format would pretty weird.
- Johnny555 4y ago
  That's pretty obscure slang, I'm American and have never heard it.
mprime1 4y ago
My hero! Thank you for your work. (Yes, not adding much insightful conversation. I don’t care if I get downvoted.)
daflip 4y ago
i assume you have >0 backlinks to the site?
- lelanthran 4y ago
  > i assume you have >0 backlinks to the site? I always wondered about this. What exactly is a backlink, and why should I need one?
  - sethhochberg 4y ago
    Some other website linking to your website. The general premise is that if other sites with some known reputation are linking to you, you have a bit more credibility than a completely isolated site that nobody else references.
  - vgel 4y ago
    Backlinks are links to your website used by algorithms like PageRank^1 to weight how important your site is. Roughly speaking, more links, especially from sites with their own high pagerank = higher rank. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
- beej71 4y ago
  Some rando backlink checker says it's about 1300.
cyberpunk 4y ago
Wow it's beej. I owe you rather a lot of beers, Guide to Network Programming is directly responsible for my entire career. Sorry for the low value post! :}
- beej71 4y ago
  Entire career? That's pretty high praise... Well, if you're ever in Bend, OR drop me a DM and I'll start to collect. :)
richardjam73 4y ago
It seems to show up for me. Perhaps it is fixed now. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=c+guide+stdalign&t=ffab&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=c+guide+stdalign&t=ffab&ia=web brings up your guide as the 6th result.
- beej71 4y ago
  I have to add "beej" to the search, and then it hits my C Library Reference Guide. But the C Tutorial Guide is nowhere to be found. :(

by beej71 4y ago

KRAKRISMOTT 4y ago

It is interesting since Beej's guide is probably the most famous C/Unix programming tutorial after K&R.

abdullah2993 4y ago
Whats K&R?
- jinwoo68 4y ago
  Kernighan & Ritchie: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernig...
- sigio 4y ago
  http://cslabcms.nju.edu.cn/problem_solving/images/c/cc/The_C_Programming_Language_%282nd_Edition_Ritchie_Kernighan%29.pdf http://cslabcms.nju.edu.cn/problem_solving/images/c/cc/The_C...
beej71 4y ago
I don't know if I'd go _that_ far. There are a lot of great books out there. But I'm pretty sure mine is the greatest that you can't pay money for. ;)
- wan_ala 4y ago
  The statement isn't too far from the truth ngl. I think it'd probably be in the top 10 most famous C guides out there.
  - TeMPOraL 4y ago
    C? I don't know, I never heard of it. Network programming guide, on the other hand, is arguably the most famous out there.
    - beej71 4y ago
      Well, when you search for the C guide, for the love of God, don't use DDG. ;)
      - mharig 4y ago
        beej.us/guide is the first hit
        beej71 4y ago
        Unfortunately beej.us/guide/bgc is not.

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et-al 4y ago

Could it be due to some overly zealous prude filter and the unfortunate coincidence that "beej" is American slang for blowjob (oral sex)?

michaelmrose 4y ago
Actually outright porn is indexed you know or so I hear.
- irrational 4y ago
  Porn is one thing, the word Beej is quite another. I wish this was a joke.
- SonOfLilit 4y ago
  Indexed, but only returned if the search query was explicitly and unambiguously about porn.
  - frickinLasers 4y ago
    Not true, I've had pages of x-rated results with SafeSearch on, with DDG and Bing, a couple of times. The search only needs to be sufficiently weird. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31334670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31334670
    - SonOfLilit 4y ago
      Where "weird" involves words like "licking" and "party" (not saying it's not a bug, just that it's a statistics vs actual language understanding bug in a feature and not absence of that feature). I bet there's no way to compose all of the words "spatula", "serotonin", "pion" and "deconstruction" along with words like is/a/an/of/how/what/when that would turn safe search off, despite any query of this format would pretty weird.
Johnny555 4y ago
That's pretty obscure slang, I'm American and have never heard it.

mprime1 4y ago

My hero! Thank you for your work. (Yes, not adding much insightful conversation. I don’t care if I get downvoted.)

daflip 4y ago

i assume you have >0 backlinks to the site?

lelanthran 4y ago
> i assume you have >0 backlinks to the site? I always wondered about this. What exactly is a backlink, and why should I need one?
- sethhochberg 4y ago
  Some other website linking to your website. The general premise is that if other sites with some known reputation are linking to you, you have a bit more credibility than a completely isolated site that nobody else references.
- vgel 4y ago
  Backlinks are links to your website used by algorithms like PageRank^1 to weight how important your site is. Roughly speaking, more links, especially from sites with their own high pagerank = higher rank. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
beej71 4y ago
Some rando backlink checker says it's about 1300.

cyberpunk 4y ago

Wow it's beej. I owe you rather a lot of beers, Guide to Network Programming is directly responsible for my entire career. Sorry for the low value post! :}

beej71 4y ago
Entire career? That's pretty high praise... Well, if you're ever in Bend, OR drop me a DM and I'll start to collect. :)

richardjam73 4y ago

It seems to show up for me. Perhaps it is fixed now. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=c+guide+stdalign&t=ffab&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=c+guide+stdalign&t=ffab&ia=web brings up your guide as the 6th result.

beej71 4y ago
I have to add "beej" to the search, and then it hits my C Library Reference Guide. But the C Tutorial Guide is nowhere to be found. :(