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Looks like she's never heard of Google. I maintain the open-source DBMS Firebird FAQ website at http://www.FirebirdFAQ.org http://www.FirebirdFAQ.org. There ar
by babuskov 13y ago
Looks like she's never heard of Google.
I maintain the open-source DBMS Firebird FAQ website at http://www.FirebirdFAQ.org http://www.FirebirdFAQ.org. There are some users who browse the website and read the common issues (esp. Newbie section), but 98% of the traffic comes from Google Search. Just use proper page titles and headings and people who want something answered will type it in Google and get your page with an answer.
This works so well, that I even removed my custom search functionality and placed a Google site-search box right at the center of home page.
- babuskov 13y agoAlthough down-voting is a way to show you disagree with me, I'd prefer some arguments ;)
- ximeng 13y agoDidn't downvote but from the article sounds like she knows what Google is. "That problem really shows in search, where you will end up with duplicate results competing for attention. You are fighting with your own content. That can’t be efficient for you or for users. "This is actually a problem GOV.UK is experiencing. The content in our support pages is now appearing in search, so we’re stripping away all of the support content we don’t need and making it easier for users to get straight to the things they’re looking for."
- babuskov 13y agoThanks. Looks like I missed that. However, I still fail to see what's wrong with duplicate results. The entire article seems like a written excuse explaining that they are not lazy, but have valid reasons not to write and maintain a FAQ section. I guess it was posted to get some mass approval here on HN and show that HN community supports their POV.