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=== Immediate Open Tasks ===
Increase inbound links to key pages. Some of these key pages include [[Pootle]], [[Support Gang]], and the [[FAQ]]? Clearly these need to be defined.

* Convert wiki.laptop.org links on WikiMedia projects to OLPC: Pagename.
** Standard links are not indexed by google, but interwiki links are
** Don't add new links unless super appropriate, we're not spammers.

* Categorize, categorize, categorize

=== [[User:Chriswaterguy | Appropedia Chris]]' suggestions on SEO ===
=== [[User:Chriswaterguy | Appropedia Chris]]' suggestions on SEO ===



Revision as of 14:54, 16 August 2008

Immediate Open Tasks

Increase inbound links to key pages. Some of these key pages include Pootle, Support Gang, and the FAQ? Clearly these need to be defined.

  • Convert wiki.laptop.org links on WikiMedia projects to OLPC: Pagename.
    • Standard links are not indexed by google, but interwiki links are
    • Don't add new links unless super appropriate, we're not spammers.
  • Categorize, categorize, categorize

Appropedia Chris' suggestions on SEO

Search engine optimization strategies for the OLPC wiki:

  • Improve linking between pages. This helps the most suitable page to rank most highly for a given search.
    • The work that Appropedia is doing on a wikilink bot<ref> The wikilink bot page, describing the use of replace.py, will be created soon - or contact Chriswaterguy for info or to help out. </ref> will be of relevance here.
    • Categorization
  • Good landing pages, especially for key topics.
    • One model of landing page which doesn't require constant updating is that used at Portal:Appropriate technology on Appropedia.
    • A given topic should have one good landing page - if there are separate pages (subpages, alternative approaches...) they can be linked from there.
  • Relevant links from sites that carry a lot of weight for search engine ranking:
    • Especially .gov and .edu sites.
    • Wikipedia - but only if in the form [[OLPC:Pagename]], as interwiki links don't suffer from the "rel=nofollow" tag. Important: Only add to Wikipedia articles when it's of value and relevance to the Wikipedia article.
    • Other sites that rank highly.
  • More active pages are ranked more highly by search engines, so ranking is one extra benefit to greater activity.

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