SEO for the OLPC wiki: Difference between revisions

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This page is part of the Wiki Cleanup Project. [[ Wiki SEO | Cleanup | Wiki tasks ]]

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It typically is used to increase traffic to a given website, but it can also be used to direct specific types of traffic in specific ways and to specific content on a site. We are working to 'optimize' how searching works so people show up at the most appropriate places.

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. (This could be done most easily by someone who runs a bot on these projects.)
- 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, is under development, and is working to an extent - see Appropedia:Project:Pywikipedia bot, 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 Appropedia:Portal:Appropriate technology.
- 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.

Footnotes

Also see

Wiki analytics for feedback and data to base work on.
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 * Categorize, categorize, categorize
-=== [[User:Chriswaterguy | Appropedia Chris]]' suggestions on SEO ===
+=== [[Appropedia:User:Chriswaterguy | 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 [http://www.appropedia.org Appropedia] is doing on a wikilink bot<ref> The wikilink bot  page, describing the use of replace.py, will be created soon - or contact [[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] for info or to help out. </ref> will be of relevance here.
+** The work that [[Appropedia:|Appropedia]] is doing on a wikilink bot<ref> The wikilink bot  page, describing the use of replace.py, is under development, and is working to an extent - see [[Appropedia:Project:Pywikipedia bot]], or contact [[User:Chriswaterguy|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 [http://www.appropedia.org/Portal:Appropriate_technology Portal:Appropriate technology] on Appropedia.
+** One model of landing page which doesn't require constant updating is that used at [[Appropedia:Portal:Appropriate technology]].
 ** 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: