tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post7737572240417034410..comments2023-07-06T02:33:53.430-07:00Comments on Cyndi's List: Top 10 Don’ts for a Genealogy Web Site TitleCyndi Inglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10125865163522453560noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-75271260655446811032007-03-27T20:27:00.000-07:002007-03-27T20:27:00.000-07:00Randy - it shouldn't be a problem. If your site ha...Randy - it shouldn't be a problem. If your site has already been indexed by Google the URL is in their database. So, that makes it much easier for them to find you again and Googlebot will then reindex the URL updating the title, etc. You can always re-submit your site to Google to ask it to index your site again.<BR/><BR/>Have you submitted your site to Cyndi's List? If not, do so after you re-title it and Google will get the reindexing done faster because Google indexes CyndisList.com on a regular basis. If you have already submitted the link to me be sure to use the "Update a Link" feature and we'll change the link title here. Again, Google should get wind of the change then when it reindexes my site.<BR/><BR/>CyndiCyndi Inglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125865163522453560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-53905387496894338872007-03-27T05:36:00.000-07:002007-03-27T05:36:00.000-07:00Having already committted the sin of using a gener...Having already committted the sin of using a generic title for my site were I to change it now would it (adversely) affect Google indexing or anything else?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15084869946907300038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-14959758237098798322007-03-25T14:13:00.000-07:002007-03-25T14:13:00.000-07:00Why not just "Freedonia Genealogical Society"And h...Why not just "Freedonia Genealogical Society"<BR/><BR/>And how about all the "Washington Public Library" web sites in the world? How about telling us in which state? Such as: "Washington Public Library, City, State" (and actually insert a real city and state name).<BR/><BR/>I was setting up links to public library blogs yesterday. Ran across one that had absolutely no reference to its city or state. I had to backtrack OFF of the blog to the regular library web site to find the location. grrrrrr<BR/><BR/>CyndiCyndi Inglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10125865163522453560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171024043917795336.post-24692663875205397622007-03-24T18:28:00.000-07:002007-03-24T18:28:00.000-07:00Ah, one of my favorite topics to rant about: the e...Ah, one of my favorite topics to rant about: the exceedingly abysmal use of the TITLE element. I created a list of bookmarks to all of the state genealogical websites, and just today, I had Firefox open *all* of them (nearly 50 of 'em) at the same time, so I could compare the results. <BR/><BR/>I am very tempted to name names, but let's just say that there was more than one site with a TITLE element of "Home Page". Guess where *that* ends up when you bookmark it, folks? <BR/><BR/>And if you abbreviate your society's name in the TITLE, and I bookmark it, are you really going to make me have to open the darn page to figure out what the abbreviation stands for?<BR/><BR/>And if you put "The Freedonia Genealogical Society" in the TITLE element, that alphabetizes under "T", not "F". And if you're "The Genealogical Society of Freedonia", I *strongly* recommend putting "Freedonia - The Genealogical Society of Freedonia" in the TITLE element, again so that it alphabetizes best.<BR/><BR/>OK, I just had to get that off my chest.Drew Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537180168534039546noreply@blogger.com