Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:00:31 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: John Andersen <jsa@pen.homeip.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT: web, google, *.shtml question Message-ID: <20020426220031.A5021@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200204270438.g3R4cFO22311@pen.homeip.net>; from jsa@pen.homeip.net on Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:38:14PM -0800 References: <200204261923.g3QJNcL03647@tao.thought.org> <200204270438.g3R4cFO22311@pen.homeip.net>
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:38:14PM -0800, John Andersen wrote: > On Friday 26 April 2002 11:23 am, you wrote: > > Ten or 12 days ago I renamed several *html file to *.shtml > > and added counters. Since then, neither Google nor any > > other search engine has found my newly named files. > > > > I could fix this (maybe!) by having *.html symlinks to > > my *.shtml files. Anyone know of a better way? > > > > thanks much, > > > > gary > > Its not too late to undo that and use the xbithack instead..... > > But google indexes pages based on the number of links > to that page from other sites, so unless you have people > linking it might never find them. > It's already fixed thanks to a thoughtful off-line clue. I don't know about the google links, but by sheer chance, found one of my pieces in the top 5 (now about 7) by searching on "granite face".... -g -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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