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Evaluate SEO impact and type of forum links to use #556

Open samccann opened 4 days ago

samccann commented 4 days ago

https://forum.ansible.com/t/google-doesnt-seem-to-be-indexing-the-forum/1883/7

Is there anything we need to consider as we craft all these forum links in github?

samccann commented 2 days ago

Reading up on https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide

samccann commented 2 days ago

Basic guidelines for good urls:

samccann commented 2 days ago

Some examples of how to do this for matrix/irc links in github today:

For projects with a working group in the Forum:

Change:

The `#ansible-aws` channel on [irc.libera.chat](https://libera.chat/) is the main and official place to discuss use and development

To: 

The [AWS Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/g/AWS) is the main and official place to discuss use and development
of the `amazon.aws` collection.

For projects with no working group:

Click [Ansible Forum postgresql tag](https://forum.ansible.com/tags/c/project/7/postgresql) to discuss use and development of the `community.postgresql` collection.
samccann commented 2 days ago

@oraNod - I didn't find much about good google linking other than the stuff we already know. What do you think about the examples in https://github.com/ansible-community/community-team/issues/556#issuecomment-2206605151 ?

oraNod commented 2 days ago

@samccann I think that seems OK. Not much else to add there really other than making sure that forum urls are as descriptive as possible. I think you have this covered for the most part but it's something I learned while hacking on the website.

URLs like AWS-working-group are more descriptive than simply AWS for instance. I know it's probably too late to change that, just saying.

samccann commented 2 days ago

I'm guessing the url for a forum group is based on the (short) name given in the new group form. So yes, we can't go back and change existing ones afaik, but we can change the template to say make the name unique, not just 'awx' etc.

samccann commented 2 days ago

@GregSutcliffe ^^ just to be sure I'm not out in space on that prior comment...