2013/9/11 Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com>
> I'll agree with Ben, that reusing what other countries are doing is the
> way to proceed ("standing on the shoulders of giants" :-) ) Please do not
> try to reinvent the wheel by starting from scratch
>
> +1
Why not get inspiration (= copy and reuse) from openstreetmap.fr people as
we have many contacts with them and they will surely give hint and
suggestions (and be here during fosdem) ?
Nicolas
> regards
>
> m
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I believe that there was a blog post on Coding Error that stackoverflow
>> got most traffic via google search. Google is the dominant search engine,
>> whether we like it or not. Anyhow, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is
>> something you cannot neglect as a business. But the domain name is not that
>> relevant imho.
>>
>> Search for "rent a room in new york" and the top hit is airbnb.com . No
>> "room", "rent" nor "NY" in the name. Content, metatag, links from other
>> sites, url of pages etc. all play a role. Google only give hints on what
>> their algorithm uses, all the rest are guesses.
>>
>> I would also stick the to naming convention used in the other countries
>> so openstreetmap.be
>> (there are e.g. openstreetmap.nl, openstreetmap.fr, openstreetmap.de )
>>
>> Also what technology are they using for their sites ? Their communities
>> (especially the German one) are larger and they might develop reusable
>> components, that can be used on other sites. And what is the main
>> openstreetmap.org using (read it somewhere but forgot it)
>>
>> regards
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Glenn Plas <gl...@byte-consult.be>wrote:
>>
>>> On 2013-09-10 20:06, Ivo De Broeck wrote:
>>>
>>> Its important (for Google) to have a domain name like
>>> belgiumopenstreetmap.be ( see
>>> http://ivoweb.be/wat-heb-je-nodig/domeinnaam-kiezen ); All other
>>> related url's can be redirected to that site (like osm.be and many
>>> others)
>>>
>>>
>>> Which will make you compete with yourself as the same files get indexed
>>> for every domain for all search engines if not done properly ... I'm
>>> still wondering why you claim google find that important. Sorry for being
>>> critical , but I would rather see such claims backed up by sane arguments.
>>>
>>> Glenn
>>>
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