Sorry -- can you explain what you mean about using double redirects for
searching? I might be able to help, but I'm not sure how you're using it
right now.


-- Danny


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:21 PM, TwoTailedFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> We have this, or some variant of this already on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia. It's
> a pain in the arse, frankly.
>
> It wouldn't be so bad if the cache immediately registered double redirects,
> we relied upon the nature of Double Redirects in order to fix them quickly,
> since we use them for searching. This has now descended into difficulty.
>
> Fine for most Wikis, but not for those that use Redirects in large quantity
> like us.
>
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Danny Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks --
>>
>> I posted on the Central forum about some improvements we're making to help
>> all of our wikis get better placement in search engine results, including a
>> new way to handle redirects.
>>
>> It's a long post, so rather than repeat it here, I'm just going to link:
>> http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Search_engine_improvements
>>
>> If folks have comments, questions or suggestions... please post 'em. I
>> love talking about search engine stuff, and everybody here is tired of
>> talking to me about it. :)
>>
>>
>> -- Danny
>>
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>> Community Development Manager
>> Wikia
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