Re: svn commit: r18355 - trunk/www

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:07:42AM -0600, kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
> > What was the point of this? This affects web search sites -- they
> > aren't going to be able to find the information now. And without a
> > redirect, they aren't going to know to alter their links.
>
> I don't see the problem, maybe I'm missing something?
>
> - Existing caches and search indexes will send searchers to the old
> project_links.html, which simply tells the user to go to the new
> links.html. No problem.
>
> - Over time, indexes will get updated to point directly to the new
> page. Again, no problem.
>
> What's the scenario you're worried about?

Introducing that extra step for the user. "Whoop. That's not it. Now
what... hmm...."

Obviously, not a big problem :-) But making users pause, think, and
click again is an added cost, and I did not see the opposing benefit.

*shrug*

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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