Thanks Ellen for the information about the Google search. I am nearing the 1500 mark for
the Waupaca County site with Pico and was concerned of what I would do then.
Paula
WaupacaCoWI CC
From: jeanealogist(a)hotmail.com
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:10:26 -0500
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] URL changes affecting Pico Search capabilities?
I would go to Pico search and check their specs. I believe they only index 250 pages now
on the free version. They changed the rules some time ago but those with older accounts
were grandfathered in. They charge to index more...I think $20 or something like that.
Google has a free search for your website that indexes all the pages regardless of the
size. A couple of my clients use the google search and they have a couple thousand pages
on their site.
You can read more about it here:
Ellen-
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:39:37 -0500
> From: wigenwebcc(a)gmail.com
> To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [WIGEN] URL changes affecting Pico Search capabilities?
>
> Good morning,
>
> My mind must be clearing a little, as I do remember this statement
> being made about the search engines and counters. But I think they
> were talking about the major ones, not the search engines that we have
> on our individual pages to make it easier for our visitors to find
> what they are looking for.
>
> I am trying to make additions to my sites on a weekly basis. Some of
> the additions are pretty substantial regarding new surnames that are
> being added from databases, histories, etc. Because of this, I have
> made it a point to try to have my Pico search re-index right after I
> get done uploading the new data. Here are the results that I got
> yesterday:
>
> Eau Claire Co. - started with 375 pages on the site, I added 8 new
> pages, making a total of 383 pages, Pico only found 46,
> Trempealeau Co. - started with 505 pages on the site, I added 4 new
> pages, total 509, Pico only found 394, and
> Washburn Co. - started with 358 pages on the site, I added 10 new
> pages, total 368, Pico only found 312 of these.
>
> In comparing the new listing of indexed pages to the past, I find that
> whole sections (not just a page here or there) of the website are
> going un-indexed now. They were being indexed in the past. So I can
> only assume that something has changed in the past few weeks and that
> something must be the addition of the word "ancestry" in our URLs.
> Yet, when I add that into the URL as an entry point, Pico only
> searches out one page on each of the sites. That is completely
> unacceptable. And needless to say, I have not accepted the new
> indexing either, as I feel that by at least going with the old index,
> I'm getting the majority of the pages indexed.
>
> I know this is piddly stuff compared to other things that are going on
> right now. I don't want to take up alot of anyone's time concerning
> this, especially if I should decide to move to the new server. I was
> just curious if others were seeing these differences too.
>
> --
> wigenwebcc
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Tina S. Vickery wrote:
>> This was the question and the follow-up.
>>
>> ---
>> 3. How will this effect search engines and counters, etc that
>> are in use our existing
www.rootsweb.com/~xxyyyyyyy/ URL's?
>>
>> People should continue to be able to find your pages when
>> using search engines. Right now the search engines will
>> have listings for the old RootsWeb URLs, and it will take
>> a while for the new URLs to show up in search engines.
>> Since we will be redirecting members to the new URLs,
>> though, they will still be able to access the pages
>> regardless of what links come up through the search
>> engines.
>>
>> As far as impact on page counters, I don't think there
>> will be an impact, but I will need to verify with our
>> technical experts and get back to you on that.
>> --
>>
>> Re-reading this now, I see where they are perhaps talking major seach
>> engines like Google, etc.
>>
>> Let me clarify with them.
>>
>>
>> Tina
>
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