Question: does Google have any mechanism for SEO that includes a way for web admins to flag their own sites as "historical" or "outdated" or anything like that? Just curious.
I'll be happy to click on a "promoteperl.com" link or do anything else I can to help Google get their results straightened out. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
-MC
]]>For example learn.perl.org doesn't actually use the text "Perl tutorial" on the front page, which is bad if people are searching for a "perl tutorial" instead of trying to "learn perl"
Perl tutorial is tucked into a keywords meta tag, but (using a SEO checking tool) in comparison the term "tutorial" is the second most popular term on the Leeds site with "perl tutorial" being the most used 2 word phrase. In comparison the "learn" site concentrates on "learn perl", "perl learning" and "install perl".
So while "learn" has a Page Rank of 7 compared to "Leeds" PR 5, it is very unlikely to turn up in results for "perl tutorial" because that isn't the term that it is targeting. Try "learn perl" instead and you'll see it right away.
I am by no means an SEO expert, but it seems that if Google Trends says that "Perl tutorial" is what people are searching for then that should be what the "learn" site should be using.
(and of course this applies to any of the other great tutorial sites out there)
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which has the more current information. Once we've planned the schedule, it will be published on the Act website
]]>I applaud your very calm reply to the OP and your linking Schwern's keynote. That was the right way to handle it. There will always be some conflicts/lack of sensitivity/etc in a forum like perlmonks -- if this is as bad as it gets, we're doing pretty good. (Not to say it couldn't be better and we shouldn't try to make it better.)
And when you bring up this topic in other threads, maybe you could let others help with defending that point of view, so you won't feel like a voice in the wilderness. You are not the only one who sees things this way.
]]>Supposed most people here have some basic understanding that female optics are for males correlated to some warm fuzzy feeling which can give also an API that simply just works. But its also clear there is a correlation between your overall IQ (sometimes called EQ) and your ability to care about the feeling of others. Sane people can balance out both to a sensible response.
So IMO its more about caring about feelings, since also technical topics can be very emotionally loaded. Or is here anyone who doubt that Kephra is the best editor ever?
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will bring up a web server you can connect to immediately – no messing with a complex dæmon.
You can install Starman or Starlet for better-performing engines. (Starman is suitable for production.)
Then pick a web framework so you don’t write the sort of spaghetti code that CGIs used to devolve into. I guess Dancer is the choice for small projects these days.
And eventually, start looking into what PSGI lets you do with middlewares.
]]>I think you need to understand why the title of my blog post says "Don't Box Me In."
This comment is an attempt to explain to Joe McMahon the point of my blog post, because I sense some hostility in the way he mentions it. Maybe he thinks the title refers to my desire not to be limited by any standards of behavior or something.
Schwern's talk was all about "shape diversity." In this worldview, the only differences between people that matter are those that are externally visible.
Because I am male and white, it is impossible for me to contribute to the "diversity" of the "community." In fact, I must also be responsible for any lack of desirable diversity.
I mean, Schwern made us stand up, pointed a finger in our direction, and told us we were not "diverse" enough. We all looked alike.
When I stood up, I half expected a little bit of a pep talk.
Instead, he put me in a box of his choosing, without really knowing me, based on my external appearance. To quote a famous pop song from my college years, "beni kategorize etme!"
Wait! Don't know what that means?! Never heard of that song? I guess we're not all alike and we don't all have the same backgrounds.
Nothing I said in that blog post should be construed as supporting anyone's juvenile & inappropriate behavior.
My contributions to the Perl community at large are few and they happen in spurts. I have definitely benefited more from Schwern's and others' work more than anyone here has benefited from mine.
But, when I take the time, and spend the money to attend a conference, and expand my horizons, I'd rather not be lectured to indiscriminately by someone who thinks the only way to increase diversity is by focusing on external attributes.
I cannot help but ask: "If you care so much about diversity and open-mindedness, how many of you went to the trouble of flagging for abuse Linus Torvalds' anti-Mormon rant on Google+ today?"
]]>Regarding Linus: I don't think that a personal comment on a personal page regarding religion constitutes the same outrage as uploading a sexist comic strip in a public forum. There's a major difference.
Also, this whole "if you care about *this* thing, why don't you do what *I* think you should do and work on *that* thing instead?" is not a very good argument.
Other than that, have a great day, and I do hope to meet you at the next conference and have a conversation on this (or another) topic.
]]>As for Linus' comment ... He is a rather public person. I do not specifically follow him, but Google+ keeps putting his stuff in my stream via "What's Hot on Google?", so that's a public forum.
He referred to a particular group's religious beliefs as "bats**t crazy" which would definitely create an unwelcoming environment for members of said religion. Doesn't silence mean approval?
Or, maybe silence just means, I really don't have time for this. Maybe.
]]>I'm autodidactic, but I get to the point where my growth is limited by my ability to talk through problems with other people. I live in perl-land. And its awesome that I don't have to change my toolset to keep up with the times or to keep away from social ignorance.
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