[Python-Dev] http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel still available (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Feb 15 20:38:47 CET 2006

On 2/15/06, Tim Parkin <tim at pollenation.net> wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> (Now that I work for Google I realize more than ever before the > importance of keeping URLs stable; PageRank(tm) numbers don't get > transferred as quickly as contents. I have this worry too in the > context of the python.org redesign; 301 permanent redirect is not > going to help PageRank of the new page.)

Could you expand on why 301 redirects won't help with the transfer of page rank (if you're allowed)? We've done exactly this on many sites and the pagerank (or more relevantly the search rankings on specific terms) has transferred almost overnight. The bigger pagerank updates (both algorithm changes and overhauls in approach) seem to only happen every few months and these also seem to take notice of 301 redirects (they generally clear up any supplemental results).

OK, perhaps I stand corrected. I don't actually know that much about PageRank!

I still don't like docs.python.org, and adding more like it seems a mistake; but it's possible that this is because of a poor execution of the idea (there's no "search docs" button near the search button on the old python.org).

-- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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