[OWW-Discuss] OpenWetWare.org: identity problem/identity feature?

[julius.lucks]

I'd like to point out that we could also chat about this in real  
time.  See http://openwetware.org/wiki/Help:Chat for instructions on  
how to set up a client to use the openwetware chat server.

Brian Bishop and I are sitting in on the chat room at  
lounge at openwetware.org .

Cheers,

Julius

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On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Jason Morrison wrote:

>
> Nothing is occcluded. It's invisible to lab websites as well since  
> the tag is bracketed by "<wikionly>" tags.
> (...)
> This isn't a popup. It's a section of the page that's invisible to  
> returning visitors. In other words, the "visiblility" attribute is  
> by default set to 'invisible'.
>
> Bill, this sounds great, then!  :)  I think the overall idea is  
> worth pursuing, and will be valuable to OWW.
>
> I'll take a minute to explain my SEO pedantry:
>
> Unfortunately, we can't count on spiders to appropriately deal with  
> a "visibility: none" attribute.  So, if the markup is something like:
>
> <p style="visibility: none;">OpenWetWare is an effort to promote  
> the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers  
> and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering</p>
> <p>Plaque assay for gHV-68 using 3T12 fibroblasts.</p>
>
> then it's possible that the Google search result looks like:
>
> GHV-68 Plaque Assay - OpenWetWare
> OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information,  
> know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working...
> openwetware.org/wiki/GHV-68_Plaque_Assay
>
> rather than the current result (http://www.google.com/search? 
> q=GHV-68%20Plaque%20Assay) with a more targeted description line.
>
> Also, we probably can't rely on the search engines to establish a  
> session, so they are fed a visible branding section anyhow.
>
> I'd suggest that OWW.org suppress the branding information for  
> search engines, say by identifying the User-Agent field in the HTTP  
> request (see something like http://www.pgts.com.au/download/data/ 
> robots_list.txt, or just look for bot/spider/crawler in the UA  
> field.)  I imagine that this is convenient to do at the same time  
> as when you check for a session.
>
> Again, I think this is a great idea to support the OWW branding,  
> and just don't want to see the organic search value drop as a result.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
>
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