reddit discussion about Go turns to D again

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sun May 15 17:22:40 PDT 2011


On 05/15/2011 06:39 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/15/2011 3:48 PM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>>>> 2. google will index it as "parallel algorithm", exactly what we want.
>>>> URL names carry a lot of weight with google page rank
>> Argument #2 I don't find as attractive, but it could be a nice way to
>> increase
>> D's usage (not that many people are looking for it -
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=parallel+algorithm although that's
>> probably not
>> indicative, considering it contains the majority, who aren't
>> programmers).
>
>
> Yeah, but I'd like anyone actually searching for "parallel algorithm" to
> find the D library at the top or near the top of the list.
>
> If we make up a unique name, like "palgorithm", nobody is going to find it.
>
> Making up unique names is the right thing to do for branding and
> establishing a trademark. Otherwise, search engine friendly terms are
> far and away the better option.

That was much more the case for AltaVista than Google, which uses quite 
different approaches to ranking.

Andrei


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