<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/11 Marc Gemis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.gemis@gmail.com" target="_blank">marc.gemis@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"> I'll agree with Ben, that reusing what other countries are doing is the way to proceed ("standing on the shoulders of giants" :-) ) Please do not try to reinvent the wheel by starting from scratch
<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div>+1<br><br></div><div>Why not get inspiration (= copy and reuse) from <a href="http://openstreetmap.fr">openstreetmap.fr</a> people as we have many contacts with them and they will surely give hint and suggestions (and be here during fosdem) ?<br>
<br></div><div>Nicolas<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
<br></div><div>m</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Marc Gemis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marc.gemis@gmail.com" target="_blank">marc.gemis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I believe that there was a blog post on Coding Error that stackoverflow got most traffic via google search. Google is the dominant search engine, whether we like it or not. Anyhow, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is something you cannot neglect as a business. But the domain name is not that relevant imho.<div>
<br></div><div>Search for "rent a room in new york" and the top hit is <a href="http://airbnb.com" target="_blank">airbnb.com</a> . No "room", "rent" nor "NY" in the name. Content, metatag, links from other sites, url of pages etc. all play a role. Google only give hints on what their algorithm uses, all the rest are guesses.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would also stick the to naming convention used in the other countries so <a href="http://openstreetmap.be" target="_blank">openstreetmap.be</a></div><div>(there are e.g. <a href="http://openstreetmap.nl" target="_blank">openstreetmap.nl</a>, <a href="http://openstreetmap.fr" target="_blank">openstreetmap.fr</a>, <a href="http://openstreetmap.de" target="_blank">openstreetmap.de</a> )<br>
<br>Also what technology are they using for their sites ? Their communities (especially the German one) are larger and they might develop reusable components, that can be used on other sites. And what is the main <a href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a> using (read it somewhere but forgot it)</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>m</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Glenn Plas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glenn@byte-consult.be" target="_blank">glenn@byte-consult.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Its important (for Google) to have a domain name
like <a href="http://belgiumopenstreetmap.be" target="_blank">belgiumopenstreetmap.be</a>
( see <a href="http://ivoweb.be/wat-heb-je-nodig/domeinnaam-kiezen" target="_blank">http://ivoweb.be/wat-heb-je-nodig/domeinnaam-kiezen</a>
); All other related url's can be redirected to that site (like
<a href="http://osm.be" target="_blank">osm.be</a> and
many others)
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Which will make you compete with yourself as the same files get
indexed for every domain for all search engines if not done properly
... I'm still wondering why you claim google find that
important. Sorry for being critical , but I would rather see such
claims backed up by sane arguments.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Glenn<br>
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