[OSM-talk] can search engines index osm data?

[Nic Roets]

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:

>
> page of history EVEN WITH NO FOLLOW SET - having millions of indexed pages
> does not necessarily increase presence, since they then ignore all the
> duplication and treat it as attempts to distort the search results!
>

Not the only reason why we want this. Google will become be a backup
namefinder because you can search for "edna pretoria site:openstreetmap.org".
When Google detects these searches and clicks, it will adjust the rank
(presence) upwards. Human behaviour carries a big weighting in search engine
rankings.
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