📈 Similar Worlds #️⃣ pages Indexed, UP 3x since Group Consolidation 🚀
The number of webpages from Similar Worlds being indexed by Google [i](which will resultingly translate to other Search Engines)[/i], has [b]increased by Threefold (x3) since our release of Group Consolidation[/b], / Restructuring, which was done on [u]July 23rd, 2021[/u]. [i](Initial improvement changes were started in the prior month of June.)[/i]
This will lead to future growth on SW, in the coming months and years ahead.
📈 [b]More Pages Indexed = More Visitors = More Signups & Growth[/b] 🚀
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This is as we have strategized, which is that these recent changes will improve the overall "Site Quality", Relevance and Organization, over time.
The real benefits to users, will be more visible once we have implemented the planned significant improvements to our "Relevance Algorithms", which will provide more relevant:
While we understand that many users will not be happy with many of our decisions made in improving/adjusting the way how this site works and operates,
we (SW Staff) DO definitely always consider user feedback, very strongly, in every decision we make.
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Please note that a "Majority Vote" on a public poll (for example) will not always be indicative of the path we have decided to take on a decision, (especially for years old feedback polls, where many factors would have since changed).
There will always be a lot of crucial data that is only available to SW Staff (just as with any other website/service), that also factors heavily in the final decisions we make.
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We continue to look forward to incoming growth for SW, in the coming months. 👍
Many of our recent and in-development changes to this site, are being done, in part, to allow and facilitate such user growth, as well as to provide a higher quality experience to all of our users, in the long-term.
Thanks for your continued feedback, support and patience! 🙂
Kind regards, -SW Staff
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I understand much of what you are going on through here. As well as some of the complexities involved.
My sympathies are very much going out to you! 😆
Your suggestion of three different search visibilities I would support. Yet perhaps a fourth one should be considered. This is your prioritized visibilities:
[quote]1) Public = Maximum reach of your shared content
2) Limited = Reduced reach, limited to Friends/Circle + Relevant Users (Cannot be Seen/Indexed by Google/Crawlers)
3) Private = Friends-Only (Cannot be Seen/Indexed by Google/Crawlers)[/quote]
The fourth I am suggesting would be between 1 and 2.
And would include everyone on a site level rather than just "Relevant Users".
Sort of like everyone can be notified and read admin announcements. Yet not indexed by any search engines.
People outside of the site really should have no concerns about such posts. And therefore neither search engines.
Yet people on the site probably should be informed.
@DeWayfarer I think having SW PUBLIC or GOOGLE PUBLIC option would be good. I don’t mind sharing with the community but not the whole of the internet 😌
@DeWayfarer I tried to suggest this very thing in one of the comment threads here. Their reply was as follows:
Andrew said: [quote]@PirateMonkeyCabinet Crawlers access and Navigate through websites, in the same way Regular/Default users do.
It would be Manipulation / Obscuring of what the site actually is/contains, by intently showing Crawlers different content to what is available to regular users.[/quote]
In other words, you have to choose between reach within the site and getting crawled, or being put at a disadvantage. I tried addressing the alternative in more detail too after that reply, but no dice, just an ignore on that once again.
@DeWayfarer Added the thread link if you're interested in further reading: https://similarworlds.com/groups/similar-worlds/4020152-Similar-Worlds-pages-Indexed-UP-3x-since-Group?rid=48128132
@DeWayfarer I agree with this. Feedback only exists because we give it so I think it’s good to make these complaints as non confrontational as possible, especially if they are working towards a solution 🙂
@DeWayfarer Good luck with that. I've tried to suggest and request a fair bit over time. Like 95% of the time the response falls either in the "we've already made up our mind, here's why you are wrong [username]" category, or the "let's pretend we didn't see this" category.
