OT: Bezeqint made me "poof... he's gone"

[Dotan Cohen]

> 1. I personally maintain my sites as mostly static HTML content that is
> generated from templates and uploaded to the site using rsync. If you're not
> using rsync or something - you should. See its -a option too.
>

I use a ehader.inc and footer.inc file for consistent layout across
the site, and include them with PHP. The rest of the page can be
either static or dynamic, as per the need.


> 2. Watch for spam. I told about a spam incident here:
>

++correct


> 4. Make sure all the important pages of the site (including features) contains
> links to the central pages with navigation menu, etc. That way, you'll have
> better page rank and people who stumble upon them will visit more pages.
>

++correct


> 5. I put a script on shlomifish.org (without the /) that just says that
> there's nothing there, and refers people to the link.
>

Use an automatic redirect. You get the google benefit, without
confusing users. Actually, I redirect www.* to * to keep the URL that
much shorter.


> 6. Make sure you have a blog or otherwise feed of what's new on the site. Use
> a version control system or history tracker to announce the new items.
>

RSS was designed for this. It does a great job. But don't give the
user a choice between RSS 2.0, RSS 0.92, Atom *.* and twenty other
feed types. Pick one, I don't care which.


-- 
Dotan Cohen

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