Re: Manuals and Spiders

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 22:12, shimi wrote: > You all keep forgetting one thing... the *mirrors* doesn't need to > redirect people! I'd agree with that. Due to inconsistencies of mirror updates, mirror A could redirect a visitor to mirror B, and mirror B would do the same vice versa. > If someone got to a mirror, it happened in one exact way: > > 1. He either used a search engine and got there [bad! that's why i suggest > mirrors will completely block spiders!] > > 2. The main website pointed him there... > > Why would we, at all, need redirection code at the mirrors? :) IMHO such a redirection should never occur automatically as it could bother visitors if redirection is not wanted. Instead a small and simple text, perhaps at the top of every page, saying: "Check out this closer mirror" would do it at the first stage. -Alex > On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Gabor Hojtsy wrote: > > > > Thanks for your input alex. What abt cdb files. Is it different for > > > every platform? Also, do the older php versions support reading cdb. We > > > don't need write capabalities. > > > > > > The issue that I already see with cdb is that php should have been > > > compiled with the option. I guess this would again pose a problem as > > > most mirrors wouldn't have choosen this option at compile time. > > > > Yep. We have one hundred mirror sites (always changing number). > > Coordinating with them to set up some new feature is, well, nearly > > impossible... > > > > > As accordingly to my earlier mail, I guess we are left with no option at > > > the moment other than some type of fast text file search so that every > > > mirror can deploy the same soln. > > > > Yes, as we did before (with user note dumps, events listing dumps, etc.). > > > > Goba > > > >