problem with mirrors

From: Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 04:06:51 +0000
Subject: problem with mirrors
Groups: php.mirrors php.mirrors 
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hi can you please explain why you allow your mirror sites to rig search engines ranking by hosting a php mirror? Ilisys are abusing the free software spirit and stacking links to themselves with key words to artificially boost their search engine rankings. specifically Ilisys are known as "Ilysis dedicated hosting" on the htdig mirror and "web hosting australia" on the php mirror. so what is Ilysis' real name? well the real name is "Ilysis pty ltd". they do not trade under any other name. "web hosting australia" is the number one ranking keyword search for australian web hosting companies in google. google uses the keywords in links pointing back to you from popular sites to determine ranking for search words. Ilysis a commercial entity derives a major commercial advantage by stacking the links back to themselves with the words "web hosting australia". PHP.net is thus being abused by Ilysis to the detriment of every other web hosting company in australia. a quick look through the other php mirrors shows that no one else is involved in such a scam. All the mirror companies use their proper names. may I kindly request that you please correct the link on the mirrors page to www.ilysis.com.au from "web hosting australia" to Ilysis' real name which is "Ilysis pty ltd". you might consider doing what perl and cpan do, and that is not even list the name of commercial entities but rather use uk1.php.net, uk2.php.net au1.php.net etc so that nobody derives unfair commercial advantage from what is supposed to be non-commercial software. thanks for your attention. Vic

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