RE: problem with mirrors

Yeah, it is a touch petty, but every other mirror is using their real company name in that slot, so let's just keep it consistent. -Rasmus On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Matt Mulligan, Ilisys Internet wrote: > > 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. > > Wow - this is out of left field. We've been supporting php.net, htdig.org, > opensource.org and other projects for a long time now and while we're a > commercial entity, greed and world domination are not our raison d'etre (viz > our mirrors of qmail.org and opensource.org that don't link to our website > at all). > > As for the text of the link, the web would be a dry and less navigable beast > were all links to reflect formal company names. Ilisys Internet Pty. Ltd. is > our registered name, but we're not a huge brand so it's all the better if > the user knows what service we offer before they make a click. Perhaps > 'Ilisys web hosting' would sit better. It certainly describes us. Of course, > Web Hosting Australia describes us too - but apparently not to our > competitor's satisfaction :) > > All the best, > Matt >