Comments on: BBC gets it completely wrong about Whitehouse.gov robots.txt http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/ Digital marketing, search marketing, photography Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:15:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Obama’s web team erasing history – AMERIKA http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Obama’s web team erasing history – AMERIKA Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:33:15 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-99 [...] JD [...] [...] JD [...]

]]> By: Jamie http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jamie Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:59:45 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-60 Well spotted! :-) Well spotted! :-)

]]> By: mjc http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-59 mjc Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:04:55 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-59 the files now has more lines... and viewing of one of the disallows lets you see a site in building progress...http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ User-agent: * Disallow: /includes/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /omb/search/ the files now has more lines… and viewing of one of the disallows lets you see a site in building progress…http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

User-agent: *
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /omb/search/

]]> By: QI doesn’t quite get its facts right? - Jamie’s Digital Blog http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-54 QI doesn’t quite get its facts right? - Jamie’s Digital Blog Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-54 [...] this is a very nitpicky complaint and I’ve done enough serious BBC bashing lately. All I’ll say is that it is an honour and a privilege to correct the consistently [...] [...] this is a very nitpicky complaint and I’ve done enough serious BBC bashing lately. All I’ll say is that it is an honour and a privilege to correct the consistently [...]

]]> By: B http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-48 B Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:25:22 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-48 This is an example of how the press--even BBC--is fawning over Obama. Since the media is generally pretty tech-stupid, it just follows it's knee-jerk reaction (that was Clinton's phrase) of praising liberals and putting down Bush at every opportunity. This is an example of how the press–even BBC–is fawning over Obama. Since the media is generally pretty tech-stupid, it just follows it’s knee-jerk reaction (that was Clinton’s phrase) of praising liberals and putting down Bush at every opportunity.

]]> By: reg4c http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-47 reg4c Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:03:53 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-47 It says "a lot of the data found ". Data may or may not be useful. BBC did not say anything about blocking the content, or articles, or useful information, but they just said DATA. It says “a lot of the data found “. Data may or may not be useful. BBC did not say anything about blocking the content, or articles, or useful information, but they just said DATA.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Jamie Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:41:33 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-46 <blockquote>And considering its a brand new website give it some time and I imagine we’ll see additional lines added to the robots.txt, as well as missing redirects appearing.</blockquote> Not to labour the point, but just as a "best practice" recommendation, if you're going to spend loads of money on a new version of a site, definitely get the redirects right on launch. The redirects may be added later, but its likely that it will be too late, and at least for the short term those pages are going to bomb. It's clear they haven't put the site together overnight - it's obviously been planned for a long time. But its unfair to just pick on the Washington.gov site for this, as even the biggest companies (or maybe especially the biggest companies) have frequently made the same mistake. And to most people it is completely insignificant compared to the other big changes that have been implemented. My beef is primarily with BBC Tech's unfounded and inaccurate conclusions.

And considering its a brand new website give it some time and I imagine we’ll see additional lines added to the robots.txt, as well as missing redirects appearing.

Not to labour the point, but just as a “best practice” recommendation, if you’re going to spend loads of money on a new version of a site, definitely get the redirects right on launch. The redirects may be added later, but its likely that it will be too late, and at least for the short term those pages are going to bomb. It’s clear they haven’t put the site together overnight – it’s obviously been planned for a long time.

But its unfair to just pick on the Washington.gov site for this, as even the biggest companies (or maybe especially the biggest companies) have frequently made the same mistake. And to most people it is completely insignificant compared to the other big changes that have been implemented. My beef is primarily with BBC Tech’s unfounded and inaccurate conclusions.

]]> By: Online Internet Faxing http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Online Internet Faxing Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:34:03 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-45 Great post, the BBC definitely needs a little bit more SEO understanding before they start making statements. And considering its a brand new website give it some time and I imagine we'll see additional lines added to the robots.txt, as well as missing redirects appearing. Cheers. Great post, the BBC definitely needs a little bit more SEO understanding before they start making statements. And considering its a brand new website give it some time and I imagine we’ll see additional lines added to the robots.txt, as well as missing redirects appearing. Cheers.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jamie Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:08:06 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-44 <blockquote>the bbc should get things right? good luck with that.</blockquote> True. It's not the first time I've had my gripes: <a href="http://www.jamiedigi.com/2008/11/credit-card-fraud-melodrama-and-technobabble-from-the-bbc/" rel="nofollow">Credit Card Fraud Melodrama and Technobabble from the BBC</a>.

the bbc should get things right? good luck with that.

True. It’s not the first time I’ve had my gripes: Credit Card Fraud Melodrama and Technobabble from the BBC.

]]> By: t http://www.jamiedigi.com/2009/01/bbc-gets-it-completely-wrong-about-whitehousegov-robotstxt/comment-page-1/#comment-43 t Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:04:31 +0000 http://www.jamiedigi.com/?p=288#comment-43 the bbc should get things right? good luck with that. the bbc should get things right? good luck with that.

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