Timeline for Webapps.stackexchange.com versus Nothingtoinstall.com
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| Oct 5, 2010 at 19:16 | comment | added | Richard Gadsden | @Jeff, but Server Fault didn't get to the size of Server Fault before it got it's name, did it? Perhaps the problem is trying to launch 25 sites at once. Perhaps Area51 should have a rule that limits the number of launches? Perhaps, instead of all that, what you should do is say "If you get a good name, then you launch on that good name; if you haven't settled on one yet, then you launch on *.stackexchange.com and then we'll switch if and when a good name gets invented." | |
| Oct 3, 2010 at 13:47 | comment | added | alexanderpas | I think if the the site was called Nothing to Install for 90 days, the name would've been picked up, and the webapps temporary name would've been buried. It is only around the days of switching that confusion arises, which will settle over time. Also, the confusion will be less when there are less users at the time of the switching, Not to mention, Once you get to the size of Server Fault, you need to have a settled and well known custom name, as proved by the book! | |
| Oct 3, 2010 at 4:43 | comment | added | Brian R. Bondy | @Jeff: I'm aware of that, but in light of that opinion issue #3 raised in the question is irrelevant. | |
| Oct 3, 2010 at 4:11 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood StaffMod | @brian with proper 301 redirects it's actually not that bad -- all pagerank is retained. | |
| Oct 2, 2010 at 21:42 | comment | added | Brian R. Bondy | "Once you get to at least the size of Server Fault, custom naming is an option that is open to you." - By then problem #3 listed above is much more significant. | |
| Oct 2, 2010 at 19:51 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood StaffMod | as we've said, once you get to at least the size of Server Fault, custom naming is an option that is open to you. But we're not going to launch 25 different sites with 25 different (and 99% bad) names. That's actively harmful to "what is this site?" as well as google pagerank -- essentially it is the kiss of death. | |
| Oct 2, 2010 at 19:12 | history | edited | alexanderpas | CC BY-SA 2.5 | added 114 characters in body |
| Oct 2, 2010 at 19:04 | history | answered | alexanderpas | CC BY-SA 2.5 |