Forum:Zelda Wiki

Lol alright guys, so changing the wiki's name from Zelda Wiki to Zeldapedia may not have been in our best interest. When people search "zelda wiki" in google (e.g. ) we do not pop up in the top 3 results. However, if we had kept our wiki's name as Zelda Wiki, then we could be at the #1 or #2 spot when searching "zelda wiki". So...

What do you guys think about changing the wiki's name back to Zelda Wiki? The main reason for this is that when people search for "zelda wiki", we will be at the top rather than the other Zelda wiki or even Wikipedia, thus increasing traffic + users. The only downside I can see is we would have to change the links to the current project pages and change the pagetitle and the logo... The logo might be a problem as we'll just have to vote on one again.

If you want to read more about search engine optimization (SEO), then check out Advice:Raising your wiki's Google ranking at Wikia Help. If you want to read the old discussion, see Forum:Zelda Wiki or Zeldapedia.

So what do you guys think?--Richard 20:11, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

You guys talk about the strangest things, don't you. If "Zelda Wiki" will show up better on a search, then by all means, change it! - Panaka lego  23:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Pagetitle changes what you guys are talking about. However, making a long pagetitle actually hurts our Google rank. I've changed it to "Page - Zeldapedia, The Legend of Zelda wiki".--Richard 01:15, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Believe it or not, there is already a site called Zelda Wiki. --Crazyswordsman 01:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Generally, a wiki's name should be "Subject Wiki", such as Guns Wiki or Pencils Wiki. This is because when people search for a wiki for a certain subject, they'll type in the subject and add 'wiki' at the end. E.g. "pencil wiki" or "metal gear wiki". If you have a really odd wiki name, like "Zelda Bible", generally it won't even be on the first page of a search engine when searching "zelda wiki". Changing our name to Zelda Wiki would also put is right beside the other Zelda Wiki, which can be to our benefit as then people will notice that there's more than one wiki.--Richard 02:59, 27 May 2008 (UTC)