Re: [cobalt-users] More Comments on the Lists [SCANNED]

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> > Can I just chip a point in here which no one else has mentioned.
> > Once the archives are set up on the new servers are all the little
> > bits at the bottom of each email saying where to subscribe  or search
> > etc going to be adjusted to reflect the new list name / location /
> > archive location etc?
>
> That depends where you'll find them.  If we move the list to the qbalt
> server and also move the archive, then ...
>
> > Some sort of monster global search and replace
> > type thing I guess.
>
> Yes, it's actually fairly easy to do, though it'll use a whole bunch of
> machine cycles for a while.
>
> > Otherwise it could cause immense confusion to
> > anyone finding them on Google or whereever.
>
> People using google will probably find a lot of references to the old
> list-server ; they'll be dead links, and people will then try the
> Google archive, which will have old information.
>
> Unfortunately it takes a lot of time for Google to drop old links.
>
> But the good news is there will be new links, and with a bit of
> crosslinking from the community they'll actually make it into Google
> fairly quickly.  My changes to nobaloney.net get into Google quickly,
> and as soon as the site is moved I'd create links at nobaloney.net to
> the new list-archives.  I hope others will too.
>
> > Does anything need to be done, apart from the normal submission
> > method, with Google etc to alert them to the move?
>
> Not really.  They're way to big to care about one site, no matter how
> important, unless that site is spending a lot of money with them.
> Jeff

oh then i should call them.. grrrr

the archive like those put up already will get crawled and indexed
quickly...  I did it once and omg...  people calling and asking about stuff
on my site ...  people mad about their name, e-mails, bla bla bla.... delete

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