curiousepic comments on Recent site changes, Mon 4th July - Less Wrong

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Comment author: curiousepic 05 July 2011 04:48:09PM *  2 points [-]

I think LW is somewhat of an exception to this rule, at least for newcomers. And those who come to check the site frequently can just bookmark the /promoted url.

I don't know anything about SEO, but wouldn't giving the main page unchanging text that summarizes what the site is about help us appear higher in searches, as well?

Comment author: saturn 10 July 2011 08:46:21AM 0 points [-]

I don't know anything about SEO, but wouldn't giving the main page unchanging text that summarizes what the site is about help us appear higher in searches, as well?

Not at all, Google strongly favors "fresh" content. I don't think the change will make any real difference though; there's still the same amount of fresh content at a different URL, and (I assume) most searches point to a specific post rather than the front page.