Re: More domain name confusion?

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

On Thursday 24 September 2009 07:05:10 pm Allin Cottrell wrote:
> Here's one further thought, after which I'll shut up (at least for
> a while!).
>
> IF you think there's some validity in the analysis I have offered
> of the google ranking issue AND you're sympathetic to the points
> Philipp Janert has made (as I am) BUT you doubt how easy and quick
> it would be to substitute gnuplot.sf.net for www.gnuplot.info in
> the google rankings, THEN you might be willing to consider the
> option I mooted a few postings back, but which I'll now state a
> bit more explicitly:

I think by all means we should retain the gnuplot.info
domain name. If nothing else, it is much prettier than
gnuplot.sf.net. Also, it is more likely to be taken seriously.
(I am always a bit suspicious of projects which have only
their sf site, but don't even own their own domain.)

>
> * Scrap the web page at gnuplot.sf.net; make this a redirect to
> www.gnuplot.info (so Ethan has only one website to maintain).

The other way around: www.gnuplot.info should redirect
to sf.net or be an alias for it.

Also, I don't think Ethan maintains the website, the dev
team does. (Which is not to downgrade Ethan's contributions
in any way, but we all share responsibility for all aspects of
the project.)

Which brings me back to my original point: IFF the
gnuplot.info domain is the "normative" domain for
the entire gnuplot project (and not just an individual's
gnuplot fan site), then it should point to something that
the entire dev team has access to - in case we need to,
or in case the maintainer is not available.

>
> * Aside from the "shop window" website, everything else is at
> sf.net; so, for example, any download links on the page at
> www.gnuplot.info would point to the appropriate place on sf.net.