[Search-l] Replicating content within Mini-Articles

[Angela]

On Jan 8, 2008 12:23 AM, Michael Wechner <michael.wechner at wyona.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just tested the creation of a Mini Article about myself ;-)
>
> http://re.search.wikia.com/search#Michael%20Wechner
>
> but it surprises me that one is being told NOT to add ONLY a link.
>
> I think this is just creating another "silo". I would rather like to
> point to my FOAF/RDF at
>
> http://foaf.wyona.org//profiles/michael-wechner.rdf
>
> resp.
>
> http://foaf.wyona.org/profiles/michael-wechner.html
>
> and think that wikia search should use this instead that I have to
> replicate the data.
>
> Or is wikia already considering about improving/changing this?

There are a few reasons for this. One is simply to decrease spam or
make it easier to deal with. If someone does nothing other than link
to their own SEO company on the Mini:SEO page, it's not helpful to the
searcher at all. That link, if good, will be in the search results
page, not on the article.

Another reason is to encourage the addition of useful information
right there on the wiki, rather than needing to follow a link. One big
aim of mini-articles is to provide disambiguation between different
meanings of the same search term. If I search for "Michael Wechner",
I'd like the mini-article to tell me if the links are going to tell me
about the founder of Wyona or about one of the many of Michael
Wechners. A link alone doesn't do that. Some text, or context, is
needed to make the article useful.

Angela