Bits - The Unix and Linux Forums (Experimental) Virtual Currency

[Neo]

Originally Posted by figaro

I also think some of the awards are quite high: for instance rating threads is 50 bits. Are we encouraging users to rate threads?

Yes we are. Rating threads helps search our Google site map algorithm to prioritize which threads are top priority to spider. In turn, this helps insure higher rated threads are visible when users search for information.

[CRGreathouse]

Originally Posted by Neo

Yes we are. Rating threads helps search our Google site map algorithm to prioritize which threads are top priority to spider. In turn, this helps insure higher rated threads are visible when users search for information.

Google knows what to do with those? Is that a rel tag or something?

[Neo]

Originally Posted by CRGreathouse

Google knows what to do with those? Is that a rel tag or something?

Yes, Google knows how to process Google site maps and our forum software knows how to build them

Google Sitemap Protocol

The Sitemap Protocol format consists of XML tags. All data values in a Sitemap must be entity-escaped. The file itself must be UTF-8 encoded.

A sample Sitemap that contains just one URL and uses all optional tags is shown below. The optional tags are in italics.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
   <url>
    <loc>http://www.example.com/</loc>
   <lastmod>2005-01-01</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
   </url>  
</urlset>

The Sitemap must:

• Begin with an opening <urlset> tag and end with a closing </urlset> tag.
• Include a <url> entry for each URL as a parent XML tag.
• Include a <loc> child entry for each <url> parent tag.

[CRGreathouse]

Oh, I didn't know the ratings went into Google sitemaps. Cool!

[Neo]

Yes, rating a thread/post effects the algorithm used to calculate the priority of the URL in the Google Sitemap.

Cheers.

[figaro]

The table at the following location can be posted into a sticky with automatic update as we continue to experiment with levels of bit-awards that we are comfortable with?
Bits - The Unix and Linux Forums (Experimental) Virtual Currency

[Neo]

Originally Posted by figaro

The table at the following location can be posted into a sticky with automatic update as we continue to experiment with levels of bit-awards that we are comfortable with?
Bits - The Unix and Linux Forums (Experimental) Virtual Currency

Done, Current Bits System Awards (Alpha Release)