On 25/09/2008 12:40, "Talat Chaudhri" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In that case why does the software make its own text files from the
> originals? (DSpace is my reference point here, everybody else.)
It makes its own text files for its own search facility.
> Can't
> the benefit be derived but linked instead to the metadata page as the
> jump-off point, should the repository manager prefer it? Perhaps this is
> not compatible with the way Google etc work? I do see your point of
> course. Thanks,
If I understand correctly what you are trying to say here:
We could in theory make repositories see that a request for the full text
has come from a Google search and hijack this and instead return the
metadata page.
HOWEVER... when the search engine spiders find you doing this, they decrease
your ranking as they see that you are 'cheating' because you return
different web pages to their spiders as you do to end users for an identical
request.
AFAIK there is no clean technical way to force people to the metadata
jump-off page.
Stuart
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