Hi,

For SEO reasons I would like to rename one of my oldest portals from it's numeric value of 6 to a name (Out of itnerest, this portal is PokerDIY.com and I think that having the extra keyword ("PokerDIY") in every IMG src will help SEO - opinions?)

Is this even possible?From what I can see, I need to change the PortalAlias record to the new name, and then rename the folder under Portals. Is that all these is to it or is the value stored elsewhere?

Hi Rodeny,

I'm not sure about the details there, but I just thought I'd add a cautionary note that some modules don't seem to like having a proper name for the portal. I was originally only using real names, but after a small number of modules caused problems I had to err on the safe side and now just leave it up to the automatic numbering.

In fact there might even be a clue in that behaviour.. it's similar to how some modules don't work when a friendly name is used. Presumably development guidelines aren't always followed.

I'm also interested in whether SEO is assisted by the path names.

Rob

hmm it's been a while since I stopped using names for portals... I've checked my notes and I didn't record which modules were troublesome.

I recall that Ventrian had module friendly-name issues back then as did some of yours (and WildModules and quite a few others), but I can't recall which ones also had the portal friendly-name issue. It was definitely problematic enough that I decided the risk was too great.. nowdays I'd probably just jump on the developer and get it fixed.

Scott would no doubt fix up his modules pretty quick if there were a problem.

Rob