[pydotorg-www] Pakt Publishing using wiki for SEO

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Can someone please contact them and implement the changes ?

Thanks.

On 02.01.2019 11:50, Steve Holden wrote:
> I'd agree this is abuse. We should revert the content to include the
> deleted links, and stop these automated updates.
> 
> regards
> Steve Holden
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 10:22 AM M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com
> <mailto:mal at egenix.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I don't know if you are aware, but Pakt has been publishing (apparently)
>     their complete list of Python books on the wiki, adding new titles
>     to the top of the page in an apparently automated way:
> 
>     https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks
>     https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks?action=info
> 
>     Not only that, but they removed older entries from the page:
> 
>     https://wiki.python.org/moin/AdvancedBooks?action=info&max_count=100&offset=200
> 
>     e.g. the Python Cookbook is no longer listed.
> 
>     I don't think the purpose of the wiki should be SEO and even less
>     removing competitor links.
> 
>     I think we should take action here, e.g. restore the old version of
>     the page and add a single link to the Pakt website instead of
>     the current endless list of entries.
> 
>     Thoughts ?
> 
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