[theme-reviewers] Need Clarification on theme name which is fine as per the guideline and as per the other theme names !

[Chip Bennett]

Theme A name: "Premium Photography"
Theme B name: "AwesomeSauce by Awesome Free WP Themes"

One is SEO-seeded. The other is not.


On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chip, the guideline I am talking about is filed under "Theme Name" heading
> and not under "Credit Links"
>
> "Themes are *not* to use Theme author/developer credit text in their
> name. For example *AwesomeSauce by John Q. Developer* (makes for a much
> better credit link); or, SEO/SPAM-seeded text, such as: *AwesomeSauce by
> Awesome Free WP Themes*."
>
> It says theme name should not use seo text or spam text in theme name.
>
> My intention is not to antagonize admins, just want to know when does it
> get spammy and what definition of spam is for you.
> You know, put a definition so in future we won't have these
> misunderstandings.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The Guidelines say that *credit links* should not have SEO keywords.
>>
>> There's a big difference. The point of the guideline is to avoid
>> *stuffing* the credit link with words *other* than the Theme name. Using
>> the Theme name as the credit link is the requirement, and using the Theme
>> name as the credit link would never inherently fall under "SEO seeding".
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Otto, you are agreeing "premium photography" is a bad SEO attempt, but
>>> that guideline says names should not have SEO keywords.
>>> So tomorrow is someone submits "premium responsive photography" is that
>>> acceptable? When does it become spam? Just curious.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm going to make this real, real simple.
>>>>
>>>> First off, I don't understand why this is even an argument. "Premium
>>>> Photography" strikes me as a perfectly acceptable name. Not spammy even a
>>>> little bit.
>>>>
>>>> That said, if theme names being submitted do get to a point of actually
>>>> being "spammy", then I'll simply put a stop to it... with great prejudice.
>>>> I don't use override authority often, but any actual spam found *will be
>>>> stopped*.
>>>>
>>>> We don't allow spam on WordPress.org, and that's a flat rule that is
>>>> well above and beyond any of the theme-review team's decision. We know spam
>>>> and abuse when we see it, regardless of definitions decided by anybody
>>>> else's guidelines. We hate spam, and will not abide its presence on the
>>>> site.
>>>>
>>>> My suggestion would be to choose names for names and not for any form
>>>> of SEO text. Names are not keywords nor search terms, they're names. Names
>>>> should be unique. From that perspective, "Premium Photography" is a
>>>> terrible name. It is neither descriptive nor, in fact, a "name". It doesn't
>>>> lend itself well to discussion or to searching based on its unique
>>>> identity. It's a *bad* SEO attempt, frankly. But it's not quite "spam".
>>>>
>>>> -Otto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Chip, is there any chance that you can bring the discussion over to
>>>>> the mailing list and allow others to have a say? I know that the OP
>>>>> wants it admin only but I feel that anyone should be able to have
>>>>> their say, as long as it respectful.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Daniel Fenn
>>>>>
>>>>>
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