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

Tue Jul 22 18:56:23 UTC 2014

@Otto, that's something I am trying to explain for over a year now and you
nailed it!

@Chip right on target!

@Srikanth bud, do similar, get rich and buy a nice car ;)

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chip, both are seo seeded, I think you don't have much SEO/Internet
> marketing knowledge/experience?
> Otto, which search are you talking about Google or theme directory?
>
> This is how it works :
>
> I make a theme, name it "Premium Photography" get it into directory, I get
> a url www.wordpress.org/themes/premium-photography and my credit link
> will be <a href="http://www.wordpress.org/themes/premium-photography">Premium
> Photography Theme</a>
>
> I get downloads from directory which will get me link juice, combining the
> link juice and wordpress.org domain authority I am already in the top 3-7
> ranks on google, give it some time to get more downloads and build links
> and I am in top 1-3 and I now have a steady monthly pay check with no
> effort.
>
> All you need is a half decent theme and a nice keyword, now if I get lucky
> and it gets featured, I can buy a nice car or a house.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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