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

[Srikanth Koneru]

That is why i said half decent :)
Its not good enough to compete on its own but at the same time it needs to
be good enough to have actual users to provide link juice.


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> If you can create a good theme, then using SEO keywords as the name of the
> theme actively hurts its success.
>
> This is because it means that your theme is now difficult to find by name.
> People searching for specific themes usually search for their names. If
> your theme is named with keywords that are actively used in many other
> things, then now your theme doesn't show up when people are actively trying
> to find it.
>
> Word of mouth and user recommendations are still the most common ways for
> people to find things. Somebody wanting to find a theme will read
> suggestions by other people first, they don't strike out on their own
> searching for keywords. If this were not the case, then there wouldn't be
> so many "lists of good theme" posts on blogs.
>
> Names should be unique and memorable for maximum success.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That is why I said theme should be at least half decent, success depends
>> on how many people are actually using it.
>>
>>
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