I've noticed in a few places that people are using FAQ 50 "Why are my entries appearing on search engines? How can I prevent this?" and saying "do the opposite of this FAQ", and that's a really awkward way to phrase things ( Read more... )

A while back, gameboyguy13 started a Smackdown on FAQs that needed updating because they still pointed to the old "comment settings" or "viewing options" pages.

I've done those that I was priv-authorized to do, plus I wanted to notify y'all about one other one:

* FAQ 259

* FAQ 277

* FAQ 283

* FAQ 286

* FAQ 50, Read more... )

FAQ 50 needs a link updated.

Currently, it says:

You can also use the Minimize your journal's inclusion in search engine results option on the Viewing Options page.

At a minimum, this should be changed to:

You can also use the Minimize your journal's inclusion in search engine results option on the Privacy Tab of the My Account Settings page ( Read more... )

Because people can use a little more nudging sometimes...

Would it make sense to add an extra link at the end of FAQ 50 to point to FAQ 120, and not just to FAQ 24? Something like,

* Make your existing entries Friends-only or Private, and set the minimum security level of your journal so that new entries are protected ( Read more... )

Hiya ( Read more... )

FAQ208: consolidated the "here's your journal URL" paragraph into one line in the summary. removed the explicit "we can't help you with your IM client", replaced with an implicit "we can't help you"

FAQ144: General cleanup, no content changes. Nuked the summary since the FAQ was short enough not to need one or have a clear summary/full division.

( Read more... )

Suggestion for FAQ 50 - Google's got my stuff! Make it stop ( Read more... )

[...] Additionally, if you have a paid account, a robots.txt file will be added to your personalized subdomain (http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/).
( FAQ #50)

It would seem that this works for Free Accounts as well now, and a revision of the FAQ would thusly be in order. :)
(How does this work for communities?)

External Sites
208 (IM profile)
73 (bandwidth theft)
50 (search engines)

about
none

site navigation
47 (memories)
70 (Calendar)
202 (finding people)

paid accounts
131 (paid accounts) - friendsfriends URL still needs correction.
30 (text messaging) - tags link in last paragraph
243 (podcast)

journal entries
67 (links)
75 (lj-specific markup) - ( Read more... )