How Did Jay Kay Get into the DNN Newsletter?

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How Did Jay Kay Get into the DNN Newsletter?

Posted on Mon Apr 02, 2007 by Tom Kraak
In: DotNetNuke, Random Thoughts | 6 Comments

First off, I don’t blame you for shrugging this post off as a jealous rant. I’m with you; who wouldn’t like to get mentioned in the DNN newsletter? But believe it or not, there is more to the story than envy.

The latest DotNetNuke email newsletter (Vol. III, Number 3) contains two links – part 1 and 2 – to a piece on DNN search engine optimization by Jay Kay. Strangely enough, both links point to the same article on codeproject.com. Even the DNN newsletter editor must have gotten confused since at first glance it’s utterly unclear what makes up the parts of the article. I assume this “blog post” (looks more like four paragraphs spit out by a lorem ipsum generator than a blog post) was meant as part 1 and the article on codeproject.com constitutes part 2.

I won’t even go much into the article itself. “If we link internally to our own pages, and especially if we link internally to the middle of a page using a url with a #anchor, the search engine will view our page as being more relevant.” Jay, you can’t be serious ... please tell me you did not mean to write that.

My point is that numerous people in and around DNN publish quality articles and tutorials on a regular basis. Why promote such low quality content if you have a whole community to draw from?

Comments

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 7:33 PM Bill W. says:

If you look in the sidebar of each DNN Newsletter, it includes the email addresses for the co-editors of the monthly publication (as well as the direct address ... newsletter@dotnetnuke.com). Developers in the DNN community who wishes to submit their articles, tips, or tricks for submission to the newsletter can and have always been welcome to do so.

In checking my email, I have received no such submissions from your own company, although Seablick has been mentioned in the newsletter previously in regards to their consultant services (on a showcase site.)

If you would like to submit your articles for future editions, once again, please send them to newsletter@dotnetnuke.com .

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 7:57 PM Tom Kraak says:

Thanks for the clarification Bill.

That's not what this post is about though. I'm questioning the quality of the article that you featured in the newsletter. It's poorly written and some statements made are plain wrong.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 8:28 PM Bill W. says:

"My point is that numerous people in and around DNN publish quality articles and tutorials on a regular basis. Why promote such low quality content if you have a whole community to draw from?" - I see your point Tom, and I will re-phrase.

I would encourage everybody in the DNN community - authors themselves, or avid readers of others pieces - to feel free to submit links to articles/"how-tos" to the newsletter@dotnetnuke.com address. The greater selection of written pieces that the newsletter editorial team is aware of, the greater amount of choice the team will have in selecting premium written content for the newsletter each month. Reviews are also encouraged.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 9:07 PM Tom Kraak says:

Makes sense.

I think the fact that anybody can submit to you guys needs to be stressed more as I was not aware of that myself. But I'll definitely submit in the near future. Thanks for the opportunity.

Friday, April 06, 2007 at 10:40 AM Bill W. says:

Follow-up: Jay Kay has posted to the DNN forums, pointing out that both links in the newsletter - for Parts 1 and 2 of his article - directed to the same page on the CodeProject site. This was an error in the newsletter editing process (the editor must have been "confused" after all, Tom!) and shouldn't have slipped through.

Jay's post - which includes both proper links and a couple of community reviews - can be found here.

http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/ForumsDotNetNuke/
tabid/795/forumid/-1/threadid/121382/scope/posts/Default.aspx

Friday, April 06, 2007 at 10:49 AM Tom Kraak says:

Good timing Bill! I've just replied to Jay's post. Thanks.