Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Search engine optimization methods

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 05:04, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Search engine optimization methods

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I'm not really sure of the correct procedure but I thought I'd mention it anyway. This page seems to be rather pointless. Other than the section on grey hat techniques all the text seems to come directly from the Search engine optimization page. Also it doesn't mention white hat techniques at all. Perhaps it should be deleted or merged or something, either that or someone (not me) should completely rewrite it. 94.193.93.76 (talk) 02:05, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The SEO-category as a whole needs restructuring, and this is one of the problem articles. As mentioned above, it really doesn't have a purpose and does not add anything to the section. I will be recommending it for deletion and will be removing it from the SEO category. Bsanders246 (talk) 22:26, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:22, 11 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The main article Search engine optimization would become unbalanced and bloated if comprehensive information on methods were added. We've followed Wikipedia:Summary style by keeping a summary of methods in the main article, and moving additional content to the daughter article. A need for editing and expanding is not a valid reason for deletion. Jehochman ^Talk 21:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jehochman, I disagree. I think the best route is to create/modify a section in the main SEO article that discusses the common methods of SEO. This section could be split into 2 sections: on-site SEO and off-site SEO. Under these subsections, we can provide a short description of the applicable seo methods. If there is a significant amount of information on a specific method of SEO, such as backlinks, then we can provide links to wiki-articles which will provide a more thorough overview. Bsanders246 (talk) 19:08, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.