Board Thread:Policies/@comment-31722073-20181113022211/@comment-2054358-20190115040149

I'm with Koavf on this matter. I really want to get rid of the "Codename (Real Name)" titles from the New Earth pages because they are inconsistent with the rest of the wiki and we're boosting the SEO for outdated pages. And I don't want the SEO-based titles transferred to Prime Earth either because if DC decides to reboot the multiverse again, we'll be back where we started. And a character's popularity status could change overtime. An A-lister can be demoted to a B-lister and a C-lister can get more exposure. When that happens, how do we decide whether a character gets the SEO-name treatment? And I don't think the SEO titles with the "Codename (Real Name)" format is even necessary to get our pages to the top results of a google search. When I google "booster gold" our Michael Jon Carter (New Earth) article is the third result. When I googled "batman" I can't even find our Batman (Bruce Wayne) article anywhere. It only showed up as the second result when I googled "batman bruce wayne" and Bruce Wayne (Prime Earth) was there as the fourth result. Search "saturn girl" and Imra Ardeen (Pre-Zero Hour) is the second result. While having the search term in the title does help, it's not needed to get to the top. The Marvel Database used our SEO system for certain characters in Earth-616, such as Spider-Man (Peter Parker) but they have retired it a couple years ago even though Marvel never moved away from 616. I think we should find a way to boost our rankings without resorting to ignoring our naming conventions.