New format of subject for notification emails

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New format of subject for notification emails

Gary Varga

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April 24, 2014 at 2:16 am

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This is only my opinion but most of the time I read these emails on a phone and the preamble of it being from SQLServerCentral.com and a forum post notification is so long that I can no longer see for which topic it is for unless I open up the email.
The way it was I could open up one forum post notification email, click the link held within then catchup before deleting all relevant emails and moving on to the next topic.
Now I have to open up each email as I have no idea for which topic they are for until then. This process is far more laborious.
I hope that you find this constructive.
Gaz
-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 1

+1 on this one

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 2

+1 from me. This was annoying to me.

I did find out that this is due to a change in the pages themselves to rank better in Google. The SEO people have been trying to tune our ranking as Google's changes last year dramatically affected us (and many other SQL sites).

I have someone looking at how to change the email gen process to get back to easy to read subjects.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 3

Ummmm.... Let's think about this... Why would email subject titles be searchable on Google to begin with? Makes no sense to me.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
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Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 4

It's the titles on this page (all forum pages) that affect SEO.

Unfortunately, the email process just uses what's here.

Robert.Sterbal SSCrazy Points: 2855 More actions · Answer 5

A variation of this suggestion for the body of the email:

Can you change the format of this line:

A new reply has been added by Jeff Moden to a topic you're subscribed to.

To any of these 3 formats:

A new reply has been added by

Jeff Moden

to a topic you're subscribed to.

or

A new reply has been added by Jeff Moden

to a topic you're subscribed to.

or

A new reply has been added by

Jeff Moden to a topic you're subscribed to.

Thanks!

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 6

I can't find a reason to use development time to insert additional line feeds when your mail client shoult format the email correctly.

Luis C.
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734418 More actions · Answer 7

We've rolled back the titles for now. Someone will be looking at the email process to standardize and separate that from the page title.

Robert.Sterbal SSCrazy Points: 2855 More actions · Answer 8

Luis Cazares (5/6/2014)
I can't find a reason to use development time to insert additional line feeds when your mail client shoult format the email correctly.

the email is sent without the additional line feeds. I suggested them because I think they want to keep the emails in plain text.

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 9

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/6/2014)
We've rolled back the titles for now. Someone will be looking at the email process to standardize and separate that from the page title.

Thanks Steve.

Gaz

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003853 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/6/2014)
We've rolled back the titles for now. Someone will be looking at the email process to standardize and separate that from the page title.

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--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 11

Hey, Jeff!!! Is that Row By Appreciative Row? 😛

Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!