GitHub Wiki Search Engine Enablement
14 hours ago
- #Search Engine Optimization
- #Open Source
- #GitHub
- GHWSEE (GitHub Wiki Search Engine Enablement) allows GitHub Wikis to be indexed by search engines by bypassing GitHub's restrictions.
- GitHub Wikis have been purposefully non-indexable since 2012, a fact not well-documented until April 2021.
- GHWSEE serves as a proxy for wiki content, designed for crawlers, not direct user consumption, with clear links back to GitHub.
- The project aims to raise awareness about GitHub Wikis' invisibility to search engines and encourages the use of GitHub Pages as a more search-friendly alternative.
- Feedback and discussions about GitHub's blocking of Wiki content can be directed to a specific GitHub discussion thread.
- For anti-abuse, all external links from GHWSEE include 'rel="nofollow ugc"' attributes.
- The service is low-cost to host and encourages donations to the Internet Archive or Archive Team projects in lieu of compensation.
- GHWSEE plans to decommission once GitHub lifts indexing restrictions or provides an alternative solution.
- As of January 2022, GitHub has started allowing some Wikis to be indexed based on non-public criteria, with GHWSEE implementing redirects for these cases.
- The project is independently run by nelsonjchen, with no affiliation to GitHub.