Update site title to be more consistent across pages #51

2016-05-12T10:48:35Z

MitchellCash commented

2016-05-12 10:48:35 +00:00

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Sorry, I use a text editor add-on that removes white space automatically. It seems I have inadvertently done that here, let me know if you want me to rebase leaving the whitespace but I think it's good to remove in this commit.

bookercodes commented

2016-05-12 11:56:02 +00:00

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Hi again, @mitchellcash 👋

I agree that the site title should be consistent across pages so I merged your branch. Thanks for the PR 😄

I think I'll make some tweaks later. For example, the title used to be "privacy tools - encryption against global mass surveillance 🔒" and now it's "Encryption against global mass surveillance 🔒 - privacy tools". I don't think the "-" was stylistic - I think @privacytoolsIO used grammar intentionally.

Moreover, I think the site name, "Privacy Tools", should be visible on tabs. As you can see, most browsers truncate the tab title:

By putting the text "Privacy Tools" at the end of a lengthy title it almost certainly won't be seen.

To be honest, I'm not even sure that the text "Encryption against global mass surveillance" even belongs in <title> - it's not a <title>, it's a description. Perhaps it would better to make the <title> just "Privacy Tools" and in the case of the donate page, "Donate | Privacy Tools". I'm not sure what the implications on SEO would be, though...

What do you think?

Hi again, @mitchellcash :wave: I agree that the site title should be consistent across pages so I merged your branch. Thanks for the PR :smile: I think I'll make some tweaks later. For example, the title used to be _"privacy tools - encryption against global mass surveillance 🔒"_ and now it's _"Encryption against global mass surveillance 🔒 - privacy tools"_. I don't think the _"-"_ was stylistic - I think @privacytoolsIO used grammar intentionally. Moreover, I think the site name, _"Privacy Tools"_, should be visible on tabs. As you can see, most browsers truncate the tab title: ![](http://i.imgur.com/va3KjcC.png) By putting the text _"Privacy Tools"_ at the end of a lengthy title it almost certainly won't be seen. To be honest, I'm not even sure that the text _"Encryption against global mass surveillance"_ even belongs in `<title>` - it's not a `<title>`, it's a description. Perhaps it would better to make the `<title>` just _"Privacy Tools"_ and in the case of the donate page, _"Donate | Privacy Tools"_. I'm not sure what the implications on SEO would be, though... What do you think?

MitchellCash commented

2016-05-15 03:04:22 +00:00

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Completely agree. That was my original thought, but as I am new to committing to this project I thought I would ease myself in with smaller changes :)

My thoughts would be:
Main page: Privacy Tools (or maybe Privacy Tools | Encryption against global mass surveillance)
Subsequent pages: "Page Title" | Privacy Tools (e.g. Secure Password Generator | Privacy Tools)

We should also consider updating the site description, as it's currently truncated on Google's search engine:

So maybe this is where we instead add:
Site description: You are being watched! Knowledge, encryption and privacy tools to protect you against global mass surveillance.

Completely agree. That was my original thought, but as I am new to committing to this project I thought I would ease myself in with smaller changes :) My thoughts would be: Main page: Privacy Tools (or maybe Privacy Tools | Encryption against global mass surveillance) Subsequent pages: "_Page Title_" | Privacy Tools (e.g. Secure Password Generator | Privacy Tools) We should also consider updating the site description, as it's currently truncated on Google's search engine: ![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37902134/GitHub/privacytoolsIO%3Aprivacytools-io/%2351_0.png) So maybe this is where we instead add: Site description: `You are being watched! Knowledge, encryption and privacy tools to protect you against global mass surveillance.`

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