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Apples and oranges?

I just asked a very popular question about apples. I thought I'd see what the Mahalo page was like and who has it. But, it's not about apples! How do I create a page that is actually about apples?

Apples were around long before that electronics company; apples are in the dictionary! Heck, apples are in the bible! If someone looks for information about an apple, they are not going to query "apple (fruit)" !

The apple page should be for real apples! The computer company should have some other page.

Please advise!
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krysstel krysstel
 
 July 14, 2009 03:01 AM
my vote: that the Apple Computers page should be named that. and the apple fruit page should be APPLES.

good luck. maybe Mahalo management will change it! :)
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I really LIKE apples! (the food) and grow them, too.

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kerryk kerryk
 
July 14, 2009 02:58 AM
I agree with you completely that the Apple page for computers should have a different name. You could name the page "Apples" because there is no Mahalo page titles "Apples". That would work perfectly considering the page would be on all the varieties of apples and not just one particular kind of apple.

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ssmacd ssmacd
 
July 14, 2009 03:45 AM
Mahalo is not a dictionary-- its organized around terms that people will search. When you search for Apple on Google, the entire page comes up as the company. So, if you DID type in apple to Google...and got a page about the computer and wanted to actually find info about the fruit--what would you do?

You MIGHT type in Apple Fruit to modify your search...and when you did Mahalo's page would be at the top of page two. That's pretty good ranking, and with some page promotion it might get moved up to page one.

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albanian albanian
 
July 14, 2009 03:59 AM
Thanks for the tip. I have now spotted and claimed the "apple fruit" page. I still think it is outrageous that a modern trademark should supplant a word thousands of years old. I doubt many people will type "apple fruit". I didn't.

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ssmacd ssmacd
 
July 14, 2009 04:12 AM
Agreed.

Apple Cider and Hard Cider are unclaimed as well...

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July 14, 2009 07:28 AM
You could probably get a redirect from "apples" to "apple fruit."

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July 14, 2009 07:32 AM
I think that when someone searches for "apple," two pictures should be displayed-- an apple computer and an apple fruit. Give the user a choice of which apple they prefer.
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ssmacd ssmacd
 
July 14, 2009 12:59 PM
Great way to handle disambiguations!

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
July 14, 2009 09:13 PM
Apple Fruit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/3721026025/

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