12. The Freshmeat Effect (and how to avoid it)
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When I created the first version of FCS, and gave it the final touches,
I decided to call it "Freecell Solver" in order for it to have a
descriptive title.
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I posted announcements for the first release, and subsequent (usually
stable) releases on Freshmeat, and
so made many people aware of it.
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Starting at the very first days, a
Google search for "freecell solver" yielded its homepage as the
first link.
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Today, the situation is much worse: now most of the Google hits of this query
have something to do with it.
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The query "freecell solver" is generic enough that someone may wish to
find any of the available Freecell solvers.
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Solution: do your best to give an original name for your program, so it
won't clog up searches.
Written by Shlomi Fish