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• 9817 views: Difference between performing Fard and Sunnah prayer This is the 3-rd Google hit if we Google the title fard sunnah prayer. This should be our goal.

• 208 views: Is it permissible to make and watch TV programs with living creatures in them? Not on the first page of islam watch tv creatures nor islam tv creatures.

• 101 views: A Question Concerning Consensus and Hadith This is the 7-th Google hit for consensus hadith, but what is the likelihood of this post's contents being relevant to the Google user?

• 78 views: Islamic definition of ownership Doesn't make the first page for islam ownership, and is the 5-th hit even if we Google the question title itself Islamic definition of ownership.

• 76 views: Building a Prayer Place As an In-Charge. The English in this title is not great; so a Google user will expect the post to contain English errors. It doesn't make the first page of Google hits for islam build prayer place.

• Does the Treaty of Najran have any modern-day applicability?

• In what way does a layperson have no legal school?

And, to give an example of how we can do it at Islam.SE: my question Where are the seven levels of the nafs in Sufism mentioned in the Qur'an? received reliable answers, and I added it as a reference here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_psychology

• 9817 views: Difference between performing Fard and Sunnah prayer This is the 3-rd Google hit if we Google the title fard sunnah prayer. This should be our goal.

• 208 views: Is it permissible to make and watch TV programs with living creatures in them? Not on the first page of islam watch tv creatures nor islam tv creatures.

• 101 views: A Question Concerning Consensus and Hadith This is the 7-th Google hit for consensus hadith, but what is the likelihood of this post's contents being relevant to the Google user?

• 78 views: Islamic definition of ownership Doesn't make the first page for islam ownership, and is the 5-th hit even if we Google the question title itself Islamic definition of ownership.

• 76 views: Building a Prayer Place As an In-Charge. The English in this title is not great; so a Google user will expect the post to contain English errors. It doesn't make the first page of Google hits for islam build prayer place.

• Does the Treaty of Najran have any modern-day applicability?

• In what way does a layperson have no legal school?

And, to give an example of how we can do it at Islam.SE: my question Where are the seven levels of the nafs in Sufism mentioned in the Qur'an? received reliable answers, and I added it as a reference here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi_psychology

StackExchange has fantastic search engine optimization, and we should be leveraging this to our advantage. How? We need specific question titles that people will search for. (See my advice.)

StackExchange has fantastic search engine optimization, and we should be leveraging this to our advantage. How? We need specific question titles that people will search for. (See my advice.)

Scholars are going to Google their own names (ego Googling). When they do so, imagine if they find that in their search results:

I therefore encourage users to ask specific questions about scholarly papers, referencing the papers and the authors by name. The page Religious Studies Electronic Journals by Saundra Lipton contains a list of Islamic studies journals.

Scholars are going to Google their own names (ego Googling) and titles of their papers (and so are their students and collaborators). When they do so, imagine if they find that in their search results:

I therefore encourage users to ask specific questions about scholarly papers, referencing the papers and the authors by name. The page Religious Studies Electronic Journals by Saundra Lipton contains a list of Islamic studies journals.

I wrote two questions to get the ball rolling:

• Does the Treaty of Najran have any modern-day applicability?

• In what way does a layperson have no legal school?