On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:43:46 Ivan M wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Ivan M <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Graham, > > Just a small suggestion... > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Some months back I touted the idea of a "Google OOo" campaign. The idea > >> was to make it very easy and minimal cost for local communities to > >> produce simple flyers and posters that give a simple call to action. > >> The "Google OOo" statement would be the central part of the flyers with > >> a simple message included. The messages would be translated into the > >> local language or messages more appropriate to the local culture. The > >> key is not to explain but to excite curiosity, to reinforce the call to > >> an action. > > > > Because Google brands some of its software with its name - e.g. Google > > Earth - the flyer might appear to be advertising a piece of Google > > software - so people might search for "Google OOo" expecting something > > from a Google domain. My suggestion would be to have Google "OOo", to > > make the intended action more clear. > > > > ... and the why.OOo page should be updated - at least in terms of > > design - before any major marketing campaign starts (that's not such a > > small suggestion, but since I'm on a roll... :P) > > > > Regards, > > Ivan. > > P.S. The first thing that came up when I Googled "OOo" from Firefox > [1] is a stock graph of Stream Global Services, Inc [2]. > > However, I tried the same search in Safari [3] and IE [4] and > OpenOffice.org was indeed the first result - however, you may notice > that these other browsers searched via google.com by default, while FF > searched via google.co.nz, so this seems to be the cause. > > [1] > http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=OOo&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla >:en-US:official&client=firefox-a [2] > http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=AMEX:OOO > [3] > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=OOo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 > [4] > http://www.google.com/search?q=OOo&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&st >artIndex=&startPage=1 > > Regards, > Ivan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
Interestingly I just did a try out on a bunch of different Google locals. Both the .com.au and the the .co.nz return the Amex:OOO first, none of the others that I tried did that. If I used the Maori translation of Google.co.nz however, it didn't. Interesting! :) -- "The Best Things in life are 3" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
