> 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.mozil > >la > > > >: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! :)
If you use "oo.o" then the AU Google site gives you OpenOffice.org as th first result. Perhaps we should make it "Google OO.o" (with the dot)? -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
