On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > Sorry for top posting, but I think we've discussed this enough to have > > a sense of what our constraints are. > > > > A quick proposal: > > > > Let's start from this page: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/product/ > > > > That is linked to prominently from the homepage and the top navigation > bar. > > > > I propose adding a new section to the left navigation panel, between > > "Products" and "More". The new section will be called "Platforms" and > > will link to four pages: > > > > 1) Windows > > > > 2) Mac > > > > 3) Linux > > > > 4) Ports > > > > The first three will be new landing pages. The last one will link to > > the existing /porting page. > > > > Each of the platform pages will have basic system requirements and a > > link to the download page. They pages can grow to contain (or link to) > > other platform specific instructions or FAQ's. > > > > As an example, here is what the windows page might look like: > > http://www.openoffice.org/product/windows.html > > We could try to keep the other platforms in a parallel form. > > -Rob > good idea! I like it! > > > > > -Rob > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>> Rob Weir wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I could see /platforms/mac if we imagine creating in the future > >>>> similar landing pages for Windows or Linux. > >>>> Note that today, a query of "OpenOffice for Linux" has this ancient > >>>> page as a #1 hit: > >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/setup-linux.html > >>>> And the #1 hit for "OpenOffice for Windows" is not even at our > >>>> website. It goes to CNet's download.com page. > >>> > >>> > >>> Very interesting. Indeed this could also be the way to catch users who > look > >>> for "OpenOffice Portable", for example, and should know that we do > have a > >>> (third-party, from winPenPack) version available; they are now offered > an > >>> ancient version since OpenOffice Portable has not been updated yet. The > >>> updated version is not on the first page of search results. > >>> > >> > >> Exactly. > >> > >> In the last month we've seen the following related queries: > >> > >> openoffice portable 2,500 > >> open office portable 1,000 > >> openoffice portable italiano 150 > >> apache openoffice portable 16 > >> portable 90 > >> openoffice portable download 16 > >> portable openoffice 12 > >> openofficeportable <10 > >> office portable <10 > >> openoffice portable日本語版 <10 > >> openoffice portable 3.4 <10 > >> openoffice 3.4 portable <10 > >> openoffice portable deutsch <10 > >> openoffice.org portable 日本語版 <10 > >> portable open office <10 > >> openoffice.org portable <10 > >> openoffice portable 日本語 <10 > >> > >> For many of these queries the #1 page is the German page: > >> http://www.openoffice.org/de/downloads/oooportable.html. That is not > >> the optimal page for most of these queries. > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> Regards, > >>> Andrea. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -- Aesop
