If you think about it, when someone wants a theme, they will go to the categories or search. One thing we can do as developers is to target the search function when creating themes. Make sure your meta tags are useful. Use names people will be searching for like roses instead of just flowers. From what I have seen from the search results is that the most popular come up first. Target your audience and give them what they are looking for.
On May 1, 12:59 am, "Don Dixon, www.igooglethemes.net" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running Firefox 3 (it does not show there) and IE 7 (does show > there). > > On Apr 30, 4:18 pm, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I can't see this "pop-up" in either Firefox 3 or IE 6. I've turned off > > the pop-up blocker. Being in Australia, I've looked at both > > google.com.au and google.com. Maybe I'm using the wrong browser/ > > version, or maybe it hasn't been turned on for Australia. Or maybe my > > security/privacy software is blocking it somewhere. > > > BUT-- I ACCIDENTALLY found a link to "top iGoogle developers". No, > > it's not on the main directory page where you'd expect such a useful > > link to be. You have to click on a developer's link on the right hand > > side of the listing - ANY developer's name will do - and voila! On the > > developer's page, below the developer's profile, is a nice little link > > that says "See list of top iGoogle developers". Ordinary users would > > never find it. > > > I think I might have seen it before, but when I started looking for it > > again I couldn't remember where it was! Did anyone else know that was > > there? How long has it been there? What was Google's rationale for > > burying it there? They're probably sitting back saying "What's all the > > fuss, we've got a link to top developers?", while people looking for > > it can't find it. > > > There is no suggestion what criteria have been used to determine "top > > developers", but it obviously takes into account gadgets as well as > > themes, since some of the developers in the listting have no themes at > > all. But at least the recognized quality theme developers seem to > > appear in the first few pages. > > > Google, oh Google ... how about putting this link on the main > > directory page, and solve all our problems? Please? > > > On May 1, 5:18 am, "Don Dixon,www.igooglethemes.net" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have both IE and Firefox installed. This morning this is a new pop > > > up that shows miniature photos with 10 themes per page. (Does not > > > show in Firefox). They load faster but unfortunately there is still > > > no organization of themes. With the flood of themes, the only thing > > > people can do at this point to find themes is to search for themes by > > > putting a designer's name in the search box. It's either that, or go > > > through all the garbage. The "Hottest Category" is not working > > > properly. (I have a theme with 20,000 + users within the last 3-4 > > > months and it doesn't even show in the "hottest" category, while > > > themes I did a year ago with 2,300 users do show). Now, with this new > > > approach, the search bar is not there for users to search. They now > > > have to click on "other options to get to the search bar. If this is > > > what Google meant when they said they were looking for a way to make > > > themes "more discoverable", I don't think this is the answer. This is > > > not a bad approach, but there needs to be something done about the > > > flooding of poor quality themes and how the library is organized. I > > > don't get it. It's pretty obvious that the theme section is a > > > disaster. The question is: Will they do something about it before > > > most get so ticked off they'll never come back?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Themes API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-themes-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
