Micro site is a good idea to pursue and I am ready to offer help in this area
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 914422396480 On 3 February 2013 21:58, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > In anticipation of AOO4, I want to start a discussion on the video and > > maybe a microsite to drive this video's overall presentation. > > > > ------ Micro-Site Idea ---- > > Micro-site for new users, references from external websites, our "About" > > for end users", mostly new users. > > URL would be easy like "welcome.openoffice.org/" or " > openoffice.org/welcome" > > or "openoffice.org/guttentag" for german etc. Have to confirm with infra > > peers on possibilities / restrictions. > > A micro-site to "join the office revolution". This micro-site should be a > > red carpet entrance for new users, welcome, we're expecting you [clueless > > new users, yes you who stumbled here because a friend posted this], > > everything is here waiting to help you. > > > > How would we direct users to the new microsite? From an SEO > perspective, we have so many links to the home page that queries > related to OpenOffice almost all lead the user to the home page. I > don't think it would be possible to influence the search traffic to go > to a new welcome page, especially with the weight of a decade's worth > of links pointing to www.openoffice.org. > > But three exceptions/possibilities: > > 1) If we have a new landing page that is more relevant to a user > search query than the home page is, then it could get good placement. > For example, queries for "OpenOffice for Mac" do not go to the > homepage, but to a Mac specific page. But I don't think new users > query for "openoffice new users". Their queries are probably similar > to any other query. But we can investigate that. > > 2) Not all traffic is from search. We could have, for example, a > landing page that we code into the social sharing links. That will > draw in traffic. > > 3) We can redirect traffic that is referred to by specific websites. > This could be done at the Apache httpd level, or with Javascript (less > reliable). > > > Scope: > > A Video (I need help forming this idea and producing something) > > HTML Page (I can contribute to completing this) > > > > Audience: > > Social Media Followers and their friends/connections > > New Users > > Returning Users for AOO4 > > > > We do have the ability to direct the URL for upgrading users. > Currently we send them to the download page or to a native language > page. We even have the ability to send 3.3.0 upgrades to one page and > 3.4.1 upgrades to another. > > > Deadline: to have this before launch of AOO4. > > > > My Initial Idea: > > > > The HTML [HTML5 maybe] page could be a picture of a computer monitor > > centered in an environment, the background environment emphasizes the > > market we are appealing to. > > > > The screen on the monitor is our nice video (embedded youtube video in > the > > page). > > Examples: > > Corporate: bland, grey cubical desktop and maybe some office supplies and > > whiteboard. > > School: school desk, crayons, notebooks, microscope, chalkboard behind. > > Doctor's office, stethoscope and clipboard on a medical stretcher / bed. > > Campus: Laptop on campus/park bench. > > > > On refresh or on click we change the background to others. And have > > customer quotes, from real doctors, teachers, students, professionals. > > Maybe real customer company or small business can issue a public > statement. > > A company would love exposure to our 100k+ visitors a day. > > > > Samer >
