[General] Re: OSAF redirect

[Katie Capps Parlante]

+1

As Mimi is on vacation for two weeks, Philippe will take her role wrt 
design adjustments to www.osafoundation.org.

Cheers,
Katie

Jared Rhine wrote:
> Jared Rhine wrote:
>> What should we do about blogs linking to www.osafoundation.org directly?
> 
> Here's what I've heard:
> 
> * The problem is not just blog linkers, but people clicking on OSAF 
> first in the Google search results.
> 
> * We kinda really need more data about how many people are clicking 
> through www.osafoundation.org to actually arrive on the Chandler Project 
> site.
> 
> * A redesign of www.osafoundation.org to make Chandler Project more 
> prominent should happen at a minimum; there are a number approaches.
> 
> * Raising chandlerproject.org page ranking is strategically important.
> 
> * There's perceived valuing in having the two separate sites.
> 
> * The volume of traffic to the OSAF site ("unlikely they are looking for 
> the non-profit") is a driver for the overall concern.
> 
> * Overall leaning (informal +1/-1s) I see an overall "no, let's not just 
> redirect outright."
> 
> 
> Next steps:
> 
> * Implement redesign on www.osafoundation.org to make Chandler prominent 
> and update title.
> 
> * Outline how we monitor www.osafoundation.org traffic.
> 
> * Monitor chandlerproject.org pagerank (and scheme on ways to improve).
> 
> * Ask bloggers in the future for an edit to www.osafoundation.org links 
> if one is published.
> 
> * Consider technical measures ("redirect to chandlerproject.org if 
> referrer matches ...") if problem persists.
> 
> * Discuss a bit more.
> 
> -- Jared
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