Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C522F1126E for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27146 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2014 16:20:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-marketing-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 26562 invoked by uid 500); 8 Apr 2014 16:20:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact marketing-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: marketing@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list marketing@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 26515 invoked by uid 99); 8 Apr 2014 16:20:30 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:20:30 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-qa0-f49.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username nslater, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:20:26 +0000 Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id j7so1170644qaq.36 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:20:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmcdwW1+qN4HOMadCjrSE1sggqzt+vz74CHmDd0yXpl/bhIIhsNjHPJ1wnmoibaWcIViMen MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.27.193 with SMTP id 59mr5573431qgx.18.1396974026013; Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.92.231 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:20:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [87.149.170.225] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 18:20:25 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Provide short annotation for shared posts From: Noah Slater To: "marketing@couchdb.apache.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Okay, so, lemme get this straight... :) Decision tree: 1. Can a pull quote be provided? Yes: Provide it, and share the link. No: ... I'm confused on this one. I see it that we have two options: a) Repeat the post title (But why would we do this, when the post title is clearly visible in the Google+ card.) b) Provide no description at all And it seems like you're saying we shouldn't do: c) Provide superfluous text like "Check out this post" P.S. Sorry for mixing you up with Andy... Heh. On 8 April 2014 18:17, Alexander Shorin wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Noah Slater wrote: >> I'm the one who posts to Google+ and uses very short descriptions. All >> I'm doing is posting a link. Like when you submit a link to HN or >> Reddit. > > Their format matches "just share the url" pattern so it's ok for them > and having sweet and attractive title is the important. > >> Is it common to provide a precis for shared links on Google+? > > Yes, by two reasons: > > 1. G+ doesn't allows you to set your own custom URL title that may be > more sweet than default one. Sometimes that's a big issue. > 2. Providing short intro is always better than just post an URL > without it. It's additional vector to attract the people, it makes the > post informative and more interesting. Plus better have solid intro or > nothing than just "Checkout the post there!", imho. > > If service provides such opportunity, it's better use it. For better marketing. > > -- > ,,,^..^,,, -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater