Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-marketing-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-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 1AFF290BE for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 83697 invoked by uid 500); 8 Nov 2011 21:27:59 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-marketing-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 83669 invoked by uid 500); 8 Nov 2011 21:27:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-marketing-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 83660 invoked by uid 99); 8 Nov 2011 21:27:58 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:27:58 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vx0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:27:58 +0000 Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so895193vcb.6 for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:27:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.33.140 with SMTP id r12mr34522553vdi.36.1320787677098; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:27:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.218.139 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 13:27:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 16:27:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org G+ Page From: Rob Weir To: ooo-marketing@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Alexandro Colorado wro= te: > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Alexandro Colorado >> wrote: >> > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> > >> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Alexandro Colorado < >> jza@openoffice.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Google Plus just launched pages, their strategy for Brands and >> such. >> >> I >> >> >> put an OpenOffice.org page at http://plus.ly/openofficeorg or >> >> >> http://gplus.to/openofficeorg >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Haha. =C2=A0Great minds think alike. >> >> > >> >> >> >> Proposal: =C2=A0Let's wait another day or two, and see who else has a= lready >> >> created a page. =C2=A0Then we can sort this out and decide what we wa= nt to >> >> do. >> >> >> >> From what I can understand, a page can be verified as authoritative i= f >> >> it is linked to from the project's home page. =C2=A0So that will forc= e us >> >> to pick a single one. >> >> >> > >> > What happens if multiple pages point to the projects homepage? >> > >> >> I think that is allowed. =C2=A0But I'm reading that Google will give a m= ore >> prominent placement in search results to the Google+ Page that is >> linked to from the external website. =C2=A0In other words you want to ha= ve >> the link go in both directions. =C2=A0Google+ page links to openoffice.o= rg >> (already done), but also openoffice.org links to the Google+ Page. >> That provides the validation that the page is the authoritative page. >> > > Ah, understood. > It looks like your page is further ahead, so I've deleted mine. They don't have it yet, but I'm reading that Google will be adding multiple-author support for their Google+ Pages in the future. It looks like we can freely rename the page without changing its URL. So if we agree on a different branding, like "Apache OpenOffice", we can easily use that. In any case, let's spread the word about the new page: http://plus.ly/openofficeorg I assume you've sent this out via Twitter as well? -Rob > >> >> > >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> > I created two pages: >> >> > >> >> > One for OpenOffice.org: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/110158109203613578110/11015810920361357811= 0/posts >> >> > >> >> > And one for Apache OpenOffice: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/101879777854734366426/10187977785473436642= 6/posts >> >> > >> >> > -Rob >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> >> >> *Alexandro Colorado* >> >> >> *OpenOffice.org* Espa=C3=B1ol >> >> >> http://es.openoffice.org >> >> >> fingerprint: E62B CF77 1BEA 0749 C0B8 50B9 3DE6 A84A 68D0 72E6 >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *Alexandro Colorado* >> > *OpenOffice.org* Espa=C3=B1ol >> > http://es.openoffice.org >> > fingerprint: E62B CF77 1BEA 0749 C0B8 50B9 3DE6 A84A 68D0 72E6 >> > >> > > > > -- > *Alexandro Colorado* > *OpenOffice.org* Espa=C3=B1ol > http://es.openoffice.org > fingerprint: E62B CF77 1BEA 0749 C0B8 50B9 3DE6 A84A 68D0 72E6 >