On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 02:26:59AM -0400, Justin W. Flory wrote: > On 07/20/2016 04:58 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 09:42:05AM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > I discussed keyword focused articles recently with Rikki Endsley, an > > > editor for opensource.com. She told me one way to boost visibility, > > > searchability, and site visits is to target articles directly at the > > > things people are searching for e.g. on Google. > > > > > > The http://keywordtool.io site discovers popular searches based on > > > keywords. I entered "Fedora how to" and here is the list it retrieved > > > for me: > > > > > > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/392172/84893614 > > > > > > While some of the searches are not necessarily good ones for a short, > > > targeted article, many are. I would propose that we use this list to > > > seed article pitches and assign them to new writers, rather than doing > > > just arbitrary technical articles which may not perform as well over > > > the long term. > > > > > > By the way, Rikki mentioned that titling the article just like a > > > search can help boost its visibility as well, e.g. "How to start sshd > > > on Fedora." > > > > Sorry to reply to myself, but since no one else commented... :-) > > Something I was considering today was whether these topics all make > > sense to include in the RSS feed. Let's say I write a "shorty" > > article from this list, like how to enable the SSH server. Do we want > > that to automatically end up in the feed at the top? Does it matter? > > I have a feeling that it probably doesn't, but if an editor or other > > knowledgeable person had some information to help guide, it would be > > helpful. > > > > Hmm, maybe I misunderstand the question, but I don't see a reason to not > include them in the feed. I guess the concern is over whether a subscriber > would be interested in the "shorter" tip articles. But for something like > RSS, I imagine it's best to be consistent and make the same noise as usual > for posts. > > The RSS feed is also syndicated for start.fedoraproject.org too, so I think > the potential of a newbie Fedora user catching the article there too is > pretty great, so we might even get increased traffic from there for some of > these articles. Not that I have anything to actually back that statement, > but it's a guess, maybe. :) Good point about start.fp.o -- I'd call that an accurate guess. So this is a non-issue then, cool. :-) -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- Fedora Marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
