Denis - looks very nice! I do indeed think we need to work on better content (home page specifically). Thanks! -- Nikita Ivanov
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 3:18 PM Denis Magda <dma...@apache.org> wrote: > Folks, > > As many of you know, these days I mostly contribute by optimizing our > website, preparing different content including documentation/articles, and > presenting the project at various events. One of the continuous website > activities we undertake together with Mauricio and Ignacio is search engine > optimization (SEO). It helps our website to be ranked higher by search > engines for user searches falling in categories of in-memory caches, grids, > databases, etc. (check this simple guide [1] if you'd like to learn the > internals of SEO). > > After checking the results of our recent user questionnaire [2] and > confirming key capabilities with use cases Ignite is selected for, we > decided to put more effort into the SEO. And, in addition to the keywords > optimizations, we invested some time into the structural and UI changes of > the website trying to make the experience better and, as a result, be > ranked higher. > > So, today we'd like to share our first results and check your thoughts. In > particular, pay attention to: > > - The new UI - instead of a dark and bloody theme, we decided to > experiment with a more lightweight and contemporary design. > - A new main page structure with the following blocks - banner, use > cases, features, quicks links + tweeter feed. > - Updated navigation menu - kept essential or highly-ranked pages. > > > Do NOT pay attention to the following yet (we're ready to carry on with the > items below once hear your feedback): > > - Text on the front page will be massaged and tweaked going forward to > get better SEO. Presently, something might sound off to you. > - Secondary pages are broken from the UI and structure standpoint > - Some of the pages of the navigation menu, such as Videos, are not > created yet. > > > Alright, we deployed our branch to this test server. Go and check: > http://157.245.190.104 (user: ignite, pass: apache2020) > > > > [1] https://moz.com/beginners-guide-to-seo > [2] > > http://apache-ignite-developers.2346864.n4.nabble.com/Ignite-Evolution-Direction-short-questionary-td44577.html > > - > Denis >
