On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:51:43 Alex Fisher wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:43:46 Ivan M wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Ivan M <i2initiati...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Graham, > > > > Just a small suggestion... > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Graham Lauder > > > > <yori...@openoffice.org> > > > > wrote: > > > >> Some months back I touted the idea of a "Google OOo" campaign. The > > > >> idea was to make it very easy and minimal cost for local communities > > > >> to produce simple flyers and posters that give a simple call to > > > >> action. The "Google OOo" statement would be the central part of the > > > >> flyers with a simple message included. The messages would be > > > >> translated into the local language or messages more appropriate to > > > >> the local culture. The key is not to explain but to excite > > > >> curiosity, to reinforce the call to an action. > > > > > > > > Because Google brands some of its software with its name - e.g. > > > > Google Earth - the flyer might appear to be advertising a piece of > > > > Google software - so people might search for "Google OOo" expecting > > > > something from a Google domain. My suggestion would be to have Google > > > > "OOo", to make the intended action more clear. > > > > > > > > ... and the why.OOo page should be updated - at least in terms of > > > > design - before any major marketing campaign starts (that's not such > > > > a small suggestion, but since I'm on a roll... :P) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ivan. > > > > > > P.S. The first thing that came up when I Googled "OOo" from Firefox > > > [1] is a stock graph of Stream Global Services, Inc [2]. > > > > > > However, I tried the same search in Safari [3] and IE [4] and > > > OpenOffice.org was indeed the first result - however, you may notice > > > that these other browsers searched via google.com by default, while FF > > > searched via google.co.nz, so this seems to be the cause. > > > > > > [1] > > > http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=OOo&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.moz > > >il la > > > > > >:en-US:official&client=firefox-a [2] > > > > > > http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=AMEX:OOO > > > [3] > > > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=OOo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF > > >-8 [4] > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=OOo&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- > > >8& st artIndex=&startPage=1 > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ivan > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org > > > > Interestingly I just did a try out on a bunch of different Google locals. > > Both the .com.au and the the .co.nz return the Amex:OOO first, none of > > the others that I tried did that. If I used the Maori translation of > > Google.co.nz however, it didn't. Interesting! :) > > If you use "oo.o" then the AU Google site gives you OpenOffice.org as th > first result. Perhaps we should make it "Google OO.o" (with the dot)?
Excellent Alex, I didn't try that. The added dot I think would be a good idea Cheers G -- "The Best Things in life are 3" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
