[p2pu-dev] add new googl+1 button to the site

Wed Jul 6 19:43:54 UTC 2011

I understand where John is coming from totally, though I think the usual
behavior is to +1 a content page and not a site from a content page. (I'm
thinking of blogs, news sites, etc. vs a restaurant.) I think that if pages
are +1 they do show up in friends' google search so giving it, in a way,
more weight.

When I search, I search for specific terms not general education sites
usually though. So, in a way, putting +1 on the course pages could drive
people more effectively. We could put a line at top that sums up what we
are. We also have about below though that's a lot of scrolling sometimes.
Plus when not logged in, visitors see "participate" and it takes them to a
sign up page. We could add a little marketing there too.

I agree about users. That was quite silly of me :) I blame the California
sunshine ;) I can submit a new pull request depending on the final decision
on what/if we +1.

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, John Britton <public at johndbritton.com>wrote:

> There are other sites that work that way, it really depends on where you
> want to drive traffic. I would prefer to drive traffic to a clear landing
> page with the sharing buttons which makes me think that the non-logged-in
> view of course pages should include some messaging about what P2PU is and
> how to join.
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>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org> wrote:
>
>> On 1 July 2011 19:48, James Tatum <jtatum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Does any other site work that way? The documentation for users says
>>> that you're +1ing content, not sites.
>>>
>>
>> +1 for a course makes immediate sense to me. Users or site seem a little
>> less obvious.
>>
>> Can we just start with courses?
>>
>> P
>>
>>
>>>
>>> There is an href tag you can add to the button, but I guess I don't
>>> understand what the impact you're looking for is. Is there a benefit
>>> to having a high number, or is this about sharing things with your
>>> friends?
>>>
>>> Maybe a more fundamental question, is P2PU about the platform or the
>>> content?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:37 PM, John Britton <public at johndbritton.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I would think about adding +1/Like to all pages in the same spot, but
>>> have
>>> > the url attribute for those buttons all point to p2pu.org, that way
>>> we're
>>> > maximizing the sharing of the main site.
>>> > Later we could add sharing features for individual courses.
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Jessica Ledbetter
>>> > <jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I was thinking of sharing a certain course on my stream as a use case
>>> but
>>> >> can see sharing the whole site for sure. Right now, you can do a +1 on
>>> >> p2pu.org when searching via google. I guess to make the url +1'able,
>>> we'd
>>> >> put it on the homepage. Not sure where for that. Footer? If so, we'd
>>> >> probably want to think on that a bit longer on how to think ahead to
>>> all the
>>> >> share type buttons so it doesn't become a circus down there.
>>> >> I'm used to seeing share buttons on things like blog posts and news
>>> >> articles not whole sites. I'm there are some though :)
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:26 PM, John Britton <
>>> public at johndbritton.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I would prefer to try adding like/+1 buttons for P2PU itself at
>>> first, as
>>> >>> opposed to every individual thing on the site. I think we'll get the
>>> most
>>> >>> benefit that way.
>>> >>> Cheers,
>>> >>> John
>>> >>> --
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>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jessica Ledbetter
>>> >>> <jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Apparently there is a way to integrate "Like" that is not an issue
>>> (and
>>> >>>>> Mozilla has done that on other sites) but it's not straight
>>> forward. But I
>>> >>>>> don't know the details.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Hmm. Ok. I remember us all talking about it but wasn't sure. Guess
>>> it is
>>> >>>> way down the road and this won't cause security issues? If not, here
>>> are
>>> >>>> screens. Yes, I have a huge soft spot for social media stuff.
>>> >>>> I have attached screens of where I put +1. If this is cool with you
>>> and
>>> >>>> Zuzel, I can merge to master. Right now it's on a branch just in
>>> >>>> case: https://github.com/p2pu/lernanta/tree/plusone
>>> >>>>
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