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

[Jessica Ledbetter]

Yes, I can mock it up for feedback.


On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:13 PM, John Britton <public at johndbritton.com>wrote:

> I do agree that +1/Like/etc makes sense on content like courses, the main
> concern I have is that we capture and convert the new people into users.
>
> @Jessica - Do you want to add the button and take a stab at a way to
> convert not logged in users that are browsing courses?
>
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> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org> wrote:
>
>> As incoming product manager, it's John's call.
>>
>> Good discussion - model for figuring out these things in future.
>>
>> P
>>
>> On Wednesday, 6 July 2011, Jessica Ledbetter
>> <jessica at jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > contact info:
>> > http://www.johndbritton.com
>> > @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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>> >> http://www.johndbritton.com
>> >> @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 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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>> >>>> @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Jessica Ledbetter
>> >>>> <
>> >
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