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