Interactions.org: Status and PlansInteraction Web Committee

Kevin Munday

Elizabeth Clements

14 April, 2009

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Web committee

• Elizabeth Clements (Chair)• Kevin Munday• Rika Takahashi• Perrine Royole-Degieux• Barbara Warmbein• David Harris• Katie Yurkewicz

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Changes since Vancouver

• Requesting upgrade from sub-committee

• Regular phone meetings

• Elizabeth elected chair

• Added Katie for her blogging insights and all-around good input

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Current state of Interactions.org

• Transition from Mieke to Xeno Media (Kevin, Jason, Diane)

• Averaging ~100,000 visits from ~35,000 unique sites per month (relative stasis)

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Current state of NewsWire

• ~2,800 subscribers (stasis)

• (We think) Nice smooth transition of management

• We would love feedback and guidance

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News

• Focus on non-English coverage

• We’ve heard that news has been more inclusive, but would love further feedback

• Please tell us what we miss

Moving forward—Editorial

• Added “favicon” sized images to home page features in order to differentiate

• Added QD to Week of Interactions

• Will focus on videos and images in the next quarter Include more images from symmetry More guidance requested from our colleagues

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What we’ve accomplished—QD 2009

• Rollout 31 March

• Averaging 200-300 visits per/day (need normalized stats)

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QD 2009—Geekery

• Highly custom WordPress integration

• Custom Ajax for blogger/blog displays

• Custom plugins for user/image management

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QD2009—The story

• Diarists from each region

• Male/Female balance

• Really promising talent!

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QD2009—Next steps

• Promote! Encourage more linking “Site of the day” etc. Week of Interactions

• Support• Recruit and train

A few new diarists already in the offing

More would be better

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New site design

• Fresh look

• Easier searching of images

• Less scrolling on home page while retaining SEO advantages

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Timing

• Launch this quarter

• Target one major endeavor/upgrade each 6 months

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Onward!

• Roll out new design

• Revisit content review

• Incorporate collaboration feedback

• Plan new, major endeavor/upgrade

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