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GRSS Website Authors: Adriano Camps & Shane Pearlman GRSS AdCom Meeting, Washington DC February 28, 2010 [email_address]

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Website Traffic Traffic Stats for new site since launch: Jan 6 – Feb 22

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Why Are People Coming? Top 10 Sections by Visit 1. calendar: 11.36% 2. tgars: 9.26% 3. igarss: 7.46% 4. letters: 4.63% 5. talks: 3.95% 6. membership: 3.29% 7. jstars: 2.99% 8. adcom: 2.36% 9. newletters: 2.11% 10. phd theses: 1.60% <ul><li>Top 10 Referrers </li></ul><ul><li>1. google 49.66% </li></ul><ul><li>direct 21.07% </li></ul><ul><li>ieee: 19.70% </li></ul><ul><li>.edu 1.25% </li></ul><ul><li>yahoo 0.87% </li></ul><ul><li>isprs 0.54% </li></ul><ul><li>iceo 0.43% </li></ul><ul><li>bing 0.31% </li></ul><ul><li>igarssXX.org 0.25% </li></ul><ul><li>wikipedia 0.2% </li></ul>

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Social Networking: Facebook & Linkedin Significant growth in Social Networks continues!! Network Member Member Members Facebook Feb 10: 481 Oct 09: 364 July 09 : 267 Linkedin Feb 10: 281 Oct 09: 189 July 09 : 120

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Live Speaker Pilot Click Here for a Demo <ul><li>Streaming Video (Ustream) </li></ul><ul><li>Slide Sharing (Slideshare) </li></ul><ul><li>Live Text Chat (Ustream) </li></ul><ul><li>Archive of past talks </li></ul>No Special Software! All you need to view is a web browser.

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Online Newsletter <ul><li>Value: </li></ul><ul><li>Timely </li></ul><ul><li>Accessible </li></ul><ul><li>SEO </li></ul><ul><li>Sections: </li></ul><ul><li>Featured Article </li></ul><ul><li>Spotlight on Organizations </li></ul><ul><li>Community News </li></ul><ul><li>Research Highlights </li></ul><ul><li>Archives </li></ul>

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GRSS Mobile <ul><li>Support for: </li></ul><ul><li>Nokia </li></ul><ul><li>Blackberry </li></ul><ul><li>iPhone / iPad/ iTouch </li></ul><ul><li>Android </li></ul><ul><li>Palm </li></ul><ul><li>Windows Mobile </li></ul><ul><li>Testing will be based upon one current model for each platform. </li></ul><ul><li>Site Content: </li></ul><ul><li>Events Calendar </li></ul><ul><li>Talks (new video format for 2010 lectures) </li></ul><ul><li>Online Newsletter </li></ul><ul><li>General Society information </li></ul>[Image of first draft here]

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SEO: Getting GRSS on top of “Remote Sensing” <ul><li>Summary: </li></ul><ul><li>the key work “remote sensing” is a highly competitive term. Placement on the first page would require: </li></ul><ul><li>Careful keyword and site optimization </li></ul><ul><li>Ongoing related content </li></ul><ul><li>Significant inbound links </li></ul><ul><li>Proposal: </li></ul><ul><li>Hire a company to provide strategy and S&P implements. </li></ul><ul><li>Increase content related to remote sensing: online newsletter, syndication, table of contents + abstracts of our journals… </li></ul><ul><li>Please help – reference the website when you publish content online, make sure your organizations have a link to the site … </li></ul>

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GRSS Web Initiatives <ul><li>Recent & In Progress Initiatives: </li></ul><ul><li>New Site Launch Completed </li></ul><ul><li>Online Newsletter In Progress </li></ul><ul><li>Live Speaker Pilot In Progress </li></ul><ul><li>Mobile Site In Progress </li></ul><ul><li>Social Network Maintenance In Progress </li></ul><ul><li>IGARSS 2009 Lectures In Progress </li></ul><ul><li>SEO Pending Approval </li></ul>