From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 11 01:41:32 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422A7874 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:41:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ddwood@highdensity.org) Received: from mail-pd0-f180.google.com (mail-pd0-f180.google.com [209.85.192.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A73D2CB0 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f180.google.com with SMTP id y10so3451452pdj.11 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:41:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=+Lqqc+qUKQbAtpiPGV625Z/vPaCmIlcD85JBFk3w7Bc=; b=fvwWoXbx6D+vik6ke47aAAliGVGE94jRkmXZGRgsMrdE/QXSTxtFjHJ9H44oRmBZA2 uLUEYRM0va2fxyb9Xz1jGRWYyc2MqHInsX3H9Hq2DeM2Q0kEZNyxI5EHFiZKWtgulvbI EOifC0YqffGVXf5Fv+fWJVeQsfaosb/yAOdF4C2Wequ7F/UZFB5A6xltIwzoWlDHvxGV 1q3l5utBdE9APT17DAARW74xk+BYSfsfMOebeO2d8c+1eRpYkeMSL1jk6k/u0ukHyQtS 4uhwIHdp24t5fWC6LGt2QtvuRaHoK7WH617f2ER7bM2VPZnHhnthBBT0b630y5la9Oin XdyA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkjBulhthU0R8CSG7NTQzZ9k+Ev9fk5cpk4t8hdZVI6xoo97HNy6ZifGEkDNZcUsyZT9IGZ X-Received: by 10.68.137.1 with SMTP id qe1mr17425470pbb.25.1381455691271; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:41:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from yavin.local (ip72-201-96-33.ph.ph.cox.net. [72.201.96.33]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kd1sm65979427pab.20.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:41:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:41:26 -0700 From: Derek Wood To: Allan Jude , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About FreeBSD.org visitors Message-ID: <20131011014126.GA951@yavin.local> Mail-Followup-To: Allan Jude , doc@freebsd.org References: <20131010232527.GA519@yavin.local> <52574072.2030302@allanjude.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52574072.2030302@allanjude.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:41:32 -0000 > > * Ease of installation: bsdinstall is new; maybe link screenshots > > of it or the section in the handbook that covers installation > > with bsdinstall. > This has been done for a while: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/using-bsdinstall.html Sorry, I meant in the context of the front page. Like I said, something like 1/2 of the bounces are from the front page, which doesn't serve as an end point. There aren't any direct download links, and the news items are mainly stubs for longer stories. I think simplifing the FreeBSD experience (e.g, explicitly telling the user that ports is where you get software from, and that 99% of the time it will have what you want) and including more of what a first-time user would want on the front page (installation, prebuilt VMs, and assorted introductory literature) will help decrease bounces from the site index.