[OSM-dev] SotM ads for front page

[Robert Scott]

On Wednesday 15 May 2013, Rob Nickerson wrote:
> I'm not sure what the final decision was for what will be and won't be
> promoted on the front page (and no doubt you are testing the waters here).
> For transparency I suggested that the SotM conference being promoted and
> for other events I suggested that we include a prominent "events" banner
> and then link to a spruced up events page based on the following:
> 
> http://calendar.openstreetmap.org.uk/map
> 
> My reasons for this idea were to (1) limit the number of banners, and (2)
> promote OMS's global annual conference which is now in it's seventh
> iteration and provides funds to OSM (if there is any surplus sponsorship -
> something that I am concerned will be harder for the organisers to achieve
> if we are struggling to get the message out about the conference).
> 
> Anyway, it's not an issue that is up to me, and probably needs the CWG to
> decide.

I don't know if it's possible to (easily) geo-target these ads, but a simple split might be to serve the SotM-US ad to visitors in the Americas (or perhaps just North America?) and SotM to all others.

Buuuut I'll leave this to those whose concern this is.


robert.