Genna Reeney said:
Actually, what I have wanted to do for a while, but have not had time to
implement is move the whole lot to a database. Once created, it would make
everything so much simpler to run, from submissions to listings.
That is a good idea.
The descriptions should contain, among other things, suitable search
words so the program can be found by using google.
The first search word could be what we often call the category.
For 2xExplorer the first search word (category) should be "file
manager", for example.
Use the database to create one page for each program, or category, and
make sure google can find that page.
The descriptions may become objects for discussions so it would be
wise to start the nominations several weeks before the voting.
If I come to the PW web site looking for a file manager, or maybe I
call it a file utility, how can I find such programs in the web site?
If there are categories to choose from I might find the right category
by looking through the list of categories.
If there is a search field I write "file handler" there and push the
search button.
(In that case let's hope somebody has put in several search words for
that category, like "file handler" "file manager" "file utility"
etc..)
I could also arrive to the right category by searching for "freeware
file handler" in google.
....
My methodology here is to start from the user, think about how he/she
arrives at this site, how he/she finds the right group of programs,
reads the descriptions, chooses and clicks on a link to the program,
etc..
How should that site be constructed to allow people to find and use it
in those ways?
How could we build a procedure to produce such a site with as little
effort as possible?
How can that effort be shared by several people?
I think this way of starting from the end result and think backwards
step by step about how to achieve that result could be useful.
After all, the end result and purpose of this exercise is the
Pricelessware web site.
