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GRSS Web Site Recent Changes. Leland Pierce and Steve Reising. GRSS AdCom Meeting Herndon, VA , March 8 -9, 2014. Outline. New Web Master Plans for revamping the web site. New Web Master. Leland Pierce GRSS member for 25 years Radar remote sensing researcher Lots of web experience
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GRSS Web SiteRecent Changes Leland Pierceand Steve Reising GRSS AdCom Meeting Herndon, VA, March 8-9, 2014
Outline • New Web Master • Plans for revamping the web site
New Web Master • Leland Pierce • GRSS member for 25 years • Radar remote sensing researcher • Lots of web experience • Liason to the web-services company • Improved content for: • helping current members • encouraging new members to join
Current Arrangements • One company supplies our web address. • Another company provides the hardware and software environment for web-hosting. • Yet another company works on updating the content of the web site. • And I make sure this all works to provide a useful web experience for our members and members-to-be.
Current Web Site Status • Some content is out of date • Some things don’t work • Some things appear confusing/disorganized • It is somewhat slow to load • Does not work well from a cell phone • Most users visit only 1 or 2 pages • Potential for adding more useful content • Current company is very responsive to our update requests.
Most users from: US, Europe, Middle East, India, China, Australia, and Brazil
Most Popular Pages Home: 17% Publications: 25% Fusion Contest: 4% IGARSS: 4%
How people find us Google: 69% Direct: 17% ieeexplore: 4% Ieee.org: 3%
Other Statistics Average page load time: 13 sec First-time Visitors: 60% 300 visits/weekday 150 visits/weekend-day
Future Plans Remove out-of-date content Reorganize pages and menus Make interactive: add comments on articles add Q&A Add links: data/software sites major centers Deal with authentication Get it to work for cell phones Speed it up