I would also say that facebook won't help a lot. Using dedicated research tools like Researchgate is interesting, but there are many people that use other social networks for serious and professional use. I think twitter and linkedin are sensitive choices.<div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Daniel Kondermann <<a href="mailto:daniel.kondermann@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de" target="_blank">daniel.kondermann@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I know Facebook and I would argue that this does not make sense. Perhaps Researchgate ist more interesting, but I know little about this. Best, Daniel Am 28/10/2012 11:08, schrieb Nicolas Limare: <div class="im">> Hi, > > 3 tools to increase the visibility of IPOL, because... > > more visibility > -> more people know your articles exist > -> more opportunities to be read and cited > -> more citations > -> helps for the insertion in major bibliographic indexes > > 1. RSS/Atom syndication feeds > > If you didn't know it before, there are three RSS feeds for > IPOL. These feeds announce the new articles, new preprints, and new > news annoucements. You can use them to keep informed of the IPOL > activity in your feed reader, or reuse them in another website. > > -> <a href="http://www.ipol.im/meta/feeds/" target="_blank">http://www.ipol.im/meta/feeds/</a> > > 2. Twitter > > I'm also experimenting with Twitter. The account @ipol_journal > automatically clones these three RSS feeds into twitter. > I'm not (by far) a twitter expert, so I'd take any remark and > suggestion about this account. > > -> <a href="https://twitter.com/ipol_journal" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ipol_journal</a> > > 3. Facebook > > Finally, I had a look at Facebook, but I couldn't understand how it > works and how people are supposed to use it (don't laugh...). So, if > anyone understands Facebook and if some IPOL presence on Facebook can > make sense and be somehow useful, their initiative is welcome. > > > </div>> _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > <a href="mailto:discuss@list.ipol.im">discuss@list.ipol.im</a> > <a href="https://tools.ipol.im/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">https://tools.ipol.im/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a> > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:discuss@list.ipol.im">discuss@list.ipol.im</a> <a href="https://tools.ipol.im/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">https://tools.ipol.im/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a> </blockquote></div> </div>