[Project_owners] Softpedia

[Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla]

Onno Ekker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just after releasing an update for my adopted ThreadKey extension on AMO
> I got this "100% CLEAN award granted by Softpedia" mail. It looks
> genuine enough, but I wonder what I should do with it. Maybe the only
> thing it will do, is get some more links to the extension page, so a bit
> higher ranking on google when people search on the name? Not harmful,
> but it doesn't strike me as very useful either.
> 
> And I wonder what I have done to get this listing. ThreadKey is an
> adopted extension, so maybe the creator did add it to Softpedia?

All it needs is someone who installs your extension, an independent 
source who took the time to give some feedback to Softpedia (as a 
reference for other/future interested parties).

> Do other project owners also get these "awards"? And what do you do with
> them?

We did yes.  We decided to use it, simply because what good is it to 
ignore your users?  You might not like it, but it might as well help you.

> Also last week I stumbled upon Add-ons Mirror, or AMI. I'd seen that
> site before, but never paid too much attention to it. Do other project
> owners use it to publish there extension? Does it help?
> 
> Onno

We don't use it.  However, if AMO is really that bad i.e. people keep 
have difficulties getting their work out of the sandbox, this might be 
another way out to get their work public. Or at least faster.

Michael

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