Hi everyone,
'If only I'd known about Talking Point sooner' is a comment we see a lot on the community, and also in our user survey each year. We want to make it easier for people to find Talking Point and join our community.
At the moment people can Google a dementia-related topic and find Talking Point discussions. People who visit Alzheimer's Society website and look for topics aren't finding Talking Point at the moment and we'd like to change that.
We want people who are using Alzheimer's Society website to know about Talking Point and understand the range of topics that can be discussed here, so they can join the discussions.
We are going to match some Talking Point discussions to related pages of the Alzheimer's Society website. This means people who are looking at a specific topic on the website will find Talking Point discussions about that topic. This is called content tagging and should help people find the support they need.
We've been planning and testing over the last few months and will start doing this with real discussions soon. We’ll then look at how to make it easier on Talking Point to find discussions on a similar topic - for example finding other discussions about lasting power of attorney or eating and drinking.
You shouldn't notice any changes here - we're not making changes to where the discussions are, and we will only add 'topic' tags to discussions that can already be found with a Google search.
I hope this is clear but if you have any questions, please let me know.
Serena
'If only I'd known about Talking Point sooner' is a comment we see a lot on the community, and also in our user survey each year. We want to make it easier for people to find Talking Point and join our community.
At the moment people can Google a dementia-related topic and find Talking Point discussions. People who visit Alzheimer's Society website and look for topics aren't finding Talking Point at the moment and we'd like to change that.
We want people who are using Alzheimer's Society website to know about Talking Point and understand the range of topics that can be discussed here, so they can join the discussions.
We are going to match some Talking Point discussions to related pages of the Alzheimer's Society website. This means people who are looking at a specific topic on the website will find Talking Point discussions about that topic. This is called content tagging and should help people find the support they need.
We've been planning and testing over the last few months and will start doing this with real discussions soon. We’ll then look at how to make it easier on Talking Point to find discussions on a similar topic - for example finding other discussions about lasting power of attorney or eating and drinking.
You shouldn't notice any changes here - we're not making changes to where the discussions are, and we will only add 'topic' tags to discussions that can already be found with a Google search.
I hope this is clear but if you have any questions, please let me know.
Serena