[lubuntu-devel] [Bug 1608306] Re: Confusing for users with many websites

[Walter Lapchynski]

We have changed the footer so that it reads: "Lubuntu.me is a registered
trademark. Content is licensed by Creative Commons License. Ubuntu is a
registered trademark of Canonical Ltd," thus removing any specific names
like the unofficial lubuntu.net website has. FWIW, Red Wolf (Rafael
Laguna) is our Artwork Team Leader and the creator of that beautiful
lubuntu.me website, so it did make sense, but I agree this is not
obvious to the average person.

We have also changed the title of lubuntu.me so that it reads "Lubuntu |
The official home of Lubuntu." These two things should at least make the
site appear more official. We've made an effort to change any links to
lubuntu.me wherever we find them, including Wikipedia. This has resulted
in us being not only number one on DuckDuckGo, but also being marked as
the official site. I would encourage you to change any links you find to
lubuntu.net to lubuntu.me anywhere you find them and this will only
help.

Regarding SEO, I've requested that Canonical IS add the All In One Seo
Pack plugin (or something similar) to our WordPress site (they
graciously host it for us) so that we can increase our rankings.
Considering we're mobile friendly and lubuntu.net is not, I'm sure with
a little extra push we can get to the top.

As soon as lubuntu.me expires, the name will be transferred to
Canonical's ownership which will only further make it clear as the
official site.

Meanwhile, as Simon said, we're talking to the owner of lubuntu.net (who originally created Lubuntu with Julien Lavergne, our Head of Development, but no longer contributes to the project— last karma earned in 2012) to at least redirect or link to lubuntu.me as the official site. I would encourage you to contact him yourself and offer your own suggestions:
https://launchpad.net/~mariobehling

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Title:
  Confusing for users with many websites

Status in Lubuntu Artwork:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Hi! I have used Lubuntu for many years and thought the lubuntu.net
  webstte was the official site for lubuntu. I have subscribed to the
  RSS feed to get news, but lately, there have been very few. Recently,
  I discovered the lubuntu.me website. It seems more active and the blog
  is up to date on news. There is no indication on either that they are
  not official, but on the bottom of both, there seems to be information
  pointing towards both being owned by individuals, not by the Lubuntu
  project. This makes it hard to know which is the official site, if
  any. Would it not be less confusing for users to have one website and
  make the other address redirect to it?

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