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For Einstein Year we've found that getting on to the BBC News Online homepage is a fantastic way to get noticed. We had huge peaks in the traffic to www.kungfuscience.org, www.crescentmoonwatch.org and www.einsteinyear.org when they appeared there. Getting featured on BBC News Online involves pitching your story to them in the same way as to any other media so the main thing is to have a great story (which you do) and then talk to them directly. I'm afraid I don't have the name of our contact to hand, but your press office should be able to get it. Hope this helps, but if you want more detail, feel free to contact me off list. Caitlin *********************************************************************** Caitlin Watson Physics in Society Manager Institute of Physics e: [log in to unmask] w: www.einsteinyear.org t: 020 7470 4814 f: 020 7470 4991 ** What are you doing in Einstein Year? Submit your event details at www.einsteinyear.org/get_involved/addevent ** -----Original Message----- From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Trevor Cox Sent: 03 November 2005 11:13 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PSCI-COM] Bad Vibes, the search for the worst sound in the world Fingernails scraping down a blackboard... the scream of a baby... your neighbour's dog barking: what is the worst sound in the world? This is what a new website designed to engage the public in a mass-experiment is trying to find out. The aim of the website is to increase awareness of sound psychology, by examining what makes a sound unpleasant to hear. You audition a sound and then vote for how horrible it is. Your votes will give us an insight into what is the worst sound in the world, and maybe why it is the worst sound. The URL is: www.sound101.org. Feel free to play on the website and tell your friends about it if you like it. But I'm also looking for advice: Does anyone on the mailing list have experience of getting such websites known/noticed. I'm aware of the issues about submitting the website to directories and search engines and about how to design website to get high hit rates. Next week we are doing conventional publicity for press/radio/TV. What I don't know is how to get on the "Best of the web" type websites/newspaper columns. Does anyone have suggestions? I don't even know which are the most influential listings that you need to get on (beyond search engines and directories). Trevor Professor Trevor Cox Newton Building, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK. Fax +44 161 295 5575 Tel +44 161 295 5474 Mobile: 07986 557419 www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk 6* rated in RAE 2001. ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************