It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!) on the Ubuntu bar that adorns most Ubuntu sites.

But how are Mint users landing here?

• Is there documentation that recommends us to Mint users?
• Are there forums posts telling people to ask here?
• Are we coming up as the result for topics about Mint?

It might feel counter intuitive but if we can find how users are getting here, we can try to remedy each route. If anybody has some free time and some spare Google Fu, could you see if you can find evidence of Mint users being pushed here?

Also, if you are (or have been) a Mint user who erroneously ended up here could you let us know how that happened?

Edit: There are obviously things we can't and don't want to "fix" like people organically linking to us from Mint's forums (1019 matches!) but perhaps if people do come from linuxmint.com there should be a separate banner that makes double-extra-sure they know Mint is off-topic here.

It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!) on the Ubuntu bar that adorns most Ubuntu sites.

But how are Mint users landing here?

• Is there Mint documentation that recommends us to Mint users?
• Are we coming up as the result for searches that include "Mint" in the query?

One way that we have no control over is Mint users recommending us (through their searches). We feature on over a thousand posts on the Mint Forums and that's great.

But if there are other methods people are getting into the site (as above), we might be able to fix them. If we have pages that are stuffed with Mint-based keywords, we might be able to skew it to a bit more of an Ubuntu audience.

Similarly, if there's Mint documentation that's directly recommending us as a place to get their problems fixed, we should be able to politely request that changed to a better venue like [Unix.se].

I'd also like to hear from actual Mint users if they've ended up here. They might be able to help identify other routes into the site.

It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!) on the Ubuntu bar that adorns most Ubuntu sites.

But how are Mint users landing here?

• Is there documentation that recommends us to Mint users?
• Are there forums posts telling people to ask here?
• Are we coming up as the result for topics about Mint?

It might feel counter intuitive but if we can find how users are getting here, we can try to remedy each route. If anybody has some free time and some spare Google Fu, could you see if you can find evidence of Mint users being pushed here?

Also, if you are (or have been) a Mint user who erroneously ended up here could you let us know how that happened?

It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with "Ubuntu" in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!) on the Ubuntu bar that adorns most Ubuntu sites.

But how are Mint users landing here?

• Is there documentation that recommends us to Mint users?
• Are there forums posts telling people to ask here?
• Are we coming up as the result for topics about Mint?

It might feel counter intuitive but if we can find how users are getting here, we can try to remedy each route. If anybody has some free time and some spare Google Fu, could you see if you can find evidence of Mint users being pushed here?

Also, if you are (or have been) a Mint user who erroneously ended up here could you let us know how that happened?

Edit: There are obviously things we can't and don't want to "fix" like people organically linking to us from Mint's forums (1019 matches!) but perhaps if people do come from linuxmint.com there should be a separate banner that makes double-extra-sure they know Mint is off-topic here.