The 18 things you must do when launching a new website • Hacker News Board

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by _b8r0 » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 11:29 PM UTC

antigua wrote: post #7

rhizome wrote: post #4

Next up: 24 mistakes people make when launching a website, then 41 things people who have websites should do more often, then 58 mistakes people make when maintaining websites, followed by the 4 things you should do when canceling your webhosting account.

4 posts that shouldn't be on HN.

8 comments that make HN feel like Reddit.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by aarong » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 11:31 PM UTC

Sweet post... this should be a great blog to follow. Thanks for doing Rand!

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by Andrew_Quentin » Tue, Nov 09, 2010, 11:39 PM UTC

daveschappell wrote: post #2

this is an awesome list -- we've been at this for almost 3 years, and while we had most of them, I just realized that we never set up Bing Webmaster Console -- given their continued rise in % (combined with Yahoo), it can't hurt. other great recommendations as well -- we're also SEOMoz subscribers, so some of this is also just a great reminder about tools we're probably underutilizing

In all honesty, it is actually a rubbish list, but all to their own.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by lkozma » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 12:23 AM UTC

Another tool I've found very useful, that I don't see on either lists is http://www.webpagetest.org/ More comprehensive than YSlow.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by alnayyir » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 12:25 AM UTC

Flagged, title is garbage and doesn't adhere to HN guidelines as stated elsewhere.

Keep this out of HN and leave it for your blogroll crap, and don't pretend you didn't know any better either.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by cubtastic71 » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 12:32 AM UTC

Really some of these are things you do BEFORE you launch a web site. Do you really test the performance after its live? Really?

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by ari_ » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 1:33 AM UTC

Rand, This list is banal. About the only thing I Can agree with is installing some analytics software (preferably NOT Google Analytics) to monitor goals and traffic sources. The only thing you need to do when launching a website, or any business, is market your product off. Adding yourself to the various webmaster tools, tracking brand keywords via Google Alerts is all a huge waste of time and only makes sense (if it makes any sense at all!) once you actually have traction - links to look at, brand mentions to follow etc.

Ari

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by ShardPhoenix » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 1:47 AM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #9

Please consider cropping the number out of the title: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I think the relatively large number of things is part of the interest in this case.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by evanrmurphy » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 2:39 AM UTC

carbocation wrote: post #9

Please consider cropping the number out of the title: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yes. And "must do" qualifies as a gratuitious adjective in this case.

Consider Things to do when launching a new website as a revision.

Re: The 18 things you must do when launching a new website

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Post by damoncali » Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 3:07 AM UTC

cubtastic71 wrote: post #16

Really some of these are things you do BEFORE you launch a web site. Do you really test the performance after its live? Really?

My latest project has been live with paying customers for months. I have never thought about, let alone tested, performance.