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Re: Delete your homepage

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Post by akulbe » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 6:47 PM UTC

emilepetrone wrote: post #20

huckfinnaafb wrote: post #19

I'd like to see the stats on that.

People are signing up :)

Probably mostly/only because of curiosity (due to this HN post) and not because they're there from hearing about your project/story/product/service (take your pick - since as the site currently stands... it's very unclear)...

In my opinion, you don't just want numbers, for numbers sake. You want people who are genuinely interested in what your business has to offer.

You want other foodies, who are passionate about being involved. Know what I mean, Vern? :)

Re: Delete your homepage

#22

Post by booleanCA » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:16 PM UTC

"And I go to the site, and I still have no idea what the hell it does. I'm just hit with an ugly login page, and no incentive to sign up at all."

What he said. what the blog is suggesting is what Dropbox does amazingly well (which his site does not)- Explain what the service does on the front page with little to no navigation, show how your day could be improved by using the product - and then split second the user thinks "mmm, maybe I'll give it a shot" they should be registered and using your product in less than 5 seconds. Super quick registrations with no verification emails and those damn password/email 'type your email again' boxes will sell me every time. Hell, let me just type in a username and email, log me in and shoot me the password later. If it's worth using, I'll come back and use the password you sent. So while the blog has a good point, it's just applying it to the wrong area.

Re: Delete your homepage

#23

Post by cdcarter » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:37 PM UTC

booleanCA wrote: post #22

"And I go to the site, and I still have no idea what the hell it does. I'm just hit with an ugly login page, and no incentive to sign up at all." What he said. what the blog is suggesting is what Dropbox does amazingly well (which his site does not)- Explain what the service does on the front page with little to no navigation, show how your day could be improved by using the product - and then split second the user t…

Also worth noting that if I go to connect with facebook and hit don't allow because I don't want your wall posts, I get faced with the weirdest rendered page in the history of today, that simultaneously has all and none of the info.

Re: Delete your homepage

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Post by PagingCraig » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 12:44 AM UTC

schrototo wrote: post #15

This is ridiculous. Due to this HN link I visited housefed.com for the first time, having never heard of it before. I guess that was a waste of my time, since I still have no idea what it is.

I think a good homepage is a part of a good product.