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See kriro's comment, but to address your question: Do we ever mention geographical location in other articles, as in "this startup from the Eastern US has..."? Nope, we don't. Yes we do. We say "Northern America". For the US we also talk about the West Coast versus the East Coast, and the Midwest.
How would you feel if it was "this 16 yo african american" ?
Partly it would be nice to let the poor kid know, partly I want to know how to fix such issues as they inevitably crop up for me. (CPU measures seem not to point to anything useful)
(If the answer is take stuff away till it works, well, why have a debugger?)
That page causes Chrome to lag. I would also say that if that page was any longer or any more information dense then it wouldn't work as a thing. It only works because there is so little content. In general it depends what you're trying to sell. I've never actually purchased from one of these "flow" pages, but I have purchased a lot from more boring product pages like this: http://www.linode.com/tour/ The OP's sales…
The new style of sales page is not about flowing downwards - its about having one message (getting to school in the US), emphasise what the purchaser will gain, filter out those its not going to benefit, and be consistently repeating the message. The kids page does this - it sells his sponsorship needs really well. Everything else is noise. I cannot point to any research but I am pretty sure that a sales page that ha…
When I was 16 I had lots of free time for projects like this, too.
Are we implying that everyone who reads hackernews should have a page like this? Because if so, then this page is a _terrible_ sell for a hacker.
But not a better host :p
Just think about that for a few minutes. You're complaining about the hosting quality of a page that is being HN'd from a _kid in Slovakia who put up the page to try and appeal to Americans to host him as he studies in their country._
Can't the novelty of this new era persist for even a few years?
Can anyone with JS debugger experience (I am learning to fight the Chrome debugger now) tell me how to identify what is causing that terrible lag Partly it would be nice to let the poor kid know, partly I want to know how to fix such issues as they inevitably crop up for me. (CPU measures seem not to point to anything useful) (If the answer is take stuff away till it works, well, why have a debugger?)
What I think he did well: - Strong, direct message within first view (he out right tells you, the visitor, what he wants) - He takes you through his expanded 'executive summary'. - This sequence: What, why, who, how. Many startups get this wrong and do Who, What Why, How. - Nice CTA at the bottom - A modern design Things I think he didn't do so well: - No close. Everytime I see these sorts of design, if I don't see a…
Can you give an example of a good close for him?
By the way, he is using the compassion close.
Don’t decide now. Please write me and we'll see how we get on with each other...
He is aiming right to your heart and hitting.
Much better copy than most startups out there. I agree. Which brings out an important point. If you want to sell something, you better be convinced and believe 100% in it. Otherwise, your copy is going to be bad.