Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#1

Post by landland » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 4:40 PM UTC

I'm looking for some feedback from the HN community on my homepage for a new project I'm working on. Would love some critiques and insights. The URL is http://www.audienceowl.com

Included a clickable link in the comments. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#2

Post by landland » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 4:41 PM UTC

link is http://www.audienceowl.com

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#3

Post by VieElm » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 4:42 PM UTC

It's not terrible.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#4

Post by landland » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 4:56 PM UTC

VieElm wrote: post #3

It's not terrible.

hehe thanks! Is there anything you like about it? Anything you hate?

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#5

Post by lmm » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC

Looks pretty slick. I like that it's full width, at least on my screen.

On my computer on initial load the image is almost, but not quite, all above the fold, with the orange button cut in half, which isn't a great look.

The colour scheme seems slightly incoherent - you've got a lot of blues, some orange, and then this black/yellow section in the middle that sticks out almost like a banner ad. I'd see if you can rework that to fit in better with the rest of the page.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#6

Post by slater » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:00 PM UTC

- Way, way, waaaaaaaay too much text.

- Odd color and layout choices:

-- Why is "Enterprise" in scary black?

-- Why are some things vaguely centered (but not), other items right-aligned, and then back to left-aligned?

-- From the top, we go through blue, light-gray, orange, grayish-blue, black, yellow, dark-gray, blue, etc. colors.

- Bottom menu links don't work.

- "It's as easy (and awesome as pie)" should probably read "It's as easy (and awesome) as pie"

- "Hoot doesn't?" ... just... no.

- Lots and lots and lots of little things like missing decimal commas ("2000 profile matches" should be "2,000 profile matches", etc.)

- Resizing the browser window makes the hero image appear/disappear (Firefox 33, OSX 10.9.5, latest rMBP)

- The website is missing a useful title tag (currently: "Audience Owl -/")

- And again: Shorten ALL texts! Example for the top call-to-action: "Next Level E-mail Marketing. [new line] Deep insights into your e-mail recipients"

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#7

Post by mszyndel » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:12 PM UTC

If you think about this project seriously then you should hire a designer, it's gonna be money well spent.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#8

Post by slater » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

mszyndel wrote: post #7

If you think about this project seriously then you should hire a designer, it's gonna be money well spent.

I didn't want to be rude... ;)

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#9

Post by landland » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

slater wrote: post #8

mszyndel wrote: post #7

If you think about this project seriously then you should hire a designer, it's gonna be money well spent.

I didn't want to be rude... ;)

not rude at all! very helpful :)

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

#10

Post by landland » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

mszyndel wrote: post #7

If you think about this project seriously then you should hire a designer, it's gonna be money well spent.

we did hire a designer. doh!