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If there's a "buzz" at a restaurant, there will be a lot of people there, and it will be harder to find a seat. Of course, it'll be a good sign if you have this problem, but it may be something to watch out for.
Like it. The header part is to big in my opinion. You should come up with a nice slogan or a line to describe what your project is about. How do you do approach new customers? What is the business model behind it?
I'm having a little difficulty coming up with a tagline for the site that isn't "It's Digg for Places". Any suggestions on this front would be hugely appreciated. As would suggestions of strategies for approaching new customers. It's brand new at the moment, I'm still working out some problems but once it's ready I want to be in a position to grow reasonably quickly. Re. the business model - I have a few ideas in min…
as far as venue discovery, again, its something that is gonna come up in conversation--"oh hey let me check my iphone!" Though, I might allow you to send me weekly spam of hot spots and their specials, correlated with your value add. hey, that's a nice business model...
Like it. The header part is to big in my opinion. You should come up with a nice slogan or a line to describe what your project is about. How do you do approach new customers? What is the business model behind it?
I'm having a little difficulty coming up with a tagline for the site that isn't "It's Digg for Places". Any suggestions on this front would be hugely appreciated. As would suggestions of strategies for approaching new customers. It's brand new at the moment, I'm still working out some problems but once it's ready I want to be in a position to grow reasonably quickly. Re. the business model - I have a few ideas in min…
I think the idea has potential - A couple of suggestions that might seem redundant since some have already been suggested above - make it more streamlined (workflow) & integrate fb connect. Twitter integration will also be great to buzz places automatically via Twitter. Any plans for mobiles ? Additionally, check if you use yelp api to populate places - dont know if it will violate their ToS, but no harm in checking.
edit: You could also add relative scores - ie, a bar/restaurant that was in the top position has down by x percentage etc.
I'm a little confused as to the workflow. Here's what i did, assuming I wanted to vote on a place I like: 1. Enter "fernandez & wells" into the name box. Hit search. 2. Two results are shown. Both have what look like votes already (+4, +5 icons). But my only action is "add this place." Where do I vote? 3. When I click to add the place, I'm presented with a big form, which I don't care about. I click "add place" anywa…
OK - this is a product of it being somewhat rushed to get something out the door. The workflow does need to be trimmed, let me explain a little of what went on there. 1) You entered "fernandez & wells" we check our DB, found nothing then went off to check Google 2) The 2 results were from Google. The +4 icon is confusing here, it's a half implemented feature. It's actually there to show how much Karma a user would ge…
Suggestion: hire someone to pre-populate/categorize your database with the top 500 or 1000 spots in London you want people to rate. It doesn't have to be perfect. You can use inexpensive labor or even Amazon's mechanical turk. If the goal of your site is to get people voting, you can improve your adoption by lessening the focus on data entry, which will be a turn-off for most of your potential useres.
1. I searched for Curry and got 4 restaurants. If possible, you might wanna change the labels design on the map, they don't stand out on the map
2. People visiting your site might also wanna search for restaurants of specific cuisine. So you can think about changing the label name "Place Name"
3. You can put the tag "Discover and share new places" on the top
All the best :)
this absolutely has to be a mobile app--the only time im ever looking for a place to go to is when im already out and the present venue is lame. for 20-somethings, venue is rarely planned ahead of time, and we usually hit multiple venues. as far as venue discovery, again, its something that is gonna come up in conversation--"oh hey let me check my iphone!" Though, I might allow you to send me weekly spam of hot spots…
That's pretty much the exact reason that drove me to create the site. I've been in the same situation more times than I care to remember and I couldn't find anything to suit my requirements - that is: to narrow down a couple of places that might be interesting in my immediate vicinity... now. Agreed it needs to be mobile.
Nice concept and great implementation for an Alpha version... some suggestions 1. I searched for Curry and got 4 restaurants. If possible, you might wanna change the labels design on the map, they don't stand out on the map 2. People visiting your site might also wanna search for restaurants of specific cuisine. So you can think about changing the label name "Place Name" 3. You can put the tag "Discover and share new…
2. I saw the search as a way of finding a specific venue. Say you went to a great restaurant and you wanted to buzz it, you put the place name in the search, if it's already there you can buzz it, if it's not you can add it. If you want to narrow down all Indian restaurants in a specific area use the black venue category band (hover over restaurants to see the sub-categories).
3) [Edit] Do you think this strap line does an acceptable job of explaining what the site is about?
Thanks for the feedback.
Question, if a restaurant gets on it once, will it ever be able to get on again? If there's a "buzz" at a restaurant, there will be a lot of people there, and it will be harder to find a seat. Of course, it'll be a good sign if you have this problem, but it may be something to watch out for.
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OK - this is a product of it being somewhat rushed to get something out the door. The workflow does need to be trimmed, let me explain a little of what went on there. 1) You entered "fernandez & wells" we check our DB, found nothing then went off to check Google 2) The 2 results were from Google. The +4 icon is confusing here, it's a half implemented feature. It's actually there to show how much Karma a user would ge…
Good luck with this. Suggestion: hire someone to pre-populate/categorize your database with the top 500 or 1000 spots in London you want people to rate. It doesn't have to be perfect. You can use inexpensive labor or even Amazon's mechanical turk. If the goal of your site is to get people voting, you can improve your adoption by lessening the focus on data entry, which will be a turn-off for most of your potential us…