A Site Launch Checklist • Hacker News Board

hussong wrote: post #10

dfc wrote: post #2

"Penetration testing if necessary." If necessary? Seriously? You are trying to tell me that you are not convinced that someone who should do all of the other steps listed might not need to worry about security?

To put things in perspective, think of the following typical situation: Website relaunch for a small company, total budget is $4000, cheapest quote you got for penetration testing is $300. Good luck selling that as a line item to a client whose email password is "123456".

Thank you for the clarification. From the discussion of deployment, development and marketing teams and the TV promo I thought it was aimed at a different demographic.

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#15

Post by vaksel » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 1:06 PM UTC

it also helps to do some basic SEO before you launch...you need to rank for your own name so you don't lose out on word of mouth.

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#16

Post by rglover » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 1:21 PM UTC

Always interesting to see how others approach a launch. This got me thinking, though. Would it be useful/fun to crowd source launch checklists? Maybe something where people could submit their list and then everyone votes items up/down. I think it'd be cool to have a definitive list that was voted on by hackers everywhere. Sort of a faux industry standard checklist.

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#17

Post by chetan51 » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 3:29 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #15

it also helps to do some basic SEO before you launch...you need to rank for your own name so you don't lose out on word of mouth.

How would you go about doing that?

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#18

Post by generators » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 4:16 PM UTC

rglover wrote: post #16

Always interesting to see how others approach a launch. This got me thinking, though. Would it be useful/fun to crowd source launch checklists? Maybe something where people could submit their list and then everyone votes items up/down. I think it'd be cool to have a definitive list that was voted on by hackers everywhere. Sort of a faux industry standard checklist.

oh...that gave me idea for a listapp where people add item and vote them up down. ( checklist for visiting africa, checklist for launching new app , checklist for organizing wedding. crowd sourced wisdom. )

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#19

Post by aw3c2 » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 4:23 PM UTC

MartinCron wrote: post #5

Pages have Appropriate Meta Tags. Serious question. Does this have any impact anymore?

Yes. Google will (sometimes?) display what you put into as abstract on the search results page. This makes it very easy to optimise what people see on there instead of making Google guess what to show.

Re: A Site Launch Checklist

#20

Post by pontifier » Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 4:43 PM UTC

rglover wrote: post #16

Always interesting to see how others approach a launch. This got me thinking, though. Would it be useful/fun to crowd source launch checklists? Maybe something where people could submit their list and then everyone votes items up/down. I think it'd be cool to have a definitive list that was voted on by hackers everywhere. Sort of a faux industry standard checklist.

This is the basic premise behind a site I made a few months ago. a checklist wiki where you can find a checklist that will probably include things you hadn't thought of. It is up at todowiki.com. There are very few things there right now, and wiki-spam is rampant, but I'm trying.