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Re: Host me in California

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Post by UnoriginalGuy »

cadab wrote: post #8
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #7

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…

Website loads fine (no lag) on Chrome Win8 for me.

Do you not get scroll-bar lag? When I try to scroll up and down the page there is a very noticeable lag and upon initial load scrolling is inconsistent.

Re: Host me in California

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Post by beefsack »

cadab wrote: post #8
UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #7

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…

Website loads fine (no lag) on Chrome Win8 for me.

Chrome on Xubuntu is perfect too.

Re: Host me in California

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Post by damian2000 »

digitalengineer wrote: post #9
mrknmc wrote: post #4

Slovakia is in central Europe.

But us Western European people think of everything at the right of Germany and Austria as "Eastern Europe" because of the Iron Curtain and all. I suppose it's culural.

agreed, I think this is a pretty common belief ... not only of western europeans.

Re: Host me in California

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Post by stephensikes »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #7

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…

I don't think OP's intent was to elicit a comparison of this young man's landing page with that of other established businesses, rather he chose a headline in order to bring attention (and HN upvotes) to Marek's request.

Re: Host me in California

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Post by chewxy »

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 CTA or a close on each panel, I make a note of it.

    - No close. Seriously. Even at the end, the CTA wasn't trying to close at all.

    - Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

    - The site was designed for smaller screens. I don't think he expected screens with higher resolutions.
EDIT: Formatting.

Re: Host me in California

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Post by rabble »

jan_g wrote: post #6

This seems very vague: I need you. A loving family that will take care of me during my school year in CA. Does he only need an address and a room, or full service including meals, financial aid, school tuition, etc.

He wants to be an exchange student in high school, but instead of doing it through a program like AFS or Rotary, he's arranging things himself and put up a website to find a family. With programs you don't get so much say as to where you go, often not even the country, much less the state. Since he's a techie, i'd imagine he wants to end up in Silicon Valley or near by. Seems like a smart tactic to me. That said, he probably needs a follow up page or something for folks who are serious about hosting, which includes what it's like and need to host him as a high school exchange student.
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