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Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by vngzs »

Nextgrid wrote: post #2

No custom domains support?

Seriously. I can't imagine a business entity that needs a high-conversion landing page, but can tolerate not owning a domain for it. If my therapist's page (from their examples) was ahoyo.to/amazing-therapy, I'd probably start looking for a new one.

Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by hdctambien »

Is this the same thing as about.me?

I signed up for that 10? years ago when I saw it on hacker news [1]. And that was apparently just a clone of flavors.me

Are these just sites that ask you to enter a ton of personal data so they can sell it?

Or are people benefiting from this? More than a LinkedIn or Twitter or Instagram or wix or Google site or free hosted WordPress or medium?

I had an idea for a site sellmyinfo.com where you enter your info and I'd split the profits of selling it with you. Maybe that idea has wings?

[1] I must have seen an article 4 days before this, but "about.me" is hard to Google for https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2025764

Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by fortran77 »

vngzs wrote: post #3
Nextgrid wrote: post #2

No custom domains support?

Seriously. I can't imagine a business entity that needs a high-conversion landing page, but can tolerate not owning a domain for it. If my therapist's page (from their examples) was ahoyo.to/amazing-therapy, I'd probably start looking for a new one.

I agree. And for many of these use-cases a "Facebook" page for the business would be fine. I know how we all love to hate facebook here, but for many small businesses--like the guy who fixes our neon signs--the Facebook brand page works great.

Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by tyingq »

Nextgrid wrote: post #2

No custom domains support?

"Instead of building your own domain's reputation, enjoy the SEO tailwind of our amazing community."

I wonder what that means. I see that "my" pages have outbound links to Ahoyo general use pages. But is there some way any of that "link juice" comes back to my Ahoyo page?

Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by z77dj3kl »

hdctambien wrote: post #4

Is this the same thing as about.me? I signed up for that 10? years ago when I saw it on hacker news [1]. And that was apparently just a clone of flavors.me Are these just sites that ask you to enter a ton of personal data so they can sell it? Or are people benefiting from this? More than a LinkedIn or Twitter or Instagram or wix or Google site or free hosted WordPress or medium? I had an idea for a site sellmyinfo.co…

Hosting a site like this doesn't cost much, their business model is probably to add additional paid features as they go.

It's nothing new, but I also don't think it's nefarious.

Re: Ahoyo – Build a single-page online presence

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Post by enumjorge »

tyingq wrote: post #6
Nextgrid wrote: post #2

No custom domains support?

"Instead of building your own domain's reputation, enjoy the SEO tailwind of our amazing community." I wonder what that means. I see that "my" pages have outbound links to Ahoyo general use pages. But is there some way any of that "link juice" comes back to my Ahoyo page?

The no personal domain is antithetical to the stated purpose of building your own brand. And given that this is a new site, with no Twitter presence and no already well known person behind it (that I could find), it’s silly to say you’ll get anything out of the “SEO tailwind” they allegedly already have.
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