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The busy-shopping-street analogy is something I've been thinking about before; what is an online shopping street? It seems to me Max couldn't really find the on
by yungchin 17y ago
The busy-shopping-street analogy is something I've been thinking about before; what is an online shopping street? It seems to me Max couldn't really find the online equivalent either: both Apple's App Store and Facebook have plenty quiet streets I'm sure, so building a business on those platforms does not equal building on a busy street.
Is there really a way of building my business next-door to yours - in the sense that I'll catch customers walking out your door?
- maxklein 17y agoAn example I can think of: Imagine you sell "Webpage designs" online, vs "Wordpress themes". Your wordpress design site will get listed on design sites, you can get added to the theme section of wordpress.org, lots of people will search for your keywords. Wordpress themes is a busy shopping street. The app store analogy holds - the app store can be thought off as a mall where people are walking about. If your store sucks, nobody will come in, but people are seeing it. If there was no such store, your app could potentially be on the web and you only ever have 10 visitors.
- thecoffeeman 17y agoIt's keywords and the first page in the SERP.
- yungchin 17y agoI think that's different. On a shopping street, I don't have to be looking for a book store to run into one. I might not buy anything the first time, but now I know it's there. And every time I walk out the clothing store, I'm reminded the book store is next door.