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The 18 things you must do when launching a new website
- lkozma 16y agoAnother tool I've found very useful, that I don't see on either lists is http://www.webpagetest.org/ http://www.webpagetest.org/ More comprehensive than YSlow.
- daveschappell 16y agothis is an awesome list -- we've been at this for almost 3 years, and while we had most of them, I just realized that we never set up Bing Webmaster Console -- given their continued rise in % (combined with Yahoo), it can't hurt. other great recommendations as well -- we're also SEOMoz subscribers, so some of this is also just a great reminder about tools we're probably underutilizing
- Andrew_Quentin 16y agoIn all honesty, it is actually a rubbish list, but all to their own.
- daryn 16y agoGreat checklist of things to remember!
- rhizome 16y agoNext up: 24 mistakes people make when launching a website, then 41 things people who have websites should do more often, then 58 mistakes people make when maintaining websites, followed by the 4 things you should do when canceling your webhosting account.
- olalonde 16y agoFor a more comprehensive list: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-devel...
- sabat 16y agoFantastic list -- thanks for posting that (stackoverflow link).
- randfish 16y agoGood recommendation - I'm going to link to that from the post as a corollary to the list from a technical/development perspective (vs. marketing/metrics focus).
- olalonde 16y agoThanks for mentioning me in the post, was not necessary but appreciated nonetheless.
- andreyf 16y agoThat should be a feature list of stuff you don't have to do on a proper developer platform.
- carbocation 16y agoPlease consider cropping the number out of the title: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ShardPhoenix 16y agoI think the relatively large number of things is part of the interest in this case.
- MrMatt 16y agoRelative to what? Would it be OK if it were 15 things or 10? What about 5? These sort of headlines have specific rules in the guidelines - I'm surprised it hasn't been changed already.
- evanrmurphy 16y agoYes. And "must do" qualifies as a gratuitious adjective in this case. Consider Things to do when launching a new website as a revision.
- aarong 16y agoSweet post... this should be a great blog to follow. Thanks for doing Rand!
- alnayyir 16y agoFlagged, title is garbage and doesn't adhere to HN guidelines as stated elsewhere. Keep this out of HN and leave it for your blogroll crap, and don't pretend you didn't know any better either.
- cubtastic71 16y agoReally some of these are things you do BEFORE you launch a web site. Do you really test the performance after its live? Really?
- damoncali 16y agoMy latest project has been live with paying customers for months. I have never thought about, let alone tested, performance.
- ari_ 16y agoRand, This list is banal. About the only thing I Can agree with is installing some analytics software (preferably NOT Google Analytics) to monitor goals and traffic sources. The only thing you need to do when launching a website, or any business, is market your product off. Adding yourself to the various webmaster tools, tracking brand keywords via Google Alerts is all a huge waste of time and only makes sense (if it makes any sense at all!) once you actually have traction - links to look at, brand mentions to follow etc. Ari
- patd 16y agoCould you explain why not Google Analytics and provide a few alternatives (and why they are better) ?
- ari_ 16y agoWell I don't like the idea of giving all your data to Google to exploit. I think the interface itself is nice and versatile but do you really want to give your ecommerce data to Google? If you really love it I think Google now licenses Urchin that you can host. Alternatives include, but not limited to: GetClicky Omniture Pwiki which is open source and can be modified Mint Log Files
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- muppetman 16y agoI'm surprised that "Have a business model" isn't there somewhere.
- MrJagil 16y agoExcuse me, but why does this have 320 points if everyone thinks it is garbage? As a newbie entrepreneur, I am utterly confused as to whether these steps really are helpful/necessary or not.