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It's always inspiring to hear someone's launch narrative, but I don't agree with a couple of your conclusions. Is Techcrunch that important to get traction? Th
by cjeane 16y ago
It's always inspiring to hear someone's launch narrative, but I don't agree with a couple of your conclusions.
Is Techcrunch that important to get traction? They sent a ~2 day traffic spike your way, but after that not much. Is it the sacred cow of launching?
I agree with your fix quickly mentality, but coming away with the conclusion that you should listen to the critic without context is a bit rash.
You changed your site for 1 blog post. I do agree with their advice, but what if you where told that the logo was terrible, or your navigation scheme was wrong? How much would you be willing to change for the coverage, and at that point who's site is it?
Wow this kinda turned into a rant. I don't want the groupthink to lend itself toward; bending to the will of a tech blog, because it's the only way to launch.
- earlyriser 16y agoThe TC spike doesn't matter. The important thing is that TC is The source for other blogs around the world. I can't submit my site to a Japanese blog for example (I don't write this language), but a Japanese blogger read the TC post and reposted it. Multiply that for 100 and you can see where do the 70K Google results come from. I don't change the design to appear there. But 60% of the users at that moment ( my girlfriend and TC) didn't like the font and to be sincere I wasn't sure anyway. Honestly I don't think that the font change made the site techcrunch worthy, I think the HN frontpage was most important. We are always bending to others, everyone fixes the limit of tolerance according our goals and means.
- ismaelsow 16y agoI agree. One of the most important thing is that great PR means tons of valuable links. And in the SEO game, the formula is: "get the links, win the game".