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A/B test anything with Var.to, a link shortener with variable destinations
- tdoggette 16y agoLooks like a good product, but I found the fonts on the front page very hard to read. I'm on XP/Chrome. http://imgur.com/vaUq7 http://imgur.com/vaUq7
- mmayernick 16y agoThanks for the feedback, and I appreciate you sharing the pic! Yeah, that doesn't look very good. I'll test it on XP and see if I can improve. Personally I really like the text-shadow/bevel effect, but I've always worried it reduces readability.
- JohnTitus 16y agoLooks like that in XP/FF 3.6.8 too.
- adamsfallen 16y agoalso simple. also good.
- skevvis 16y agoSuper simple, and really useful. I can imagine a few different use cases for this!
- lcm133 16y agoPut the "Add New" form on your homepage. Burying that form behind three pages creates way too much friction.
- mmayernick 16y agoGood point - I'll get that up in the next deployment. Appreciate the feedback!
- JohnTitus 16y agoVery cool idea. Would love an API!
- cesarsalazar12 16y agoI really like your URL approach to A/B testing. I gave the product a try and found a couple of things you guys might want to fix: - The copy to clipboard button isn't really working. At least not on Chrome 9.0.597 on OSX10.6.6 - Using cufon for the actual URL I want to copy isn't the best idea. It makes it really difficult to do a traditional "select and copy". - There's no way to delete/edit a URL - The title/description this for each URL may be a bit too much to ask. At least as an early user with just a couple of short URLs in the list. Something more controversial (and also more important). What I expect from a URL shortener is a permanent redirect, not an iFrame. Some mayor website don't even allow rendering their pages inside iFrames (namely Twitter and Facebook) I didn't find a feedback link in your page, that's why I'm doing this here. Congrats for the realease!
- azolotov 16y agoSome case studies of how people increased their traffic/conversions/growth would be awesome :)
- pdeverak 16y agoCool idea!
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- kevindewalt 16y agoGuys, This is really clever. When I first looked at it I thought "I can already do this in my app or with Unbounce or ..." But then when I took a closer look at app it occurred to me that this is sooooo simple. Unbounce takes a learning curve and doing app-level routing testing can take some configuration. With that in mind, I see a couple of options: 1. Do A/B testing on the type of products you suggest, such as Google Docs that don't normally then themselves to such functionality. The issue I have with this approach is that I don't actually know of a situation where I would have done this. The times I'm A/B testing something (which isn't often), I'm highly invested in whatever I'm doing and the outcome. This is almost always whatever I'm building or selling, hence Unbounce or my own app. 2. Figure out a way to put var.to INTO an app or a situation that I care a lot about and would pay for the tool. IF you could figure out way to make it drop-dead simple for me to put it into my app and then provided killer analytics an services on top if it, then it might be something I'd pay for. Bottom line: I think you have a clever, interesting, easy-to-use tool that I like from an intellectually curious position. But it doesn't yet grip me emotionally with a "I've GOT to use this" position yet. Nice job, hope it helps! Kevin
- xiongchiamiov 16y agoyou'll need a Twitter account to login Whelp. Too bad, since it looked like a pretty cool service.
- mfinley 16y agoGreat idea! I would use it for my app