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Ask YC: Just launched my startup (an ad exchange network), what do you guys think?
So I just launched one of my startups: AdExchanged ( http://adexchanged.com/ ). I'd love to get feedback from you guys!
The point of the ads is not to replace adsense, but to have people use us along with adsense. Would any of you guys use this?
- agentbleu 18y agoI would recommend adding a demo of how the ad units look, mention if they are nofollowed links, and can you choose your ad partners or is this automatic.
- rksprst 18y agoAdding a demo of how the ad unit looks was on the to-do list. I guess both of us just forgot about it before launching. We'll redo the front page with better wording and I'll add a demo of the ad unit in there. In the future you will be able to choose the ads you want to display based on keywords and categories. Right now though, we wanted to make it as simple as possible (with the least amount of steps to get it set up) so it's automatic.
- felixc 18y agoThat's a very cool system, and yes, I would use it for certain things. However, I would take a little more time to review the text on the pages. There were a number of phrases that struck me as... infelicitous. Most notably: "Each time somebody sees the ads on you site, a partner site will be display your ad." Those little blurbs are the first impression people get from the service, and the difference between sounding like "just some random site" and "a really cool, professional ad service" will make a difference in adoption rates. Best of luck!
- rksprst 18y agoThanks, I really appreciate the feedback! I didn't personally write any of the text, but me and my partner will look it over and fix any mistakes (and make it easier to understand).
- Maro 18y agoThe site sounds like whoever wrote the text is not a native english speaker. You must get a native english speaker to rewrite these for you...
- cschneid 18y agoThe password box on the front screen is a plain-text box... change that to a password input box.