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1. The fact that Joel's blog is on a separate domain means that Fog Creek doesn't reap all the SEO benefits that it could have from links to his writing. 2. Ha
by joshuacc 15y ago
1. The fact that Joel's blog is on a separate domain means that Fog Creek doesn't reap all the SEO benefits that it could have from links to his writing.
2. Having people visiting the same website where the software is actually sold gets them one step closer to purchasing.
3. There's the "top of mind" marketing effect of constantly having Fog Creek's blog posts on the front page of HN and other tech news aggregators.
- rick888 15y agoIf it's on a separate domain, it's probably because they want to do some SEO testing without losing any rankings for the origianl fogcreek site.
- dpritchett 15y agoThe wildly influential Joel on Software blog has been on joelonsoftware.com for ten years. FogCreek.com is where they sell their products.