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joshu...congrats on finally launching! Seems like forever since I saw the first Tasty Labs teaser page. A few thoughts, can you guys make it a bit MORE clear e
by marcamillion 15y ago
joshu...congrats on finally launching! Seems like forever since I saw the first Tasty Labs teaser page.
A few thoughts, can you guys make it a bit MORE clear exactly what jig is on first-load. I know the pop-up is there that asks for my zip-code and briefly tells me what the site does, but it doesn't articulate clearly which problem is being solved here.
Especially since the front-page looks like a 'typical' Q&A site (a la Stack Overflow & Quora). I think you might be on to something really powerful here...but it isn't articulated properly in the top 400px.
Maybe one suggestion might be, pushing the section that starts off with 'Recent Needs' and 'Unmet Needs' down and having a section right above it with 'Met Needs' - so it shows the solutions that have been provided to people's needs.
I think your approach to 'intent harvesting' is brilliant....and could be VERY lucrative. Google makes a bajillion dollars monetizing activity around figuring out people's intent when they are searching.
But you guys are cutting through all that clutter and getting straight to the point. From there, you can then make recommendations based on either recent activity/suggestions from friends or products that work.
What I am seeing here is, a solution to the 'product search' problem. Where, no longer do I have to figure out the 'right search term' to use to get the product I am looking for.
If that's kinda the direction you guys are going, well...it sounds VERY exciting.
If not, I am sure you have some brilliant plan working towards and look forward to seeing how this evolves.
- joshu 15y agoI kinda think that you need to show people what it's about, not tell them, because people don't actually read. I like your suggestion re "met needs" thanks.
- marcamillion 15y agoMakes sense...I didn't mean specifically put an epistle. But really showing them - rather than telling them in a few words.