I don't know the answer either way, to be completely honest, but my personal view is that that particular style of landing page gives the notion that "this site

I don't know the answer either way, to be completely honest, but my personal view is that that particular style of landing page gives the notion that "this site is such a new idea in my head that I haven't even begun it!". That's my opinion, anyway. I feel like that in relation to LaunchRock pages now that so many throwaway projects are using it. Same feeling I get from unthemed Bootstrap sites too.