Ask YC: now my site is done, what next?

Yes, a Press Release would be a good place to start.<p>Also look for any news/media outlets that might be related to whatever industry or vertical this mysterious site falls under and submit either a PR or "introduction" email to those places.<p>Comment (intelligently!) on blogs related to users that have an interest in whatever it is your site is offering. Provide a link back to your site (obviously).<p>DON'T try "link exchange" or "link farm" type sites as a mechanism for promoting your site. These have very little positive impact and a huge potential negative impact in terms of SEO.

You could start by giving us the link.

Hmmm... you need a plan, man... Before you pen that press release, step back a nd put a plan together. Without knowing what your site is/does, we cannot even begin to suggest anything. Not that you would/should take marketing advice from us.<p>Don't shoot from the hip on this. Put a business plan that makes business sense. I stress "business" because it sounds like you are a techie. It's not so much "build it and they will come." It always pays for it to have a strategy in place.<p>Anyway, you don't even state that your site is intended to be a business, so yeah, maybe sitting down and writing a press release is the best thing to do.

"completed development"??<p>How did you decide it was 'complete'?

I found the following talk from Startup School '08 interesting since I'm in the very same position.<p>"Mike Arrington speaks at Startup School 2008 about how to get, and how to respond to press for your startup."<p><a href="http://omnisio.com/startupschool08/mike-arrington" rel="nofollow">http://omnisio.com/startupschool08/mike-arrington</a>

press release, target your niche and advertise to it. find blogs and get them to review the service. basically, get the word of mouth out there as best as you can. SEO SEO SEO.

I'd be interested in this too, I'll have to face this stage soon and would like to start reading up on it.