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Ask HN: Please review my startup

27 pointsby steveneoabout 16 years ago
My site is here http://www.geniuswiki.com A wiki software. Thanks.

10 comments

cellisabout 16 years ago
What am i supposed to do?<p>Imagine i am a very ADD person and I don't know what to click. You need a big DOWNLOAD or SIGN UP button, otherwise you are squandering your 5 seconds that i've allowed you.
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sutroabout 16 years ago
The first link I clicked revealed an animated gif depicting a woman breaking a water balloon over her very well-endowed chest in slow motion.<p>At the risk of being redundant, I would say that your startup shows a great deal of promise.
mynameishereabout 16 years ago
Seems nice. I guess my question is: How is it distinguished from other make-your-own wiki solutions?
inconvenientabout 16 years ago
Overall, it seems to work pretty well. Under "prettyURL", the "Tiny URL" is often longer than the "Meaning URL". Use a shorter hash key. Also, you might want to have some basic content that loads instantly along with the "loading" graphic (e.g. Logo, basic description).<p>What user base are you going for, and how to you plan to monetize it?
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hwijayaabout 16 years ago
Few things on my mind as i look at it. You need:<p>1. Tagline - Make people understand what you're doing within 1 - 2 seconds. Most people don't read at all.<p>2. Better call to action - I generally prefer to have one priority over another. Making it blue and red communicate the same priority, and remember Barry's paradox of choices? It made me not clicking both. I learned call to action a lot from here: <a href="http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/good-call-to-action-buttons/" rel="nofollow">http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/good-call-to-action-buttons/</a><p>Good luck!
diN0botabout 16 years ago
cool. i signed up and made a private space. it feels like you're giving a lot of value to users, though i don't have anything concrete to say about that....i'm always vaguely looking for private wiki space for small collaborators.<p>biggest question: will you still be around in 6 months? i've had not so good experiences in the past with finding "a really cool private collaborative wiki" (free) that suddenly stopped working...
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josefrescoabout 16 years ago
From a web design perspective you need more space below your site logo (above the content). That is all.
uninvertedabout 16 years ago
Loading screens are usually irritating; in general do what you can to minimize them.
jlm382about 16 years ago
it'd be nice if screenshots were on the front of the page -- otherwise, it looks like another weekend project that never got finished.<p>increase the size of your TRY NOW button 5X, and you'll notice a higher conversion rate.
TheAmazingIdiotabout 16 years ago
I've got a habit on middle-clicking when I want to open X content in a different tab when I know there's more content on the main page (like HN).<p>Now, when I see those "GeniusWiki Documentation Center" and those other boxes with content, the links aren't links. They're javascripts that force me to go away from that main page. I usually just go away when I see things like that.
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