Ask YC: Relaunched my site... Markets.com FEEDBACK PLEASE

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=401488

by markets1 • 18 years ago

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How can I make this site bigger???

noodle• 18 years ago

by selling it to another company. i bet you could get 6 figures for the domain name. if you're not really making much or projected to make much from it, its worth considering.

beyond that, though, clean it up, first and foremost. it looks weird for me. for example, the thumbnails are distorted and some of the tables are just too cluttered.

then you need to figure out what it does or what you want it to do that is special. this site doesn't seem special, currently. i'd rather use google finance. build towards that.

breck• 18 years ago

Maybe even low 7 figures.

run4yourlives• 18 years ago

I echo noodle, it's all over the place. You've got indices, news stories, quotes and even chicks with boobs all on the front page. I'm already overwhelmed and I haven't even click any nav elements.

Pick a subset of these, and do it really really well. If you try to be everything to everyone, you'll never be amazing to anyone.

andrewljohnson• 18 years ago

Get a hotter video woman?

zacharye• 18 years ago

First off, I would lose the animated emoticon. Please.

It looks like your site aggregates and displays data - and plenty of it - but in the short while of checking around I'm unclear as to what features and benefits set you apart from the big boys (Yahoo, Google, Marketwatch, Motley, etc etc). If you're going to go up against big boys like Yahoo and Google, you need some distinguishing factors, among other things...

Ask YC: Relaunched my site... Markets.com FEEDBACK PLEASE

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