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What do you think of my simple startup landing page?

chilledlime.com

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It would be nice if you eliminated a few lines -

"You suddenly realise that you need to find a web hosting service to host your super cool site..."

"Obviously you need a pro plan.. not just an amateur(<-sp check!) free one..."

"You start Googling for some services..."

Perhaps you could cut some out like so:

"You realise that you need a pro web hosting service to host your super cool site..."

Also, consider spacing the lines out more. Compare the screen that starts "You are really in a hurry to choose one..." vs the screen that starts "But then..."

Thanks for the tips! Corrected the typo... and I am thinking about changing the lines you suggested!

Amateur is the correct spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur

Oh yes, sorry...corrected it finally! Thanks!

I like ChilledLime. I signed up. BTW, I run a start up that offers web development, web hosting, IT security, and data centre services. We have a big ass server room in downtown Toronto. Could we help each other out (promotion, crosslinking, etc.)? http://cyberialabs.coldstream.ca

More contrast on the site, please. Elegance of the fonts is just not visible. You could use better fonts, but that is my personal opinion again.

I think you have hit a sweet spot - with the Q&Opinion model, if you implement it well. I signed up!

Seems nice but the rage comic illustrations are a bit irritating. That's just my personal taste though, I'm sure most people won't mind :)

seems easy enough to follow. I signed up for early access. I'm not sure how you make money though. I doubt I'd pay for it. what's the differnce between yahoo answers, quora? expert exchange?

Thanks for signing up!

Money making will be a problem of the future..not thinking about that now..just thinking about growing and expanding now!

I am not planning to make ChilledLime a payed service.. so all functions will be free.

To answer your question:

Yahoo answers, Quora and EE are all about questions and answers. ChilledLime is all about questions and opinions.

On, for example, Quora...you can't ask questions where you ask for the people's verdicts and viewpoints!

For better understanding:

An example question on Quora: "What are some funny things to do if you find your friend left their account logged into Facebook on your computer?"

An example question on ChilledLime: "What is the best hyper-local hotel discovery app on iPhone?"

The question in your example for ChilledLime is completely appropriate on Quora. There's nothing preventing a question from soliciting personal viewpoints.

Just found this:

http://www.quora.com/Quora-Question-Policies-and-Guidelines/...

"Poll questions ask individuals for their opinions, preferences, habits, or other data without also asking those individuals how or why.Here are some examples:

    Did you vote for McCain or Obama?
    What is your favorite color?
    What type of laptop do you own?
    What is your favorite bar in San Francisco?
    How many friends do you have on Facebook?
    How often do you brush your teeth?"

They say that these type of questions are not allowed!

Actually, that should be updated. Only poll questions are not allowed, survey questions are, the "what do you think of..." ones are fine now.

The rules are a bit nebulous between poll/survey but generally they are loosely enforced, the main thing that's not allowed are ones where the question offers a set of specific choices and asks for the answerer to choose one.

How are you differentiating against Yahoo! Answers, Quora, StackExchange, and the likes? That's the question you should ask yourself. Then proceed to answer it on your landing page.

Right now I don't know why the world needs yet another opinion/answers site, and your LP fails to communicate that.

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