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Yeah, it's always been my intention to have a real home page, but I've never been able to figure out what it would be. I've got an about page with a bunch of text, but who wants a wall of text or a sales pitch when they hit a site? It may be a good idea to put a brief description of the site in the guest bar at the top.

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>but who wants a wall of text or a sales pitch when they hit a site?

It may be a fine line, but I've noticed myself hitting a lot of new sites thinking "why don't they just tell me what it is/does and show me some screen shots before I have to sign up?"

I think it's a big deal. I almost always pass without it.

The best approach may be to cookie return visitors and then redirect them to the example, with a way for them to get back to the original LP if possible (landing page).

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