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Ask HN: Evaluate my side project please?

5 points by maxbrown ↗ HN
I've been working on a side project lately and I'd love to get some basic feedback and marketing advice - randomfreeapp.com.

1. How do you feel about the page? Is it intuitive? What would you change?

2. How would you market it/drive traffic?

11 comments

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gspyrou
Some ideas :

1.Add some kind of copy that describes what the site is doing

2.Include free apps for WindowsPhone and Blackberry

skadamat
Have some kinda cool HTML5 transition when you hit the next button. The site itself is just a cool site, so people expect nice looking animations. Instead of generating a random integer and passing it in as an 'id' in your php script, you should look into keeping everything static except the main box itself. To do this, you need to use JavaScript (preferably jQuery, also look into CoffeeScript) Keep the logo at the top and the 2 tiles at the bottom for social media the same. Don't make the site reload everytime you hit 'next'.

Design-wise, it's great. Very clean and simple, and the logo's cool.

skadamat
also, making a simple iPhone / Android app is key.

Very few people browse using their computers for an app. Making an app with iAds is the best way to go about making any $

maxbrown
Would love to talk with you more about this if you have time - e-mail in my about.
jamifsud
The ability to go back would be nice, I got a bit click happy and accidentally missed something that looked cool at a first glance.
aorshan
Same here. I think a back button would help a lot.
ctb9
1. looks great. I would suggest fixing the next button vertically so that it doesn't get pushed down by apps with long descriptions.
pcharles
1. There should be a blurb about the site. But focus on the 'Why' and not the other W's. 2. Beef up on SEO and spread the word on other sites, blogs
heynk
I'd consider applying CSS border-radius to all of the app icon images. Some of them have a beveled edge and the square edge, which looks a little less proffesional.