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by joshuamerrill 5391 days ago
You absolutely need to remove the TechCrunch and KillerStartups logos if indeed they have not reviewed you. It's highly misleading to your users and an abuse of their brand.

In addition, the testimonials each have New York Times icon logos next to them. This doesn't add credibility; it's obvious the New York Times didn't write those reviews.
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joshuap 5391 days ago
It's hard to believe, but TechCrunch actually did cover them: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-...
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zitterbewegung 5391 days ago
Techcrunch UK did review the site. See http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-... (old branding of the site).
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Concours 5391 days ago
maybe you are wrong about Techcrunch and Killerstartup not reviewing me, maybe you just miss the reviews...well, as for the testimonials, for me, it's indeed obvious that the New York times didn't write them as well, as it is for you, so I don't get why "it's misleading", could you please elaborate?

Check Techcrunck UK , and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand. Check Killerstartup, and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand

Check the press section, you will find some of those infos. Thanks for your great feedbck, I'll create new facvicon, I wasn't aware that those favicons are exclusively NYT favicons (it's a suggestion of the designer)

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joeyespo 5391 days ago
Could you link to the reviews from your site? Preferably directly from the "As Featured In" banners. That way there's absolutely no question. No doubt. Credibility can be proven without requiring a search or investigative discussions on HN.
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joshuamerrill 5391 days ago
Ah, gotcha. That makes more sense.

Other than that, my #1 piece of feedback is that after pressing the large red button on the homepage, the user is expecting to see his or her mobilized site. Instead, the user sees a message saying: "Thank you very much for trying us. Your submission will be reviewed, and should be added shortly if accepted..."

I recommend checking out dudamobile.com for a good example of this flow.

Second, asking the user to solve a captcha right after pressing the large red button is not a good experience. I recommend including the captcha as part of the form, or not including it at all.

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Hisoka 5391 days ago
Or you could just change the header to say "NOT Featured In"
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