[timsegraves]

Yeah, I think that will be an interesting followup post.

[bastijn]

I'm even more interested in the conversion rate for the front page HN generated visitor boom, and actual long term gain. But that might be too hard to measure.

I myself always visit the sites but I cannot remember I have been using one for longer than a day.

[gk1]

If he's using Google Analytics it should be fairly straightforward to tie conversions back to the referral source.

[mintplant]

Which will itself be posted to HN, continuing the cycle.