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Concept and usability of www.intermz.com
tedATintermz
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Hello SUNers!
This is my first website critique request on SUN. I`ve had my site up for about 6 months, but have been unable to get it off the ground. I need serious help figuring out why.www.intermz.com
Intermz.com is a free online reference for learning anything, fast. It allows you to look up topics of interest in terms of knowledge you might already have so that you can cut the overlap and integrate any new information quickly. I`ve used this concept to learn (and teach others) to great effect and wanted to share the method with everyone using a smooth interface. I hope to receive some marginal income from text ads that are based on the topics of peoples` interest, but that is a secondary concern at the moment.
My primary goal is to attract users who will contribute content, which will, in turn, attract users to reference the content (and perhaps click on ads). This concent is created and maintained by users based on a Wikipedia model. I have tried a press release, linking on Facebook, and maintaining communication with a small (50ish) mailing list, but to little avail.
Initial feedback from friends/family/colleagues on the concept and execution has been very positive but users have not committed to submiting content.
I spent three months coding and designing the site from scratch myself. I designed it to illustrate the idea of overlaying one topic of interest over another to reveal the cross-section of the two. This idea is conveyed by the concept of "gelz" (see site for example).
I would love your feedback on the concept, the concept`s execution, and how I might be able to attract more users to the site and encourage them to contribute.
Thank you very much!
I will be responding to others` website critique requests shortly!tedATintermz5/14/2008 11:13 PM
This is my first website critique request on SUN. I`ve had my site up for about 6 months, but have been unable to get it off the ground. I need serious help figuring out why.www.intermz.com
Intermz.com is a free online reference for learning anything, fast. It allows you to look up topics of interest in terms of knowledge you might already have so that you can cut the overlap and integrate any new information quickly. I`ve used this concept to learn (and teach others) to great effect and wanted to share the method with everyone using a smooth interface. I hope to receive some marginal income from text ads that are based on the topics of peoples` interest, but that is a secondary concern at the moment.
My primary goal is to attract users who will contribute content, which will, in turn, attract users to reference the content (and perhaps click on ads). This concent is created and maintained by users based on a Wikipedia model. I have tried a press release, linking on Facebook, and maintaining communication with a small (50ish) mailing list, but to little avail.
Initial feedback from friends/family/colleagues on the concept and execution has been very positive but users have not committed to submiting content.
I spent three months coding and designing the site from scratch myself. I designed it to illustrate the idea of overlaying one topic of interest over another to reveal the cross-section of the two. This idea is conveyed by the concept of "gelz" (see site for example).
I would love your feedback on the concept, the concept`s execution, and how I might be able to attract more users to the site and encourage them to contribute.
Thank you very much!
I will be responding to others` website critique requests shortly!tedATintermz5/14/2008 11:13 PM
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If I can streamline the pitch, do you think the concept itself has enough attraction?
I streamlined the pitch on the front page www.intermz.com. Do you think it is more effective now?
I appreciate your direct feedback. It`s what I need.
I am working on a graphic to help illustrate the concept. Will notify when I get that up.
Thanks!
For example, if I want to learn about architecture (my topic of interest), and I know about writing music, writing music would be my gel.
"Gelz" is just the plural of gel.
The definition for a gel is included in the site`s FAQ, but I suppose you are saying I should make it more prominent?
Thanks a lot!
The definition for a gel is included in the site`s FAQ, but I suppose you are saying I should make it more prominent?
Precisely.