Ask HN: I shipped my first product, now what?

Long time reader, first Ask HN. I shipped my first product www.jamaicanize.com. It may not appeal to most hackers but the site is getting a decent amount of visits/day. I appreciate all your comments :)

I've been testing new features but most users ignore them and go directly to the translator page (core feature). For instance, there was a dictionary page but it got less than 10% of the total visits.

At what point do I stop tweaking the layout, ad placement and move on to something else?

Thanks

ffumarola 14y

If you use punctuation, the page shows the encoding.

e.g. Hey%2c ow yuh doing%3f

albumediaOP14y

Thanks, will look into it

yen223 14y

Maybe you should fix any XSS vulnerabilities...

kefs 14y

how about /translate?url=http://www.news.ycombinator.com/ ?

albumediaOP14y

Would be fun but not beneficial form a user stand point. Most people just want to translate a few words, not an entire paragraph or page. Note that it is not an official language.

kefs 14y

Google Translate would disagree..

http://translate.google.com/translate_buttons

..and the back-end would be trivial to code, even if you re-invent the wheel.

michaelpinto 14y

why is there a google ad on that page? did you at least try to pitch a sponsor like the jamaica tourist board

albumediaOP14y

I did not, but I'll take your advice an try a few Jamaican companies.

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