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Landing Page-less Services

Separate advertising stuff from service, and have cleaner web.
 
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In modern days, websites adopted the practise of turning their non-logged-in service page into a fancy landing page that introduces the service. However, this makes the service look lawful for non-registered users.

So... define new standard of not mixing landing pages with service, e.g., do landing pages on specific directory, like /landing/, and let the users choose, when they want to see their advertising stuff. Instead, show the actual UI of the service immediately, without registration.

Mindey, Apr 23 2015

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       //However, this makes the service look lawful for non- registered users.//   

       I'm not sure what the problem with this is. The company (presumably) has an introductory landing page because it brings in customers.   

       If what you mean is that it is _awful_ for _registered_ users, then wouldn't it be easier to standardise on the opposite - i.e. to have a specific subdirectory for the service?   

       Visitors would go to "example.com" and see a description of their fine service, while users would go to, say, "example.com/ui/" which would, assuming that they're logged in, immediately provide the logged-in interface.   

       This has the advantage for the business that they can still show off their service to potential customers on the root page. Advertising links wouldn't have to be changed.
If the user was not logged in, just a simple login screen could be shown. (I don't think there's much gain to showing active UI to guests, and it can have a whole bunch of down-sides, like needing to transfer data into an account when the user logs in, or create a new user while holding state.)
  

       This inverts the use case from someone adding stuff to a url to be shown bumph to adding stuff to a url to avoid being shown bumph - which I think is much more likely to be adopted by the customer in practice.
Loris, Apr 23 2015
  

       I rarely buy from companies that don't offer a "guest checkout". The requirement to register at all turns me off. If, then, the purchase form only uses the information from the registration form or there's so much as an email verification I look for my merchandise elsewhere.   

       A company does NOT have the right to ask intrusive questions of me as a cost of doing business.
Voice, Apr 24 2015
  

       //I rarely buy from companies that don't offer a "guest checkout". The requirement to register at all turns me off.//   

       Me too[1], but as I understand it the point of this idea is somewhat different. Hopefully Mindey will return and clarify, but here is what I understand of it:   

       Even in the absence of any registration requirement at all, root pages can be an introduction or guide to the service, rather than the service itself.
While this is useful to new users, it is sub-optimal for experienced users. Particularly if it's a particularly heavy page on a slow connection or computer.
The proposal is to have a standard modifier (i.e. a subdirectory) which goes straight to the service. ~
Oh, wait - the idea as stated was the other way round [2]. But anyway, I think it makes more sense this way, because then it's a proposed (and useful) standard instead.
  

       [1] Well, I don't mind registering too much if I can see how it helps, or I'm expecting to be a regular customer. What I _really_ hate is having to ask for a quote rather than seeing a pricelist, or even example prices for a complex service.   

       [2] Which is maybe advocacy - but I don't think it warrants an mfd for it.
Loris, Apr 25 2015
  


 

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