More people taking up website building and creation, it is nice to see that it can be done easily with a service like this. I think it adds to the accessibility, not everyone understands the tricky part of building a website and most want to do it fast, so o I think this feature is pretty cool
Question Answers Websites have always been a hit, which is the very reason many people keep launching new ones. The best part is that the script comes with preinstalled categories and allows you to setup Search Engine Friendly pages.
They dun even need to do anything except put a link to their new service on their main domain and it already gives them an instant boost. Which they already do for 99% of all their related services.
Ya, one of the great aspects / hidden benefit of a service like this is how it makes the lives of web developers easier because they have a reliable service they can refer clients to when they don't want to handle those pesky small maintenance tasks anymore.
They did something that caused them to stand out and become wildly successful. If that something is caused by the site being more usable or somehow easier, then they have added something to the business model.
The service is technically mindblowning, A good way to let clients or the marketing department fiddle with their site copy while leaving us to get on with actual development work.
I am not sure I agree with your first point. It seems the most frequent case is that a user wants to access content right away. Regardless of how much "better" the native experience might be, its a lot of hoops to jump through to fulfill the immediate need.
I certainly can't argue that it does yield positive business results under certain scenarios, but for the average user it seems to injure common web experiences.
The fact that a lot of people like the feature and want to use it for starters. If they can sell enough ads to make the hosting worthwhile, they have a successful company I'd assume.
Having an attractive website can be very helpful. Between two otherwise identical websites, the more attractive one will probably get more use, especially with certain target markets. Of course, it's also possible to get carried away. One needs to also pay attention to utility, load time, maintenance costs, etc. Ultimately, its really a matter of priorities.
The ability to easily seed any community-driven site is a godsend. Whether they can monetize them or not, it helps jumpstart the activity so they can then focus on bringing new, outside users that can then (hopefully) be monetized.
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