Confusing Landing Pages

Comments criticize websites and landing pages for failing to clearly explain what the product or service does, leaving users confused about its purpose and functionality.

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diogenesjunior Feb 16, 2022 View on HN

just by looking at the homepage, i see nothing helpful. what does the website do? no idea. i'd suggest being more descriptive on the home page

chadlavi Apr 1, 2023 View on HN

Seems neat but this website is really terrible at explaining what the product is or why I'd want to use it. The homepage looks like a spammy blog landing page? give me a big hero image (ideally an autoplay no-audio video acting like a gif) and like, 10 words and some links to more details. Also no info on pricing?

Khao Dec 23, 2014 View on HN

Why can't the website tell what it actually does? It's honestly a terrible landing page for an app.

mvdtnz Apr 11, 2024 View on HN

This website doesn't do much to tell me why I would want to use it. Can anyone explain?

callalex Sep 29, 2023 View on HN

Please say more: this website doesn’t describe itself at all or tell me what’s happening.

kylemaxwell Oct 10, 2012 View on HN

Nice landing page, but I don't see any details whatsoever about what the site is or how it works.

fsniper Aug 18, 2023 View on HN

Still not very clear website. It's not explaning what they do but give vauge descriptions for screen shots.

sprobertson Nov 24, 2023 View on HN

I'm intrigued but your site gives me little to go on, I feel like I'm missing a big "what this is" page

kyriakos Jun 7, 2024 View on HN

hate the fact that I have no idea what it is unless i sign up. maybe some demo / description of what it does would be useful to get users engaged.

notatoad Jun 15, 2014 View on HN

this website does approximately zero to explain anything about the service they are offering.