If I'm hungry, I get food. I don't open up an app or visit a website. This isn't a mortgage level decision, or a 6 month car insurance coverage decision. This is a NOW decision.
How are you different from 4square, or google maps (suggestions near you) other than the 'deals'?
Very good feedback, but do you ever think "I'm tired of the same old places, what else is there around me that's good?, and affordable to try". Looking to solve that problem.
So what determines 'good'? Reviews (internal, your staff)? Reviews (external, public entry)? Department of Health scores (ok, this might actually be a viable app idea)?
I've visited restaurants with 5 star reviews, and hated the food and the service. I'v visited dives (according to others) and met amazing owners, ate great food, and it felt like I was part of the family. (thats here in the States and also abroad)
There is a risk to life, the risk of 'choosing a bad place' is part of life. IF the idea is to find something different and new, our family does this when on the road...
When we determine we are hungry, we get off at the next exit or town. The rules:
1. we eat at the first restaurant we come to that hasnt been veto'd
2. all vehicle occupants have 1 veto per meal
3. I get a final and unchangeable veto purely on health and safety.
Process offers pretty much what you elevator pitch offers, but without the deals. To me, that means, you need to up the value add someplace.
We're different in that we want to ONLY show you the recommended items from each place, so you don't spend time going through the menu, you basically get a snapshot of what we recommend at each restaurant near you. Why do we recommend it? We have professional "foodies" who literally travel to try and review restaurants that make these recommendations then we put them up at a deal for you to try it.
Create an app specific password just for the game.
Some very early Ingress players had to do that. No rhyme or reason to why one account will work, others wont.
1. Yslow gives the main page a Grade D. I only ran the test AFTER I visited and it 'felt' slow. If you managed to get first time visits, this would most likely turn users away.
2. I don't see any analytics on the site. Without analytics, you have a limited picture of who does visit, and where they come from, possibly what they have done. Server logs handle a little of this, but nothing beats analytics.
3. I'm in Georgia. Thats not 'new york, texas or california'. You have nothing to offer me if I visited. So, you ask why this hasn't gotten traction? Because you have limited an already limited set of forums even more. A subset of a subset, if you will.
4. Browser forward/back behave oddly. Work down into a city, then hit the back button, and you don't actually go up a level, you leave the site.
5. City sorting is also odd. Spaces are a relevant char. Sanderson and Sandia should not be between San Benito and San Diego
