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companies' information on homepage
my idea was to add a "tagline" for each company so that people who don't know the company can get a basic idea what it is/does.*
the tagline can be displayed on the company page, but even better would be on the homepage where all recent updates are displayed.
perhaps to avoid overloading the homepage with too much text you could make it visible with a mouseover function (like over the logo, or over the name, or over a little i-button, ...)
* at the moment you need to select the company name, right click, search on google, go to their site, and find the information on that site.. waaay too much work. :)
the tagline can be displayed on the company page, but even better would be on the homepage where all recent updates are displayed.
perhaps to avoid overloading the homepage with too much text you could make it visible with a mouseover function (like over the logo, or over the name, or over a little i-button, ...)
* at the moment you need to select the company name, right click, search on google, go to their site, and find the information on that site.. waaay too much work. :)
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Inappropriate?Great idea. This is one that we've considered. There's also some discussion about where that company information should be. Some of us here want it down at the bottom, some want it up at the top. We've tried it a few different ways.
I love the idea of taglines. I'm a fan of taglines.
What companies can do is add to or change that text that describes their company, so they do have options to include that type of information. The companies that participate can come in and make it a little more personal, for sure. Those that don't participate probably get stuck with more generic copy.
If you're on a company's home page, you should be able to see what the company does. For example, here, toward the bottom of the profile:
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I hadn't seen the about-section yet (and only noticed the links implicitely). but perhaps once I would have seen them I would have paid more attention to them for other company pages. :) -
My guess is that you didn't see the about section because it was at the bottom of the page! No? I fear it may be a bit too buried.
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I also really like the idea of the mouseover tagline on the home page. Thanks for the feedback, Jan.
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and no, I didn't know any of these 3 companies (although feedly ringed a bell), so yes, it would be a miracle if one of my guesses was right.. certainly the first.. :)
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note to self: cyan on orange = pure evil
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Inappropriate?Hi Jan! Thanks for the suggestions. I'm the one definitely pushing to keep the about information at the bottom of the page. I'm assuming that most people coming to a company page already know about the company. I'm also trying to keep in mind that some companies don't have a simple one line tag-line (although they should!). So I really like your idea of adding about information onto the Companies Page. I won't feel bad about limiting the character count, and the Companies Page is a great place to explore and learn about new companies. In fact, the tagline is probably interesting enough that we won't even need to hide it away. ;)
Right now I'm working on the individual Company home page, but I'll put this into some comps, and hopefully get some of this slatted for change in the near future.
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I agree that you shouldn't push it on the individual company page; people visiting that page either know the company or they want to get know the company so that it is worth the effort scrolling down.. the tagline would be for the lazy ones that just scroll down the companies page (or homepage) and when they are intrigued by the tagline they might click to get the extensive information..
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