Do you research before launching a website?

[karmadir]

Do you go for research before launching a website?

I think that thorough research about product is very important before launching a website.

[Jim Gillum]

It would depend on whether or not you want to try to make real money.....

A site to "share" a hobby or your favorite "whatever" without an effort to monetize wouldn't matter...

[annamariemarx85]

yes, definitely, I research the websites ranking on google for what I believe to be the most searched words and I want to know if I can build more and better links then them..and many other factors as well!

[jason830]

of course,do a research before launching website could make you know which keyword you should optimization,this way could make your site has a good rank on search engines.

[coolguythampy]

No keyword research=no traffic=no money (optional)=failed site

[kitogi]

Yes I do.I research before i launched a site because i do not want to waste my time and money on launching a failed site

[joshua99]

It is as in real life. No company (at least the one that want to be successful) does not launch a new product without a thorough research.
Yes I do a lot of research before launching a new site.

[mrcleo123]

Research is always helpful. Successful research give you specific ideas about things that you must focus on. In competitive market, research plays a vital role. To make plans strong, you need to be confident about your steps. Before launching websites, you should research carefully about your product to provide quality information so that you can increase number of visitors.

[MayaLocke]

Absolutely! I do research before even purchasing a domain. I typically have an idea for the site conceived and researched way before the launch.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Doing research on your target audience and going through the website planning process can yield so much information for other areas of the website/blog's success.

• keywords/phrases the target audience uses
• what your target audience wants/needs
• where the target audience hangs out (so you hang out in the right places)
• what your target audience's computer skills are (so you provide the appropriate website features)
• do they prefer newsletters, RSS feeds or not into any of that stuff (provides info on how best to keep in touch with potential clients)

Even through your research and website planning you will determine if the market is saturated, missing an element or if you are going to have to work extra hard to be successful if you choose a saturated market.

[Puripong]

I have researched only keywords and relative markets before launch website. Other researching is unnecessary for me.

[beck77]

If you want to be successful in business, ANY business, you have to do research. This includes launching a website.

[online-marketing]

For our new online marketing firm, we created a business plan first. We did a market studdy to see how the market is developing and looked at market shares, keywords etc.. this took about 6 month..

so yes, its a important aspect

[theoman]

i'd prefer before designing it. Because i want to see what are the others doing? most common problems etc.

[shopster]

Study your business first.. If you know how your business works then launch a website, hire a people that can work for you..