I ve been working on SEO and website optimisation for e-commerce stores, and one thing I keep thinking about is the relationship between getting visitors to a website and helping them find what they actually need.

There are plenty of discussions about rankings, keywords, backlinks, and content. But once someone lands on a store, the experience itself matters too.

For example, a customer might search for a specific product using a term that doesn't match the wording used in the store's categories. If the navigation, filters, or product descriptions aren't clear, that customer may leave even if the website ranks well.

I m interested in how other people approach this problem, particularly on stores with large catalogues or products from multiple categories.

Silence from users is honestly worse than complaints. When people complain at least you know they care enough to say something.

But when a feature sits there with zero usage it's super hard to tell if it's useless or if it's just completely hidden in the UI.

We started sending a quick release email whenever we ship something new, and usage jumped instantly.

Do you usually announce updates inside the app or do you rely on users just stumbling across them?

Building a startup is hard. Proving you exist to an algorithm is apparently harder.

I'm a solo founder building an iOS social app. Somewhere between shipping the product, finding users, fundraising, and maintaining LinkedIn, Product Hunt and a dozen other channels, being a founder has turned into a full-time job in being visible.

And here's the irony: my LinkedIn account is restricted, while its identity-verification flow keeps sending me in circles. My passport is a valid identity document, but the automated process hasn't given me a workable way to complete verification or reach a meaningful human review.

The issue isn't whether I can prove who I am. It's whether the system accepts the document I actually have.

I counted mine for a recent freelance project:

A Google Doc for the proposal, exported to PDF

An e-sign tool for the contract

I m a product designer, and I m not sure what my job will look like in 3 years.

A couple of years ago, being good at Figma, understanding UX patterns, and building clean interfaces felt like a pretty solid skill set.

Now AI can generate decent-looking screens in minutes. And it s getting better at the things designers used to spend hours doing.

I don t think designers are going to disappear. But I d be lying if I said I wasn t thinking about what makes us valuable anymore.

We spent months setting up a private community, posting daily updates, and hosting discussions to drive organic acquisition. While the community members are super engaged, we looked at our attribution data and realized it brought in almost zero paying customers.

It made me realize there s a big difference between building a loyal audience and building a revenue channel.

How do you measure the actual ROI of community building, or is it mostly a long-term brand play for you?