URL -- http://www.parentsplace.com/
name of company/organization -- ParentsPlace.com
physical location of site -- Berkeley, CA
date site first went public -- 5/15/95
name and email address of Webmaster -- David Cohen david@parentsplace.com
main business goal of Web site -- Generation of design income
peripheral benefits -- Ad revenue
in what sense is this site a success? -- Generates sufficient income to pay our bills and work at home while taking care of our son.
to what do you attribute your success? -- Lots of hard work
nature of content -- Parenting information, dialog areas, shopping areas
target audience -- Parents, expectant parents
size of current audience in terms of visitors (not hits) per month -- 30,000
do you own your own Web server? -- Yes
if yes, what hardware, what software? -- Pentium, p-90, BSDI
authoring tools used -- none
site statistical package used -- Analog
are stats publicly viewable? No
special features of the site intended to attract and hold audience -- Dialog areas
do you use outside design services? -- Not yet
do you use other outside services? No
size of internal staff devoted to your Web site -- 2.5
approximate quantity of browsable content -- ???
text (Mbytes) --
graphics (Mbytes) --
audio (Mbytes) --
video (Mbytes) --
do you provide Web-based access to databases? -- Yes
if yes, type and size -- Book catalogs, Baby names
do you allow interaction among users and with users? -- Yes
if yes, what software do you use? -- HyperNews, Web chat
biggest headache faced -- Trying to balance home and work (which are the same place), and not having sufficient time for either. Hardware configuration
most gratifying moment -- When people say that they really love our site
wish list (what you want to do to make your site even more successful, and what you need for that) -- Traffic, traffic, traffic
From: david@parentsplace.com (David Cohen)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 22:23:22 -0800
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