Some may be thinking that just because MechaWorks is growing, means that PhoneNews.com is going to be set in its ways.
We’ve certainly not given off that impression, with the launch of PhoneNews.com Cashback kicking the year off. But, I can certainly understand why some people might be thinking that we’ve aimed at locking down the feature set here.
Well, we’ve been talking about that a lot internally. And, the answer really is, that’s the worst thing we could be doing. Now, I can’t announce what we’re working on, but I can detail a few things.
First, there will be a news expansion this year. I can’t go into too many details, but safe to say that if you like getting phone news from PhoneNews.com, we aren’t going to disappoint there. Part of the problem is balancing our mainstream viewership, with our tech-savvy viewership. We think we’ve got a good way to address that, along with a few other tricks up our sleeve.
Launching a bunch of new sites is inherently a bumpy process. But, it’s also given us a chance to experiment in ways that we wouldn’t be able to easily otherwise. So, while we’re expanding our other sites, we’ve tested a few improvements that have already been a success. You’ll see those ported over to PhoneNews.com in the very near future.
We’ve already announced an expansion and renovation will be coming to the PhoneNews.com Forums. That’s still on-track for this year.
The Phone Encyclopedia has certainly proven to be a powerful tool. You’ve made it the most popular part of the site… second to the news itself, of course. We’re working on new ways to make it even better, and you’ll see those later this year.
PhoneNews.com Cashback has already proven itself a success, and as promised, we’re going to continue expanding it.
Finally, we realize searching around PhoneNews.com is, well, a pain. Unified search is on its way… so that every search box, on every part of the site… will search every part of the site, consistently and up-to-date.
So, as you can see, we’re certainly not resting at MechaWorks on PhoneNews.com. A huge part of this expansion will be dependent on bringing new, talented people into the company… and we’re going to get on that right away. Our move, to Silicon Valley next month, is only going to help with that.