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Re:Please review Hikify, a hiking and mountaineering website by thomas11 on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @04:32AM (#2003667)
Do you know http://www.hikr.org ? It seems to fulfill the same purpose. It's centered on Europe and reports are mainly in German and other West European languages, but there's an English-speaking community on there, too. It has been around for a couple of years, has a huge community and tons of hiking reports already.

How is Hikify different?

Also, I think the copy of the three steps could be tightened. Something like "Find an interesting route near you - Climb it - Log your achievement and share your experience and your pictures."

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Re:Please review Hikify, a hiking and mountaineering website by ArturSoler on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @04:48AM (#2003691)
As far as I see it, hikr.org is more about hiking reports, and hikify.com is more about a peaks and routes database. There are also many interesting ideas that I have not had time to implement yet :)

Thanks for the copy advise. As English is not my native language, copywriting is not my greatest virtue.

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Re:Please review Hikify, a hiking and mountaineering website by thomas11 on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @04:52AM (#2003702)
The nice thing about hikr for me is that the reports together form a routes database, but with personal first-hand insights from different viewpoints. That goes beyond a traditional guidebook or route database. Sorry, I really don't want to bash your site, just trying to help you understand my perspective as a hikr user.

Beware about the copy, English is not my native language either, and neither do I have any experience with copy writing. It was just a suggestion, before changing your site you should consult with someone who's better at that!

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