{"id":337459,"date":"2017-04-03T22:06:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1471933"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:06:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:06:28","slug":"product-hunt-will-now-let-you-ask-the-community-for-product-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/product-hunt-will-now-let-you-ask-the-community-for-product-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Hunt will now let you ask the community for product recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While\u00a0Product Hunt<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0always been a great place\u00a0to discover new services and products, it\u2019s not necessarily the best place to find a product that you need right now.<\/p>\n

For example, let\u2019s say this morning I\u2019m behind on work and all I\u2019m concerned with is finding a great to-do list app. While I\u2019m sure there are\u00a0some great options within Product Hunt\u2019s database of 90,000+ products, the odds are I won\u2019t see one\u00a0on the home page this morning and a search may leave out some of the best apps.<\/p>\n

So today the startup is announcing Ask Product Hunt<\/a>, a community-powered search engine designed to help people find the products they are looking for. Essentially Product Hunt is calling on their community to recommend the best products to users who either missed the products when they were featured on the home page or just forgot they existed.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n

Users submit questions like \u201cwhat\u2019s a good place to find cheap flights\u201d or \u201cwhat are the best headphones for working?\u201d or \u201cwhat private VPN do you recommend?\u201d<\/p>\n

People can then see these questions\u00a0and submit their own answers \u2013 each of which is tied to a product on\u00a0Product Hunt. And if you want to submit a product that isn\u2019t in the startup\u2019s directory you can just add the URL of the product and Product Hunt will take care of the rest.<\/p>\n

Within each question other users can up vote different answers, or simply mark it as a helpful recommendation. Right now you can\u2019t comment on recommendations made by other users (only on the original question) but the company said they plan to add comments shortly after launch.<\/p>\n

Right now, questions are just sorted into categories like recent, hot and needs help. But Product Hunt will also soon sort questions into categories \u201cso users can answer questions they care about (e.g. parenting, artificial intelligence, developer tools, emojis.)\u201d Product Hunt will also add questions and answers to their search platform, so users can get instant results for questions that have already been asked by someone.<\/p>\n

Ask Product Hunt should be helpful for users who want to take advantage of the startup\u2019s database of nearly 100,000 products, but don\u2019t feel like combing through lists of services just to find what they\u2019re looking for. It\u2019s also a good way to resurface products that\u00a0are still relevant but have already been featured on Product Hunt\u2019s home page.<\/p>\n

The startup says that Ask Product Hunt will be the biggest change to the platform since they were acquired by AngelList late last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" While\u00a0Product Hunt\u00a0has\u00a0always been a great place\u00a0to discover new services and products, it’s not necessarily the best place to find a product that you need right now. For example, let’s say this morning I’m behind on work and all I’m concerned with is finding a great to-do list app. While I’m sure there are\u00a0some great options within Product Hunt’s… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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