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The Answers on Startups site didn't have enough activity during the beta, and has been closed. You can download the data dump of all questions here.

closed after

1176

days in beta

At the end of beta, this site had...

4.9

questions
per day

Needs Work – 10 questions per day on average is a healthy beta, 5 questions or fewer per day needs some work. A healthy site generates lots of good content to make sure users keep coming back.

98%

answered

Excellent – 90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work. In the beta it's especially important that when new visitors ask questions they usually get a good answer.

749

avid users

18,139

total users

Excellent – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:

150 users with 200+ rep (currently 749 users with 200+ rep)
10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 58 users with 2,000+ rep)
5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 34 users with 3,000+ rep)

3.1

answer ratio

Excellent – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work. On a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.

2,778

visits/day

Excellent – 1,500 visits per day is good, 500 visits per day needs some work. A great site benefits people outside the community. Eventually, 90% of a site's traffic should come from search engines.