Categories on Product Hunt
Kyle Frost
49 replies
You might have noticed we added "categories" today. Over time, "topics" became more like keywords rather than useful for goal-directed searches within specific product verticals (which is most PH searches). Categories will help us improve search and browsing, as well as eventually a lot of other downstream features.
Ex. Zoom *is* video conferencing software, not "tech, productivity, video, SDK, meetings"
Categories are what your product is or what problem it solves. Topics might include general industries, specific features, technologies, or keywords.
At the moment, categories are meant to supplement topics. Topics will still exist, although you can think of them more as ‘tags’ than a primary taxonomy.
We built out the a lot of this from scratch, so please suggest verticals we're missing – if your product isn't categorized yet you can do so by editing your hub page. Lmk if you have any questions!
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Olly Meakings@helloitsolly
Senja
Love this! We need a nicer version of G2.
Would love to see a section for testimonial or social proof tools
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@helloitsolly Added social proof 🤘
Thanks for the Categories! Made it easier to find the projects 😊
Hello8
In which category would you put an app for casting new actors for TV, Youtube, Film...? @kylefrost
Product Hunt
Premast
Sounds great! "Categories" is a fantastic feature because it makes searching for specific products easier.
Afforai
@growth_mechanic
Hi Samir, just followed your launch. Will make sure to support on the day.
I just launched today and I could really use your support with an honest review. Can I kindly request your help? Thank you so much
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Premast
@amir_zarandi Sounds great
Awesome! I am not sure if it is just me but I tried adding the categories and the scroller was not working properly @kylefrost. I was trying to scroll down and the option to choose was removed. It would be good if you could have a look to see if it's not a bug.
Nice update Kyle! Appreciate this
Love it. Im new so support me for learning.
Nice update, Kyle! By the way, mine is your 100th upvote. Cool, right 😎
Thank you, Kyle, for the info.
A much-needed update. This is gonna make finding new products a lot easier.
TriangleAI
love it, just making this experience even better!
Mentor.AI
Thank you for bringing up the new categories on Product Hunt. We understand that topics have evolved into keywords rather than facilitating specific product searches. The introduction of categories will greatly enhance search and browsing experiences, as well as enable the development of various other features.
@realkunalmehta Hey Kunal! I see that you're launching soon. Happy to support your product and share it with my team. It'd be super helpful if you could follow us and press notify too! (https://www.producthunt.com/prod...)
Focus or Relax
cool
Awesome updates, thank you!
TheSprkl
Haven't mentioned it at once, so thanks for this note!
That is really helpful, like the idea!
Why there is a limit of 3 categories only?
TheSprkl
@kylefrost that make sense. Never understand why people hacking this way, it's not the place where they can find their target audience
Product Hunt
@oxana_ivanova there’s very few products that really need more than that to describe their core functionality. Also, I’m the past some folks have a tendency to try and growth hack PH by using a bunch of irrelevant/generic topics.
TheSprkl
@alec_afforai Checked your launch and supported! Good luck! 🙌
And thank you for your support as well!
Privy Reviews
This is great! Thanks team 👏🏻👏🏻
BuzzBonus
nice! will be a lot easier to find and categorize products
BuzzBonus
@alec_afforai sure, I'll try it out!
BuzzBonus
@sean_dorje great I'll follow it!
BoostAITraffic
Big milestone, awesome, problem solving thinking, I love this improvement
YourGPT
Launching soon!
The categories feature on Product Hunt is a great way to save time and find the perfect product for your needs. It also makes it easy to explore new products and discover hidden gems.
Maybe now I can actually find that email client while avoiding accidental video conferences. Kudos, PH team 🙌