Public traffic readiness checklist

What to check before Product Hunt, Reddit and paid traffic.

Before you point a launch audience or ad budget at the site, check the public surface that strangers will judge: metadata, social previews, accessibility, trust, tracking, mobile UX and the lead path.

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Three public traffic moments

Different audiences break different parts of the page.

Product Hunt exposes positioning and assets. Reddit exposes trust, specificity and community fit. Paid traffic exposes tracking, policy posture and conversion leaks.

Product Hunt

Launch-day visitors skim fast, compare you against other new products and often share the link socially. Your first viewport, tagline, screenshots, social card, pricing path and signup flow need to agree.

Product name, tagline and landing-page H1 say the same thing.
Open graph image, screenshots and demo media are sharp on mobile and desktop.
CTA path works without account confusion, hidden pricing or broken redirects.
Example report, proof and press copy are one click away for curious makers.

Open Product Hunt path

Reddit traffic is skeptical and community-specific. The page should make the product understandable without hype, disclose who it is for and give people a useful reason to click.

The page answers what it is, who it is for and what it costs without sales fog.
Trust links, privacy, contact and support routes are visible before asking for data.
Copy is specific enough that a founder community can critique the product, not the landing page.
Comments can point to a checklist, example report or free tool instead of only a checkout link.

Open Reddit path

Paid traffic

Paid clicks need a functional, useful and easy-to-navigate destination. Before spend goes live, check tracking, consent, speed, accessibility, form states and message match.

Ad promise, landing-page headline and CTA match the exact campaign intent.
Analytics, conversion events, UTM capture and consent behavior work on the public URL.
Forms have labels, errors, success states and mobile tap targets that do not lose leads.
Security headers, privacy links, cookie posture and support routes are ready for review.

Open Paid traffic path

Universal checks

Run the same baseline before every public traffic source.

The source changes, but the surface is still the same public website. These are the checks that protect search visibility, answerability, accessibility, trust and revenue capture.

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SEO and social discovery

Unique title, description, canonical, OG image, Twitter card, sitemap presence, indexability and clean internal links.

AEO answerability

Short answer copy, clear entity language, FAQ content, comparison links, schema, llms.txt coverage and crawlable proof.

WCAG accessibility

Labels, headings, focus states, keyboard access, contrast, alt text, error messages, tap targets and status messaging.

Mobile and performance

No horizontal overflow, stable hero layout, compressed media, fast above-the-fold load, working mobile nav and readable buttons.

Trust and policy posture

Privacy, cookies, contact, support, security headers, data collection clarity, pricing and refund or cancellation expectations.

Conversion path

CTA hierarchy, signup path, payment path, lead capture, form recovery, confirmation states and next-step email delivery.

Tracking and attribution

UTMs, analytics, conversion events, consent mode, ad pixels, referral sources and campaign-specific post-signup context.

AI-builder repair loop

Markdown report, ranked findings, fix prompts, deployment checks and a re-scan to prove the public URL improved.

Official references

Check the platform rules before the traffic arrives.

PageLens AI checks the site surface. These official pages explain the platform expectations around launch preparation, community behavior and paid destination quality.

Product Hunt Launch GuideUse it to prepare the listing flow, launch assets, maker comments and schedule before launch day.Product Hunt launch preparationProduct Hunt says launch work can be saved as a draft and scheduled up to one month in advance.Reddit self-promotion guidanceReddit guidance emphasizes authentic participation, disclosure and avoiding spam or vote manipulation.Reddit RulesThe platform rules include authentic participation and avoiding spam, manipulation or disruptive behavior.Google Ads destination requirementsGoogle Ads expects the destination to be functional, useful and easy to navigate after the click.Meta Advertising StandardsUse Meta's current policy center before running paid social campaigns that send traffic to a landing page.

Repair before traffic

Turn the checklist into an AI-builder fix loop.

A checklist is useful only if it changes the public page before people arrive. PageLens AI turns the findings into a ranked fix brief for your builder or coding agent.

Step 1

Scan the URL you will actually share

Use the live landing page, Product Hunt destination, Reddit post URL target or paid campaign URL with tracking parameters.

Step 2

Review the first-visitor path

Check the first viewport, CTA, pricing route, form states, mobile nav, social preview, privacy links and proof links.

Step 3

Export the fix brief

Use the PageLens AI report to give Codex, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0, Claude Code, Copilot or Windsurf the ranked findings.

Step 4

Fix, deploy and re-scan

Patch the highest-risk SEO, AEO, WCAG, tracking and conversion blockers, deploy, then re-scan before the traffic source goes live.

FAQ

Questions before public traffic sees the site.

These answers mirror the FAQ schema so visitors, Google and answer engines see the same launch-readiness guidance.

What should I check before launching on Product Hunt?

Check that the Product Hunt name, tagline, landing-page H1, social preview, screenshots, demo, pricing path, signup path and analytics all match. Also make sure the page is fast, mobile-safe, accessible and clear enough for visitors who have never heard of you.

What should I check before posting a startup link on Reddit?

Check community rules, disclose your relationship to the product, avoid generic promotion and make the page useful without hype. The landing page should explain what it is, who it is for, what it costs, what data it collects and where people can see proof.

What should I check before turning on paid traffic?

Check message match, page functionality, form labels and errors, mobile layout, speed, privacy links, cookie consent, security headers, analytics, UTM capture and conversion events before spending budget.

Is this checklist only for AI-built websites?

No. Any site can use it, but AI-built websites often need extra review because generated pages commonly miss metadata, labels, focus states, tracking setup, trust pages, social previews and mobile edge cases.

How does PageLens AI help before public launch traffic?

PageLens AI scans the public surface, ranks SEO, AEO, WCAG, security, tracking, trust and conversion findings, then gives Markdown prompts that AI builders and coding agents can use before you deploy and re-scan.

Check the public launch surface before the audience arrives.

Launch Pack gives you desktop and mobile evidence, SEO, AEO, WCAG, tracking, security and conversion findings, Markdown prompts for your AI builder and one included re-scan after the fixes are live.

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What to check before Product Hunt, Reddit and paid traffic.

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