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I dunno if my bias against direct links extends quite that far, but I definitely do take a product less seriously when I click the 'home' analogue and get taken to the root of their blog and not the app.

It's such a simple thing that people seem to overlook so frequently too.

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From a UX perspective, if you click on the logo or the name of the website you're at, would u expect to be redirected to another page, or go to the root of that page?

Look at buffe'rs blog: http://blog.bufferapp.com/ Logo with the name of buffer goes back to the root. They added a "Whats buffer" link to point to the website.

No, I completely agree... but in this case, the link I clicked was separate from the rest of the nav, and titled "BEEPLAPP", which (to me at least) connoted a link to the app, and not the blog's home page.

Buffer's title is equally vague, but I don't have to question it there because there's the giant Hello bar at the top with a link to the app.

Ohh, I see! YOu're 100% right. Will have to put something like hello bar there :) Thx!

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