Look at Apple. When they started building their products with interesting, cool designs, they started recovering as a company. I own a Nexus One because it's a better phone, but the iPhone outsells it because it's more slick to own one.
Design does matter. Especially if you do it right. A really stellar website markets itself.
I don't think you can compare the iPhone that's been out for over 2 years and the Nexus which has been around for 2 months. And really, the iPhone has been in the making since 2001 with the advent of the iPod. Google is starting from scratch with the Nexus.
Github & Sourceforge
Slashdot & Digg
Facebook & MySpace
Look at Apple. When they started building their products with interesting, cool designs, they started recovering as a company. I own a Nexus One because it's a better phone, but the iPhone outsells it because it's more slick to own one.
Design does matter. Especially if you do it right. A really stellar website markets itself.