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Was really surprised to see such a great solution and walkthrough. I had no idea Mac's had "unicode text input" software on default machines. I wonder why Windo

Was really surprised to see such a great solution and walkthrough. I had no idea Mac's had "unicode text input" software on default machines. I wonder why Window's hasn't upgraded charmap.exe over the years? Ok and hear me out on this: a startup idea based on emoji passwords that encodes/decodes emojis into their hex/binary equivalent. takers?

biot 11y ago
> a startup idea based on emoji passwords that encodes/decodes > emojis into their hex/binary equivalent. Is "startup" now synonymous with "thing that I built in 2 hours and have no ability to monetize"?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  I'm not sure he was being 100% serious.
- j42 11y ago
  Well, "startup" is a poor choice of words, but he actually has a half-decent idea. As someone who owns dozens of little "tool" sites (think less/scss converters, meme generators, JS beautifiers, etc), I can tell you each is probably 1-2 pages, took an hour to build and thankfully due to some domain squatting (kw in domain) and a low bounce rate I don't have to worry much about SEO. As for the Adsense revenue, I think you'd be quite surprised. One is an afternoon, not a startup idea. 50, on the other hand, could be passive income for a very long time. Just something to consider before jumping to negativity. ;)
  - kgtm 11y ago
    Interesting. I would love to hear more details, like how much traffic you are bringing in total from these mini-apps and how much income from Adsense.
    - j42 11y ago
      I have two books in my queue actually, and this is one of them. There are parts of my content-property model I'm not ready to share, but most of it has been structured into a cohesive framework of how I: 1. find niches 2. automate site creation 3. optimize w/ gpt (google publisher tag) I'm sorry to say I won't be releasing that first... The first is due within the next 12-14 days, after which it should take me 1-2 months to finish writing & editing the adsense-property-model guide. To leave you with something tangible, it's very feasible to produce 5-figures per day with only hosting cost as your overhead ($300/mo). [edit] without automation tools though, it would obviously be very tedious to produce the number of properties required to have that kind of income by hand. process flow & site generation/management is the crux of this strategy.
      - kgtm 11y ago
        Thanks for the reply. Does site creation involve pure content sites as well as simple web apps? Or maybe some kind of hybrid for SEO purposes? I would love to read more once you have something published. You should consider adding some contact info in your profile so that people won't go on a stalking expedition to find you (as i did) :)
        j42 11y ago
        Hah, the way you phrase that makes me wonder what you found. Right now really just web apps. Content sites are doable, and I know people running networks, but it's not possible to do profitably without clickbaiting, low-quality mass-produced content, and other greyhat techniques I don't particularly like. I think it's fair to show you an ad if I save you 30 seconds to a minute of time. Creating garbage content slideshows with writers from the 3rd world countries to rack up pageviews is one step over the line for me... Simple apps are great because they have utility (so google always approves your tag), and honestly the doubleclick exchange isn't so bad -- with enough simple single-page apps, it accrues pretty quickly.
      - aaronem 11y ago
        >5-figures per day Where among them is the decimal point?
- nizmow 11y ago
  Wasn't it always?

biot 11y ago

> a startup idea based on emoji passwords that encodes/decodes > emojis into their hex/binary equivalent. Is "startup" now synonymous with "thing that I built in 2 hours and have no ability to monetize"?

umanwizard 11y ago
I'm not sure he was being 100% serious.
j42 11y ago
Well, "startup" is a poor choice of words, but he actually has a half-decent idea. As someone who owns dozens of little "tool" sites (think less/scss converters, meme generators, JS beautifiers, etc), I can tell you each is probably 1-2 pages, took an hour to build and thankfully due to some domain squatting (kw in domain) and a low bounce rate I don't have to worry much about SEO. As for the Adsense revenue, I think you'd be quite surprised. One is an afternoon, not a startup idea. 50, on the other hand, could be passive income for a very long time. Just something to consider before jumping to negativity. ;)
- kgtm 11y ago
  Interesting. I would love to hear more details, like how much traffic you are bringing in total from these mini-apps and how much income from Adsense.
  - j42 11y ago
    I have two books in my queue actually, and this is one of them. There are parts of my content-property model I'm not ready to share, but most of it has been structured into a cohesive framework of how I: 1. find niches 2. automate site creation 3. optimize w/ gpt (google publisher tag) I'm sorry to say I won't be releasing that first... The first is due within the next 12-14 days, after which it should take me 1-2 months to finish writing & editing the adsense-property-model guide. To leave you with something tangible, it's very feasible to produce 5-figures per day with only hosting cost as your overhead ($300/mo). [edit] without automation tools though, it would obviously be very tedious to produce the number of properties required to have that kind of income by hand. process flow & site generation/management is the crux of this strategy.
    - kgtm 11y ago
      Thanks for the reply. Does site creation involve pure content sites as well as simple web apps? Or maybe some kind of hybrid for SEO purposes? I would love to read more once you have something published. You should consider adding some contact info in your profile so that people won't go on a stalking expedition to find you (as i did) :)
      - j42 11y ago
        Hah, the way you phrase that makes me wonder what you found. Right now really just web apps. Content sites are doable, and I know people running networks, but it's not possible to do profitably without clickbaiting, low-quality mass-produced content, and other greyhat techniques I don't particularly like. I think it's fair to show you an ad if I save you 30 seconds to a minute of time. Creating garbage content slideshows with writers from the 3rd world countries to rack up pageviews is one step over the line for me... Simple apps are great because they have utility (so google always approves your tag), and honestly the doubleclick exchange isn't so bad -- with enough simple single-page apps, it accrues pretty quickly.
    - aaronem 11y ago
      >5-figures per day Where among them is the decimal point?
nizmow 11y ago
Wasn't it always?