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I love reading about Deep South Ventures websites-- the projects are simple but inspiring. They're kind of like the other side of the coin to YC-- they make bus

I love reading about Deep South Ventures websites-- the projects are simple but inspiring. They're kind of like the other side of the coin to YC-- they make business seem possible but in a completely different way. Heads up-- something on duderanch.com is putting a max-width on rows making the site unreadble in desktop: <section class="row row-3" style="width: 100%; max-width: 328px;">...</section>

eightturn 7y ago
author here.. thank you for heads up.. I'll let David know..
- eightturn 7y ago
  this is hopefully fixed now..
  - somehnguy 7y ago
    Still broken. Chrome + uBlock Origin. If I turn off uBlock the site looks fine.
    - RhodesianHunter 7y ago
      So the site is not broken, you're using a plug-in that breaks it.
      - somehnguy 7y ago
        A large portion of the web uses this plugin. If the site doesn't work with it I would consider that broken. Additionally UBO should not cause basic site layout to break unless something is wrong on the sites side (like including formatting markup from an advertising domain). Thanks for stating the obvious though. Nevermind the other comments saying the exact same thing about the site being broken for them too. Just trying to help not have the site be broken for a portion of visitors.
    - jjulius 7y ago
      Site works fine in Chrome with UBO running for me.
      - somehnguy 7y ago
        The layout works? On mine with UBO running everything gets bunched up on the left side.
        jjulius 7y ago
        Sorry for the late reply, but yep! Here's a screenshot. https://imgur.com/CYAa5Us https://imgur.com/CYAa5Us
        somehnguy 7y ago
        Oh I'm talking about his duderanch.com site, not the blog post. Sorry for the confusion!
        gorhill 7y ago
        Site works fine here using default settings/lists and up to date lists. Did you customized uBO by adding more filter lists or rules?
        somehnguy 7y ago
        No, completely stock rule and filterset. Someone else commented about it, I think there was some confusion. I'm talking about his duderanch.com site, not the blog site.
davidw 7y ago
Stuff like this, or some of patio11's early work seems a lot more within the grasp of ordinary people. That's why it's interesting to read about for me, at least.
erikig 7y ago
I agree. I just finished reading this guide on how to build a profitable side business and it is as practical as it is - eye-opening. https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/ https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/
- michaelbuckbee 7y ago
  I agree, but with some minor quibbles specific to the HN audience: 1. The ability to write software is an asset and the DSV type projects are more software adjacent. Software has such great margins that it's much easier to create a profitable business than anything that involves shipping or physical goods (MicroSAAS, Dev Books/Courses, Themes, etc.) 2. It's sort of left unsaid that much of the purpose of buying these "domains you can make a business around" is to optimize SEO. And my honest feeling is: well done, that's a huge leg up in ranking. But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them. Also, I think there's a strong argument to be made that if you're just starting out today and have $20,000 you'd be better off today with: duderanchjourney.com ($14 to register) + $19,986 in content, advertising, etc. vs duderanch.com ($20,000 to buy) + a blank page.
  - bhartzer 7y ago
    >> But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them. Well, I've actually studied this a lot... and it's not that Google reduced the value of them (Exact Match Domains EMDs). It's just that Google stopped giving them more weight. So now all domains are given the same potential ranking weight--even the new gTLD domains. Bing, on the other hand, still gives more value to EMDs.
    - siruncledrew 7y ago
      I don’t doubt, but I was trying to find up to date information if Google hasn’t changed their algorithm about this and couldn’t find anything besides a reference to 2012 changes: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/do-exact-match-domains-still-work/283759/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/do-exact-match-domains-s... Is there a more up to date source?

eightturn 7y ago

author here.. thank you for heads up.. I'll let David know..

eightturn 7y ago
this is hopefully fixed now..
- somehnguy 7y ago
  Still broken. Chrome + uBlock Origin. If I turn off uBlock the site looks fine.
  - RhodesianHunter 7y ago
    So the site is not broken, you're using a plug-in that breaks it.
    - somehnguy 7y ago
      A large portion of the web uses this plugin. If the site doesn't work with it I would consider that broken. Additionally UBO should not cause basic site layout to break unless something is wrong on the sites side (like including formatting markup from an advertising domain). Thanks for stating the obvious though. Nevermind the other comments saying the exact same thing about the site being broken for them too. Just trying to help not have the site be broken for a portion of visitors.
  - jjulius 7y ago
    Site works fine in Chrome with UBO running for me.
    - somehnguy 7y ago
      The layout works? On mine with UBO running everything gets bunched up on the left side.
      - jjulius 7y ago
        Sorry for the late reply, but yep! Here's a screenshot. https://imgur.com/CYAa5Us https://imgur.com/CYAa5Us
        somehnguy 7y ago
        Oh I'm talking about his duderanch.com site, not the blog post. Sorry for the confusion!
      - gorhill 7y ago
        Site works fine here using default settings/lists and up to date lists. Did you customized uBO by adding more filter lists or rules?
        somehnguy 7y ago
        No, completely stock rule and filterset. Someone else commented about it, I think there was some confusion. I'm talking about his duderanch.com site, not the blog site.

davidw 7y ago

Stuff like this, or some of patio11's early work seems a lot more within the grasp of ordinary people. That's why it's interesting to read about for me, at least.

erikig 7y ago

I agree. I just finished reading this guide on how to build a profitable side business and it is as practical as it is - eye-opening. https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/ https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/

michaelbuckbee 7y ago
I agree, but with some minor quibbles specific to the HN audience: 1. The ability to write software is an asset and the DSV type projects are more software adjacent. Software has such great margins that it's much easier to create a profitable business than anything that involves shipping or physical goods (MicroSAAS, Dev Books/Courses, Themes, etc.) 2. It's sort of left unsaid that much of the purpose of buying these "domains you can make a business around" is to optimize SEO. And my honest feeling is: well done, that's a huge leg up in ranking. But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them. Also, I think there's a strong argument to be made that if you're just starting out today and have $20,000 you'd be better off today with: duderanchjourney.com ($14 to register) + $19,986 in content, advertising, etc. vs duderanch.com ($20,000 to buy) + a blank page.
- bhartzer 7y ago
  >> But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them. Well, I've actually studied this a lot... and it's not that Google reduced the value of them (Exact Match Domains EMDs). It's just that Google stopped giving them more weight. So now all domains are given the same potential ranking weight--even the new gTLD domains. Bing, on the other hand, still gives more value to EMDs.
  - siruncledrew 7y ago
    I don’t doubt, but I was trying to find up to date information if Google hasn’t changed their algorithm about this and couldn’t find anything besides a reference to 2012 changes: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/do-exact-match-domains-still-work/283759/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/do-exact-match-domains-s... Is there a more up to date source?