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Is it just me or is anyone else having a tough time trying to wade through all the jargon to figure out what this is actually about?
by karsinkk 5y ago
Is it just me or is anyone else having a tough time trying to wade through all the jargon to figure out what this is actually about?
- D2man 5y agoSorry for that, I tried to be as clear as possible. May I help you ? Can you precise which jargon ?
- gk1 5y agoI think the issue is grammar, not jargon. There are many grammar mistakes which make it difficult to understand. I recommend you check the text through Grammarly, or ask someone for help reviewing the text.
- D2man 5y agoSorry for my poor english ! I'll ckeck grammarly
- gk1 5y agoAt the very least I recommend fixing the headline to avoid confusion: Introducing Alternative, the community-powered search engine for software
- cutemonster 5y agoAgreed, I was confused too
- D2man 5y agoOn your advice, I have edited the title.
- laurent123456 5y agoIt's alternativeto.com but with a few differences.
- xanth 5y agoMy first thought was there are now 15 competing standards, I hope at least this is semantic web or at least scrape friendly.
- D2man 5y agoThat's true, we build Alternative knowing the advantages and drawbacks of the market. Besides data, we tried to build tools that help you to make your choices. We relied on scraped data and reviews.
- tyingq 5y ago"at least scrape friendly" Decidedly not. If you disable javascript for a search, you get a mostly empty page back. The results themselves do come from an api at benchmarker.fr, but it wants a bearer token.
- D2man 5y agoWe provide an open search route API : https://benchmarker.fr/opensearch?q={searchTerms} https://benchmarker.fr/opensearch?q={searchTerms} You can then configure a redirection folowing these guidelines: <Url type="text/html" template="https://alternative-a.com/en/search"> <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/> <!-- other Params if you need them… --> <Param name="view" value="list"/> <Param name="sort" value='["reduction","DESC"]'/> </Url> Can you precise, why would you scrape Alternative? Your answer will help us define the next priorities.
- btbuildem 5y agoNo idea what this service? product? vaporvare? does..
- D2man 5y agoYou can use Alternative now. It's an online service. More we are to share our knowledge on Alternative faster you will find your software. Have you tried it?
- btbuildem 5y agoNot to be flippant, but I _still_ don't know what it does. Am I just ignorant of current trends? Does the name provide enough information that folks will immediately know what it is? Honestly, a short paragraph describing what it does would be really helpful. Some of your target audience may be the "poke around spend time finding out what it does" type. But another swathe could be of the "tell me what this is before I spend any time looking at it" sort.
- D2man 5y agoAlternative store data, provided by the community, about the software and online service market. With these data, Alternative helps to select your future software. You can start from a similar software search or a functionality search and then reduce the results list to a shortlist of 3 candidates using the tools we provide. Does it sound clearer? :)
- btbuildem 5y agoThanks! Yes, that explains it well.
- tyingq 5y agoSearch for software and alternatives to named software. Here's the results of a search for "Trello": https://alternative-a.com/en/search?q=trello&view=list&sort=[%22reduction%22,%22DESC%22] https://alternative-a.com/en/search?q=trello&view=list&sort=...