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Pingdom copied our idea, success?!

15 points by verelo 14y ago

paulhauggis 14y ago
Your idea has virtually no barrier to entry. Expect more people copying it. I could probably write a script to do it in roughly an hour. Instead, think about how you can add something unique.
- verelo 14y ago
  Our overall product is much larger, this is really just one feature.
  - pan69 14y ago
    Exactly. It's a feature. And an easy one for anyone to implement. But. It's also a good idea and take credit where credit's due. I'd take it as an awkward compliment that Pingdom copied it.
darylteo 14y ago
Monitor the uptime of PingDom... so that people know if Pingdom goes down.
irunbackwards 14y ago
Is yours the Technorati Top 100 as well? I feel like this has been done many times in the past, both by individuals and businesses of monitoring products.
- verelo 14y ago
  Nah, ours is our personal favorites + a few others that we felt were popular at a global scale. If you have any ideas for sites we could add I'd love to hear them!
  - mac_z 14y ago
    Who copied who if Pingdom's public reports have been around for over a year? http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p...
Killswitch 14y ago
Although I do feel they copied you mostly because the look and feel of it, I also don't think they meant to as the type of service that Pingdom offers is very similar to yours. I see it more as Target saying "oh Walmart now has a grocery section, we need one!" type of ordeals.
mikepotter 14y ago
The UI is nearly identical. Tough to argue that they took your idea and made it their own.
- gtCameron 14y ago
  Pingdom's UI is the same as their public status report feature they released over a year ago: http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p... They didn't copy the UI, they just made a list of websites using a feature they already have.
abcd_f 14y ago
What idea is that exactly?
- ScottWhigham 14y ago
  Yeah, that was my thought. This is a glorified report, not an "idea".
jcc80 14y ago
Yes, success. Suppose it validates that it's a cool marketing idea. I'm sure you have others (and those will be copied too...if you're lucky). Think of where else you can post this to get some attention (sorry I have no suggestions). Maybe show side by side of the UI in the blog post?
HarrietJones 14y ago
It is a great idea. I shall be copying it for my own web monitoring site.
mac_z 14y ago
Who copied who if Pingdom's public reports have been around for over a year? http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p...
jamespcole2 14y ago
I've been using http://api-status.com/ http://api-status.com/ for ages, seems pretty similar

15 points by verelo 14y ago

Your idea has virtually no barrier to entry. Expect more people copying it. I could probably write a script to do it in roughly an hour. Instead, think about how you can add something unique.

verelo 14y ago
Our overall product is much larger, this is really just one feature.
- pan69 14y ago
  Exactly. It's a feature. And an easy one for anyone to implement. But. It's also a good idea and take credit where credit's due. I'd take it as an awkward compliment that Pingdom copied it.

darylteo 14y ago

Monitor the uptime of PingDom... so that people know if Pingdom goes down.

irunbackwards 14y ago

Is yours the Technorati Top 100 as well? I feel like this has been done many times in the past, both by individuals and businesses of monitoring products.

verelo 14y ago
Nah, ours is our personal favorites + a few others that we felt were popular at a global scale. If you have any ideas for sites we could add I'd love to hear them!
- mac_z 14y ago
  Who copied who if Pingdom's public reports have been around for over a year? http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p...

Killswitch 14y ago

Although I do feel they copied you mostly because the look and feel of it, I also don't think they meant to as the type of service that Pingdom offers is very similar to yours. I see it more as Target saying "oh Walmart now has a grocery section, we need one!" type of ordeals.

mikepotter 14y ago

The UI is nearly identical. Tough to argue that they took your idea and made it their own.

gtCameron 14y ago
Pingdom's UI is the same as their public status report feature they released over a year ago: http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p... They didn't copy the UI, they just made a list of websites using a feature they already have.

abcd_f 14y ago

What idea is that exactly?

ScottWhigham 14y ago
Yeah, that was my thought. This is a glorified report, not an "idea".

jcc80 14y ago

Yes, success. Suppose it validates that it's a cool marketing idea. I'm sure you have others (and those will be copied too...if you're lucky). Think of where else you can post this to get some attention (sorry I have no suggestions). Maybe show side by side of the UI in the blog post?

HarrietJones 14y ago

It is a great idea. I shall be copying it for my own web monitoring site.

mac_z 14y ago

Who copied who if Pingdom's public reports have been around for over a year? http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-pingdom-enters-beta/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/02/08/new-public-report-from-p...

jamespcole2 14y ago

I've been using http://api-status.com/ http://api-status.com/ for ages, seems pretty similar