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Indeed. If one were wise, you could stalk Google/Yahoo/BigCo properties that are being neglected, launch a paid competitor and reap the reward when they shut do
by MatthewPhillips 14y ago
Indeed. If one were wise, you could stalk Google/Yahoo/BigCo properties that are being neglected, launch a paid competitor and reap the reward when they shut down.
Pinboard and now Newsblur.
- StavrosK 14y agoQuick, someone make a search engine!
- vineet 14y agoSee https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ :-)
- misiti3780 14y agobut delicious is still around, it was never shutdown, and from what i can tell, is better (from a functionality perspective) and has a bigger community than pinboard. the site design of pinboard alone turns me off to it
- boyter 14y agoThats actually a really good idea. I wonder what would be next? Most of Yahoo's properties seem be be neglected at the moment, but what about Google? Google News perhaps?
- bobdvb 14y agoflikr -> openphoto
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoProbably Google Alerts. It's rather niche but people who use it absolutely rely on it. But the VC-funded Mention seems poised to take that one.
- frankdenbow 14y agoI have been using warble.co recently, which does alerts for twitter
- MiguelHudnandez 14y agoGoogle Alerts is a good candidate. Pardon anecdotal evidence, but the people in my circles who rely on it are executives who watch for their own names, or brand managers who watch for coverage of their company. This information is very valuable and I'm sure a good service could charge a nice premium.
- darkspaten 14y agoI've received some deliverables from a marketing team which uses the following service for just such a purpose (at a nice premium) @ https://www.meltwater.com/products/meltwater-news/online-media-monitoring/ https://www.meltwater.com/products/meltwater-news/online-med...