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You guys are doing some interesting things, but you desperately need to kill your credits system and slap some adsense on there for the time being. Any buzz and

You guys are doing some interesting things, but you desperately need to kill your credits system and slap some adsense on there for the time being. Any buzz and growth you could be building at this stage is going to be seriously hampered by charging for a search service, even if it is to a specialized audience.

dictum 13y ago
Their audience is mainly comprised of web developers and marketing companies, I presume. I don't think this would be a good audience to show AdSense ads. On the other hand, it's a good audience to slap an invite to open their wallets, give NerdyData $99 a month, and they'll let them use this thing that will help them make more money. I don't think they've nailed the business plan yet, but they're on the right direction. People who want to use their search engine for non-professional, hobbyist interests can use the free plan: 200 credits, 10 results, although it lacks some features that are interesting for web development and web marketing.
pbharrin 13y ago
That is an incredibly bad idea. The people who would use this value the data and are willing to pay a lot of money for it. Secondly they are not going to be doing many searches. The Google search monitization strategy will not work. This guys have the right idea, copy the way BuiltWith.com makes money.
- wikiburner 13y ago
  I don't know, there was a lot of griping about the credits in the previous NerdyData threads on HN, and HNers are their target market. I think having the service free, or providing 90 day free trials, would help their adoption significantly at this stage in the game. I know Patio11 would disagree, but I think trying to monetize at this stage is unwise. Just to be clear, I'm not really suggesting that they're going to make serious money with adsense. Maybe they could cover their hosting for the time being, though.
  - omarchowdhury 13y ago
    lol you developers sound so entitled. "90 day free trials" hah, when its your product you may want to price it though i bet?

dictum 13y ago

Their audience is mainly comprised of web developers and marketing companies, I presume. I don't think this would be a good audience to show AdSense ads. On the other hand, it's a good audience to slap an invite to open their wallets, give NerdyData $99 a month, and they'll let them use this thing that will help them make more money. I don't think they've nailed the business plan yet, but they're on the right direction. People who want to use their search engine for non-professional, hobbyist interests can use the free plan: 200 credits, 10 results, although it lacks some features that are interesting for web development and web marketing.

pbharrin 13y ago

That is an incredibly bad idea. The people who would use this value the data and are willing to pay a lot of money for it. Secondly they are not going to be doing many searches. The Google search monitization strategy will not work. This guys have the right idea, copy the way BuiltWith.com makes money.

wikiburner 13y ago
I don't know, there was a lot of griping about the credits in the previous NerdyData threads on HN, and HNers are their target market. I think having the service free, or providing 90 day free trials, would help their adoption significantly at this stage in the game. I know Patio11 would disagree, but I think trying to monetize at this stage is unwise. Just to be clear, I'm not really suggesting that they're going to make serious money with adsense. Maybe they could cover their hosting for the time being, though.
- omarchowdhury 13y ago
  lol you developers sound so entitled. "90 day free trials" hah, when its your product you may want to price it though i bet?