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Ask HN: How can i create commercial value from open data?
What are ways through which entrepreneurs can create businesses from open data? Have you ever made money from open data or is it even possible?
- AznHisoka 13y agoDepends on what you mean by Open Data. There are lots of companies that aggregate ranking/keyword data from Google, package it and sell it as a product to SEO companies. Examples include WordTracker, SEMRush, Moz, etc. It's data you and I can get through Google ourselves, but it's almost impossible to get in aggregate. It depends on how you package the data. You need to present it in a way that can be actionable and help someone towards a business problem.
- ericthegoodking 13y agoI mean the data the government releases to the public. e.g data.gov datasets
- AznHisoka 13y agoOh, well IMO, nobody really wants to pay for that data, no matter how you aggregate it. it's why the gov gives it out for free :)
- theGREENsuit 13y agoRefer to patio11's comment in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5903868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5903868 He mentions ideas for datasets from data.gov
- ericthegoodking 13y agoThanks will check it out
- dancecodes 13y agoFor example numbers are open, but very huge primaries calculate not so easy.