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Ask HN: Review my web app, AreaTeams

15 points by mshafrir 17y ago

frossie 17y ago
Allow zipcode entry. Dragging the wee man all the way from Hawaii to the mainland so I could see what this thing did was a drag :-) Anyway, people don't always support their geographically closest team. (I have no comment on the actual usefulness of this thing, not being a sportsgoer)
pedalpete 17y ago
USE google.loader.ClientLocation; to sniff out the current location of the site visitor. I'm in California and you're showing me NYC. Not super effective. Also (as frossie alluded to) you need an input to allow searching by location. Don't worry about zip code vs city, etc. Pass the data from the search box to the google api and it will do the rest.
- mshafrir 17y ago
  I'm using server side lookup based on ip and falling back to google client location, but you're right on that I should just be using google client location. Definitel gives more accurate results.
  - pedalpete 17y ago
    Oh, whatever you use, just use it. It didn't get my location, but placed me in nyc, so I assumed you weren't doing an ip lookup.
run4yourlives 17y ago
The home game tomorrow of the Vancouver Canucks, which I needed to literally journey across the country for, apparently starts at 10pm. You need to ensure that the time zones stay local to the map shown, as well as what the others have said. Finally, link to tickets or something.
javery 17y ago
Ditch the adsense and look for referral programs for ticket providers, I am sure some of them have them. That seems like a much better revenue model than hoping people click on that stack of ads.
DanHulton 17y ago
Currently down: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 507, in __call__ handler.get(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/hometeamed/1.336527601886172444/app/home.py", line 47, in get site_settings = SiteSettings.get() File "/base/data/home/apps/hometeamed/1.336527601886172444/app/models.py", line 235, in get logging.info(("site settings count", site_settings.count())) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/db/__init__.py", line 1485, in count return self._get_query().Count(limit=limit) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 1038, in Count self._ToPb(limit=limit), resp) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 72, in MakeSyncCall apiproxy.MakeSyncCall(service, call, request, response) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 255, in MakeSyncCall rpc.CheckSuccess() File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_rpc.py", line 111, in CheckSuccess raise self.exception Error: An error occurred for the API request datastore_v3.Count(). That stuff should be in an error log somewhere, not dumped on the front page.
- mshafrir 17y ago
  Perfect timing... Posted this right when Google took App Engine down for maintenance. Apologies..
mdg 17y ago
Except for the already-mentioned geo location fail, I think this is a pretty slick. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and was trying to see if it would mention tomorrow (9/23) nights Champions League match at Crew stadium. However, it was not clear how to "change your location". If you dont mind me asking, do you plan on generating revenue through ads, being a middle-man to Ticketmaster, or ____ ?
qeorge 17y ago
Would be great if you could include minor leagues and college sports. There would be a higher chance of showing listings, and cover more price ranges. I'm in Raleigh, NC, and since I see nothing available in my area, I probably won't return.
comster 17y ago
a brief description on hn about what your "web app" is would be nice. I could care less about this one.
- greml1n 17y ago
  How much less could you care?
greml1n 17y ago
Discovering how to enable NHL took too long. Probably a flow/method of display issue?
jrwoodruff 17y ago
It feels like a nice exercise in utilizing the google maps api, but I'm not sure this is solving a real problem. If I want to know when the next detroit tigers home game is (hardly what I consider local here 2 hours outside of detroit), I'm going to ESPN or the tigers site. Increase the scope to include college games, and include non-mainstream sports (rugby, volleyball, etc.), ditch the map as the main site nav, and you might have something. And yea, ditch the adwords until you get traffic. I thought it was seo at first.
lastps 17y ago
b4 i looked at the site i thought it was a great name for the idea i was assuming -- "area" teams in the semi-anonymous onion sense, meaning, local teams like high school, local/division ii/iii college, etc. not that focusing on the majors is bad -- it's a good idea -- i just thought it worth mentioning that the word "area" conjured up high school and not majors for me.
- abesapien 17y ago
  Yes i thought it would definitely include local high school games and even possibly local hobby leagues. There are a lot of those. Funny when I grew up in Richmond, VA there was a local Rugby league. The athletes there were amazing . I was just lucky I lived nearby and I am not sure if anyone else in the neighborhood even knew about it . If they did they would have been exposed to a different sport from a different culture with great action.
fuzzmeister 17y ago
Doesn't appear to work on Chrome for Mac (4.0.211.2), could someone else confirm?
- joez 17y ago
  It worked here. Same version. Er showed me as Hayward whereas I'm in San Francisco. About 30 miles off. But otherwise it works.

15 points by mshafrir 17y ago

Allow zipcode entry. Dragging the wee man all the way from Hawaii to the mainland so I could see what this thing did was a drag :-) Anyway, people don't always support their geographically closest team. (I have no comment on the actual usefulness of this thing, not being a sportsgoer)

pedalpete 17y ago

USE google.loader.ClientLocation; to sniff out the current location of the site visitor. I'm in California and you're showing me NYC. Not super effective. Also (as frossie alluded to) you need an input to allow searching by location. Don't worry about zip code vs city, etc. Pass the data from the search box to the google api and it will do the rest.

mshafrir 17y ago
I'm using server side lookup based on ip and falling back to google client location, but you're right on that I should just be using google client location. Definitel gives more accurate results.
- pedalpete 17y ago
  Oh, whatever you use, just use it. It didn't get my location, but placed me in nyc, so I assumed you weren't doing an ip lookup.

run4yourlives 17y ago

The home game tomorrow of the Vancouver Canucks, which I needed to literally journey across the country for, apparently starts at 10pm. You need to ensure that the time zones stay local to the map shown, as well as what the others have said. Finally, link to tickets or something.

javery 17y ago

Ditch the adsense and look for referral programs for ticket providers, I am sure some of them have them. That seems like a much better revenue model than hoping people click on that stack of ads.

DanHulton 17y ago

Currently down: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 507, in __call__ handler.get(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/hometeamed/1.336527601886172444/app/home.py", line 47, in get site_settings = SiteSettings.get() File "/base/data/home/apps/hometeamed/1.336527601886172444/app/models.py", line 235, in get logging.info(("site settings count", site_settings.count())) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/db/__init__.py", line 1485, in count return self._get_query().Count(limit=limit) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 1038, in Count self._ToPb(limit=limit), resp) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 72, in MakeSyncCall apiproxy.MakeSyncCall(service, call, request, response) File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 255, in MakeSyncCall rpc.CheckSuccess() File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/apiproxy_rpc.py", line 111, in CheckSuccess raise self.exception Error: An error occurred for the API request datastore_v3.Count(). That stuff should be in an error log somewhere, not dumped on the front page.

mshafrir 17y ago
Perfect timing... Posted this right when Google took App Engine down for maintenance. Apologies..

mdg 17y ago

Except for the already-mentioned geo location fail, I think this is a pretty slick. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and was trying to see if it would mention tomorrow (9/23) nights Champions League match at Crew stadium. However, it was not clear how to "change your location". If you dont mind me asking, do you plan on generating revenue through ads, being a middle-man to Ticketmaster, or ____ ?

qeorge 17y ago

Would be great if you could include minor leagues and college sports. There would be a higher chance of showing listings, and cover more price ranges. I'm in Raleigh, NC, and since I see nothing available in my area, I probably won't return.

comster 17y ago

a brief description on hn about what your "web app" is would be nice. I could care less about this one.

greml1n 17y ago
How much less could you care?

greml1n 17y ago

Discovering how to enable NHL took too long. Probably a flow/method of display issue?

jrwoodruff 17y ago

It feels like a nice exercise in utilizing the google maps api, but I'm not sure this is solving a real problem. If I want to know when the next detroit tigers home game is (hardly what I consider local here 2 hours outside of detroit), I'm going to ESPN or the tigers site. Increase the scope to include college games, and include non-mainstream sports (rugby, volleyball, etc.), ditch the map as the main site nav, and you might have something. And yea, ditch the adwords until you get traffic. I thought it was seo at first.

lastps 17y ago

b4 i looked at the site i thought it was a great name for the idea i was assuming -- "area" teams in the semi-anonymous onion sense, meaning, local teams like high school, local/division ii/iii college, etc. not that focusing on the majors is bad -- it's a good idea -- i just thought it worth mentioning that the word "area" conjured up high school and not majors for me.

abesapien 17y ago
Yes i thought it would definitely include local high school games and even possibly local hobby leagues. There are a lot of those. Funny when I grew up in Richmond, VA there was a local Rugby league. The athletes there were amazing . I was just lucky I lived nearby and I am not sure if anyone else in the neighborhood even knew about it . If they did they would have been exposed to a different sport from a different culture with great action.

fuzzmeister 17y ago

Doesn't appear to work on Chrome for Mac (4.0.211.2), could someone else confirm?

joez 17y ago
It worked here. Same version. Er showed me as Hayward whereas I'm in San Francisco. About 30 miles off. But otherwise it works.