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by DJN 16y ago
Even if your domain "theplayersbay.com" represents an online auction site, I fail to see how it can be seen as intrinsically associated with eBay. It's like Microsoft trying to prevent all software compnies from using the "soft" suffix or t
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by DJN 16y ago
I think @oothenigerian's point is that downvoting comments simply because they express a contrarian view is bad form. It requires a certain level of maturity, introspection, humility and openness to not simply tag opposing views as pointl
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by DJN 16y ago
I respectfully disagree. Mike made some serious insinuation of improper behaviour that was targeted at the super angels i.e Dave, Ron et al Dave has every right to discredit it. Especially when Arrington wasn't a participant and Dave was.
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by DJN 16y ago
There seems to be a severe case of group think on HN today. Why are so many people raining on Dave? The points he makes seem to make a lot of sense. I'm pretty sure that an agenda that will attract the smartest angel investors for a meeting
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by DJN 16y ago
"innovation & investing is not about price. it's about finding great entrepreneurs to build solid companies, and solve customer problems" That's the reason why I WOULD DO BUSINESS with Dave. Anyone who as followed Dave even remotely ov
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by DJN 16y ago
Well said. This morale of this story is in line with an old adage - Nothing goes for nothing. When you don't pay for a service, you shouldn't expect anything in return. A guarantee of perpetual free access has to be paid for somehow and if
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by DJN 16y ago
Think about it this way, if you can segment your traffic into valuable niches (e.g females, 18-30 in NYC, who are searching for shoes), you can sell your traffic at a far higher CPM. That's where Trafficspaces excels - ad targeting. All imp
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by DJN 16y ago
There are alternatives. Google 'em http://www.google.com/search?client=ms-rim&hl=en&q=s...
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by DJN 16y ago
I feel you bro. It is definitely complicated. I've got a few gray strands to prove it whilst developing Trafficspaces (a SaaS ad manager). It started as a hobby but once I got into it, I got sucked in by the challenge of simplifying all tha
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by DJN 16y ago
Dude, if u need a decent ad server as an alternative to OpenX, I'll suggest. Trafficspaces. I designed it and it's one of my proudest pieces of work (if I may say so myself) :) Warning: its a premium service http://www.trafficspaces.com/to
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by DJN 16y ago
Care to cite your sources on that one?
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by DJN 16y ago
Dude, the prayers last for about 5 minutes each and it only occurs 5 times a day, 2 of which are during normal working hours. I assume it's fine to let someone knock off work for 10 minutes a day. Heck, I know loads of people who spend hour
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by DJN 16y ago
> If you really have lots of questions to ask the users, don't do it all in one go This doesn't apply to all cases. It works well for sign-up forms but there are cases in which it's better to focus on early user engagement at the expens
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by DJN 16y ago
I feel you on the multiple page thing. It increases abandonment like crazy. Here's our first hand experience: We used to have a 5-stage ad campaign creation process in our SaaS self-service ad manager. Once we started measuring cart aband
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by DJN 16y ago
Targeted advertising? Classified ads? Sounds like music to my ears. See trafficspaces.com
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by DJN 16y ago
We wrote a an entire 7-part series on how to sell ads online. The main points were 1. Have an outstanding product (i.e. audience) to sell. 2. Hire a dedicated sales person. 3. Provide a self service ad management system. 4. Sh
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2 Simple Ways to Increase Advertiser Conversions(trafficspaces.com)
1 points by DJN 16y ago|0 comments
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by DJN 16y ago
http://www.trafficspaces.com - alternative to OpenX. Bootstrapped and profitable :)
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by DJN 16y ago
Dude - I know you meant it as a joke but it is still uncharitable. It's hard to appreciate the other party's POV unless you've lived through the stigma of prejudice that's perpetuated by jokes such as yours. That said, it's okay. Your comme
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by DJN 16y ago
That's a very uncharitable comment. Millions of Nigerians work honest jobs to feed and educate their children. It's hard enough that they have to live through the negative stereotype caused by less than 0.1% who are bad guys. Think about t
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by DJN 16y ago
Hi Cindy, I'm a subscriber to your blog and I love your work. I was late to the beta test run so I missed out. I've been waiting on the sidelines for the big launch and whilst I think the pricing is pretty decent and fair (after all, it is
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by DJN 16y ago
Good point but over a long term, markets simply aren't that volatile. @fookyong's comment contains a lot of truth. If using Kissmetrics on a "Kissmetrics-optimized" site generates diminishing returns, surely that is a cause for concern. The
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by DJN 16y ago
Checkout this post in our series on How to Sell Ads Online. http://www.trafficspaces.com/blog/2010/01/13/how-to-sell-ads... It talks about setting up an auction instead of a fixed price. It is an efficient way to find the market price for
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How to Make Social and Demographic Ad Targeting Work(trafficspaces.com)
1 points by DJN 16y ago|0 comments
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by DJN 16y ago
Yeah, I totally switched off when I read that phrase. Taking a dig at the British is totally unnecessary and betrays the author's childishness. He needs to get that chip off his shoulder. It takes away from his otherwise, carefully construc
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by DJN 16y ago
Trafficspaces
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by DJN 16y ago
"...helping legislators and intelligence agencies understand how to use the social network for campaigning, reaching out to their constituencies and in their regular line of work." Hmmm...I wonder what "regular line of work" Facebook is hel
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Facebook deepens ties with intelligence agencies. Is it selling data?(social.venturebeat.com)
32 points by DJN 16y ago|15 comments
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by DJN 17y ago
Very impressive. Excellent example. Kudos to mugtug.com
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by DJN 17y ago
The series is essentially trying to make the case for self service advertising. It makes sense. GAM and OpenX are good systems that will both work well for people that rely (or want to rely) mostly on ad networks and occasionally get a few

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