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by WillyF 16y ago
I run through so many companies, I usually forget where I found them within a few minutes of finding them. My guess is that I actually heard about you guys through HN or something that I found on HN. I really should get better about trackin
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by WillyF 16y ago
We (and by we, I mean I) have contextual job advertisements across a lot of the site. If you don't look closely you'll miss it, but it's really effective—and users actually seem to find it useful. (~50% of 2010 revenue) We also do direct ad
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by WillyF 16y ago
This was a fun company to profile. I really enjoy learning about companies that help publishers monetize their content—maybe because it took me a long time to figure out how to monetize mine.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Most people also didn't use their real name online. Facebook played a huge role in changing that.
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by WillyF 16y ago
The key point is that click fraud will be the downfall of Google, not users' switching to a different search engine. I disagree. The beauty of Google's ad model is that it's extremely sensitive to market forces. This means that click fraud
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by WillyF 16y ago
Here's a link to the Search Engine Land article that that the Yahoo article is referring to: http://searchengineland.com/google-vs-bing-the-fallacy-of-th...
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by WillyF 16y ago
You never had your VCR eat a VHS tape? Definitely happened to me a few times. And the whole having to rewind thing was kind of annoying too. I'd take a DVD over a VHS any day, even if the picture quality was the same.
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by WillyF 16y ago
I don't know the answer, but I presume that 40 lbs of fat requires far fewer calories to maintain than 40 lbs of lean body mass. Does the 11/cal/day/pound rule of thumb apply to fat? Muscle?
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by WillyF 16y ago
My tan and my beach volleyball game. Working a couple of hours a day and getting back at it in January.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Oddly enough, before reading this I randomly decided to change from a background image to just a gray background. I also cleaned up my desktop, and I did feel some sort of difference in terms of productivity. I'm as up to date on e-mail as
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by WillyF 16y ago
I'll add that if you have invite e-mails that people can send to friends, you better explain your startup in the e-mail. I've received invites from legit startups that looked exactly the same as spam invites that I've received.
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by WillyF 16y ago
"To shut off such an important asset in the history of Web 2.0 really means they’ll pull the plug on anything." I wonder if we'll ever see "historic districts" on the web in some form. I can't come up with any idea of how it would work, but
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by WillyF 16y ago
I didn't intend to insinuate that Borders in particular try to sell me crap, just that plenty of stores do. The fishing section in any Wal-Mart or Target is a perfect example. I should note, though, that the eReader devices that Borders has
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by WillyF 16y ago
I go to Borders all the time to find things I should buy on Amazon. I rarely buy anything. Why would I when I can get the same book half price and have it in 2 days (or now instantly on my Kindle)? Borders doesn't offer enough additional va
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by WillyF 16y ago
It would certainly be a trademark violation, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was fraud too.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Although I don't do it (maybe I'll start now), setting up a WordPress blog and using the Press This functionality is a pretty nice way to do it.
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by WillyF 16y ago
There's no way that I'm putting my password in there, but I did make up a password that mimics mine to see how secure it is.
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by WillyF 16y ago
And there's plenty of money in the market, but most people get the business model wrong, fail to get enough users, and quit too soon.
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by WillyF 16y ago
Not sure that's going to happen here. Look at the reviews from the updated version of The 4HWW: http://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Expanded-Updated-Cutti... The original edition didn't do quite as well, but it still has a huge quantity
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by WillyF 16y ago
I realize that there is a lot of hate directed towards Tim Ferriss and his tactics, but you can learn a ton from him. Even if you ignore everything that he says and writes, just watching him in action will make you a better entrepreneur. I
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by WillyF 16y ago
As an avid fly fisherman, I completely agree; however, it's often very difficult for people to conceptualize that wildlife is a limited resource. How does my taking a fish that is a half inch under the limit really hurt anyone? What about a
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by WillyF 16y ago
I never thought of it, but poaching is a lot like piracy. I don't think your intent was to make that analogy, but there are a lot of similarities.
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by WillyF 16y ago
I think that humans have an inherent problem with seeing piracy as theft unless they are the victims. Theft in a traditional sense is almost always zero-sum, and piracy isn't. We weren't really built to deal with this. The closest thing tha
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by WillyF 16y ago
I didn't particularly like the way this article covered the topic, but it's probably just sour grapes because I wasn't included in it. I did exactly what they're talking about, so here's my story on how it happened and how long it has taken
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by WillyF 16y ago
I think this says more about people's willingness to sign petitions (and what those signatures are really worth) than anything else. When I was in college, I swear someone would knock on my door or approach me on campus at least once a week
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by WillyF 16y ago
HN user Ramit has a really great blog post that answers this exact question: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/turn-failure-to-do...
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by WillyF 16y ago
I just ate a delicious burger at The Counter in Chicago on a Groupon two days ago. This is noteworthy because I bought 4 Groupons to The Counter last year. In 2009 they sold 5,269 $15 for $30 Groupons. This year they sold 6,932 $10 for $20
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by WillyF 16y ago
Not that it's actually relevant to the point of the post, but Andrew Mason rides a Vespa and lives in Ukrainian Village (not the most expensive real estate in Chicago). Apparently his big splurge was on a grand piano. Source: http://chicag
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by WillyF 16y ago
I've heard that Google will sometimes "reset" link value for domains that change ownership; however, I don't know of any specific examples of this happening. There are plenty of sites that get sold for their SEO value and seem to avoid this
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by WillyF 16y ago
You can use Google's AdWords tool to look for keywords and how monthly searches they get. You can also use Facebook's ad platform to see how many people fit specific targeting parameters. These aren't perfect tools, but if you use them in c

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