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by alexdong 18y ago
printgreener.com sells software at $29 whereas purifyr.com charges for $299 for the developer API account. (Hmm, seems like I haven't made it clear enough, maybe?) As for the "green card", yes, that's right. Their whole message seems to be
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by alexdong 18y ago
For the 31 emails I sent out to the bloggers, 4 replies and only 2 really spent time looking into it. Only 1 blogged about it. So how did you get hold of them in the first place? Why won't they simply ignore you?
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Ask HN: Startup PR - How could they get so many coverages?
44 points by alexdong 18y ago|33 comments
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by alexdong 18y ago
@henry: "This type of algorithm is definitely something I would pay good money to own, but as a service, it doesn't make much sense." We're pretty flexible with the business model. Selling license with source code is actually what our first
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by alexdong 18y ago
@jacob: have done another run of spell checking. Just curious about your comment on $299 monthly fee, why would you call it 'unprofessional'? I have read about Joel's articles on setting the price a bit higher will actually help the sales b
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Ask HC: Suggestions on customers for this algorithm?
6 points by alexdong 18y ago|5 comments
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by alexdong 18y ago
m_eiman, yes, yes, this is a very good idea. We're in the middle of putting up a site so that people like you could play with it. stay tune.
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by alexdong 18y ago
@m_eiman. InstaPaper.com does offer similar service, but not good enough. Besides the small headaches, the text-version does not provide images. What's even worse is the lack of support other encodings. Try this one in your instapaper and
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by alexdong 18y ago
Well, our first customer, the one who licenses our core algorithm, had their processing efficiency boosted by 300% + just to use our engine as a pre-processor. I'm aware of existing "Wrapper induction" papers. But they still keep lots of in
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by alexdong 18y ago
Interesting. Will definitely try an A/B test on the pricing to see whether that matters. One question: between $5.99/mo and $30/yr, which one will you recommend? (There is intense computing power required here, so I'll definitely work out t
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by alexdong 18y ago
Instapaper.com does only the 'read after' thing with the algorithm part we're offering. Say you want to read an NYTimes article on your iPhone, sure you've got the nice Zoom-and-Pan. But wouldn't it be nice if you could read any webpage in
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by alexdong 18y ago
I see what you mean. Thanks, lacker.
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by alexdong 18y ago
Hmm, this makes sense. Since the algorithm is the core, I would also consider wrapping it as a web service. Charge on API usage or license the technology. The problem is, I don't have that much experience doing that. How can I find the targ
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by alexdong 18y ago
Well, this is an algorithm I wrote for a vertical search engine. I retain the rights to reuse it in other products I'll build. I'm definitely not a lawyer. As for the ToS violation concerns you raised, since I'm not redistributing the cont
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Ask HN: How to package this algorithm?
9 points by alexdong 18y ago|21 comments