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   by arooni 19y ago

   Thanks for your feedback imagelgringo; this was very valuable. Please ping me (from my YC Profile Info) if you'd like to discuss running the ads... I'd love to see if we can help you out. This was some of the best feedback I've read in thi
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   by arooni 19y ago

   But we are :P. If you move your mouse to phonemyphone's emptyspace, you'll see the ads appear. We've been running them for months and I just checked again a few minutes ago (still see them). Note, if you had Firefox's Ad Blocker install
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Zak you're totally right. This product isn't for every one. I was trying to strike a balance where website designers could maintain the beautiful aesthetic they worked so hard to create but also allow website owners to monetize the 20-40%
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Thanks very much for your feedback rms. I need to check out FF3 issues as I've heard that issue come up before. We do have a few publishers already on board including: http://digitalpayag.blogsome.com/ , http://fslayouts.us.to/ , and ht
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Ah gotcha! So you went to the publisher learn more page as opposed to our demo page. That's a good call on the call to action to sign-up being embedded in the ads themselves. Our signup URL is: http://www.emptyspaceads.com/user/new Sid
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Thanks for the feedback dfranke. Sounds like you've got AdBlocker extension installed on Firefox. Our NetworkAds don't currently work with AdBlocker but our ImageAds and TextAds should. These are great feature ideas I will add to Trac for
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Wow really good feedback thingsilearned. What did you like about the demo? The customization of the ad format that you could do? The flash portion?
8. 38.▲
   by arooni 19y ago

   Great feedback mixmax. A patent is only one ingredient of the intoxicating elixir that is a startup.
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   by arooni 19y ago

   Great question davidw. The basic idea is your site along with every other website has some amount of empty space which you're likely not making any money from. So basically our value proposition is: "don't give up any existing ad units you'
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    by arooni 19y ago

    Thanks for the feedback dfranke. You actually don't need flash to run our demo, the ads are already appearing on that page (provided you have javascript enabled). The flash demo is only to help walk you through what triggers the ad appearin
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    by arooni 19y ago

    Thanks very much for your feedback dawnerd! We can definitely hook you up with ads for various games. Check out http://www.shoppingads.com one of the first ad networks we support. They're an eBay super affiliate and operate as an ad net
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    by arooni 19y ago

    These are great points mixmax, thanks for your feedback. A couple notes: * We've been seeing click through of 5-20X times higher comparing existing ad units on http://www.phonemyphone.com with the same ad unit delivered in an emptyspacea
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    by arooni 19y ago

    I'm the only founder... so far ;P. I'd love your honestly brutal feedback about the website, the product, the idea, or anything else you have to say. I have come to respect this forum and and I'd really like to hear your thoughts. Also fo
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    Ask YC: I just quit Microsoft to work on this product full-time. What's your brutal feedback?(emptyspaceads.com)

    32 points by arooni 19y ago|75 comments
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    by arooni 19y ago

    Yes I do attend the event most months. It's a great group... many thanks to Gaurav setting it up, and folks like Tony for coming and speaking.
16. 46.▲
    by arooni 19y ago

    Great call... I actually already have a prototype of the product built... now it's about improving it and selling/marketing it.
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    Ask YC: Is the Bay Area Much Better than Seattle for Startups?

    11 points by arooni 19y ago|25 comments