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   Ask HN: Which services have figured out a way for revenue after gaining users

   2 points by bigbang 18y ago|3 comments
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   On a startup failure(pluggd.in)

   1 points by bigbang 18y ago|0 comments
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   Yahoo search shell(yahoosh.org)

   3 points by bigbang 18y ago|0 comments
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   "Look at Google. they target technical types, but for joe average, their product is just as usable as the compitition, who explicitly targets the average user." Do you mean search? Its not the case that yahoo or live search targets only at
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   It looks to me like there too much info on the homepage, like explaining all ur features. Even your "about" is in the homepage itself. Maybe you want to trim down the content on the homepage
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   Wont it be more like a blog then? Except ofcourse worrying about how to get traffic
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   One of the reasons I love wikipedia is that its neutral and no ads. Google Im sure will have plans to stick in some adsense and share revenue with the author. Why should I contribute to an article bcos of which the original author might get
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   searchme.com has an amazing UI. Not only thats cool, but very useful. i believe the next gen of search engines will be directly answering your search query, rather than simply finding appropriate links.
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   by bigbang 18y ago

   When hes 31, he knows what he missed or should have done when he was younger. An younger guy maynot realise that. We always realise mistakes or missed oppurtunities in hindsight.
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    On Uselessness of VCs and Consultants (part of the article)(abhitaneja.blogspot.com)

    4 points by bigbang 18y ago|1 comments
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Right. But, with the ability of 3 party developers to develop applications for the iphone(and make some money) creates lot of interesting applications unlike Blackberry or windows mobile.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Use OAuth. Redirect user's to google or yahoo's site.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Peer brand pressure? (lack of a better word). I liked Creative much better than Ipod(really), but I did end up using ipod more often.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    The bullying by Ballmer and co, is 1.Throw the current board out bcos it didnt agree with MS. The current board can be thrown by MS by telling that there is a chance that they come back, so shareholders will vote for Carl. 2.Grab Yahoo for
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    I agree. I really appreciate the about section. It makes me pay attention to the site for some reason.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    They have premium accounts which doesnt have issues of waiting(not sure about captcha part). You can buy a premium service and in your streaming player just point to the link in megaupload ?
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    maybe im wrong, but if you put an iframe, doesnt it get loaded everytime when the page with the widget has been visited. for eg: if cnn's homepage has your widget, you pretty much got cnn's traffic to serve? maybe im wrong again.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    I havent done anything similar. But just my 2c - try to see if you can make use of existing file sharing systems like rapidshare/megaupload etc and link to them. I believe hotornot guys used free yahoo photos hosting and just linked to them
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    That would get them @gmail.com instead of @*.edu email address.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    wow, so many in the market? i use hiveminder.com .nothing great, but simple enough and works for us.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    I also felt the same. From the front page it was difficult for me to find what your startup is about.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Zoho development is not outsourced, rather thier entire development team is in India's zoho office. Thier biz dev is in US. Thier hiring is very different and interesting. they hire many kids out of high school. In india, normally ppl who d
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Thats definitely a good point. Waiting for facebook connect :)
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Thanks. There are few options 1. Redirecting to Yahoo/Gmail page where the user signs and authorizes Yahoo or Google to give us the user's contact. This gives the user the secure feeling. 2. Same as 1, but instead of redirecting show it in
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    Ask HN: How many of you willing to give gmail/yahoo info to expand the network

    7 points by bigbang 18y ago|16 comments
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    I believe paypal doesnt require customers to have a paypal account. Just entering the credit card should be fine (i.e without registration). But my usage with paypal is just as a customer though
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    I'll resign from MS with 100M or so severance compensation and hire someone more competant for the CEO position
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Just another data point, even AOL tried to acquire yahoo during 95/96 for cheap. Just that price wasnt agreeable I think. Now 12 years later Yahoo acquiring AOL is an option to fend off MS.
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    Well, they would choose the idea only if they like it, so imo its not that bad. I mean you pitch your idea to somebody, if they like it, they are in (pretty much like finding a co-founder), not sure if they have any say in features?
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    by bigbang 18y ago

    this is done in friendfeed