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by jedc 16y ago
Why would inflating the number of impressions matter at all when Google makes money from clicks?
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by jedc 16y ago
I was the one who did that analysis. I updated it at the end of 2008 here: http://blog.jedchristiansen.com/2008/12/04/estimating-37sign... My model was largely based on a few key numbers they had published and a general freemium business
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by jedc 16y ago
"calls" is fun, too.
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by jedc 16y ago
I love that Old Spice created video replies to people in near real-time. That's real interaction with a brand. I love that Tipp-Ex had the creativity to put together a whole ton of funny clips ahead of time, and leave people to discover th
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by jedc 16y ago
I'm really curious how many of these videos there are! I did get a couple of 404's, but there are a lot of distinctly different and funny clips.
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by jedc 16y ago
My favourites so far: fights, calls, photographs, and fucks. Probably more to come...
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A Fascinating YouTube video/campaign(youtube.com)
5 points by jedc 16y ago|5 comments
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by jedc 16y ago
This sounds vaguely similar to one of my favourite phrases: "Argue like you're right; listen like you're wrong."
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by jedc 16y ago
Perhaps because he's been dogfooding Priority Inbox? :)
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by jedc 16y ago
Having grown up in the States and lived in London for nearly seven years, I have to agree. It's not that UK supermarkets don't have choice, it's that US supermarkets are spoiled for choice. I mean, I went back home and saw a WALL of bread,
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by jedc 16y ago
Like I said, I see the two business models very differently. My personal theory is that there is a LOT more potential revenue for Gmail in the enterprise. (Google tried and largely failed in the internal enterprise search market.) Each sm
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by jedc 16y ago
Please see my other comment here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1628381 In a nutshell, Gmail business model != Google Search business model. Therefore, the relative importance of revenue streams is different.
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by jedc 16y ago
Huh? Rapportive got 10k installs in 24 hours just because an early tester happened to send one tweet about it. (And surely many, many more since then.) That doesn't happen unless you've got a hot product, so I don't understand the sentime
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by jedc 16y ago
"a revenue driver" seems to be the key phrase here to me. Specifically, Gmail business model != Google Search business model To me, killing Gmail ads doesn't necessarily kill the Gmail business model. I would think Gmail is a strategic to
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by jedc 16y ago
I've found that Google likes users that are engaged with their products, whether it's search, Gmail, or any of the other tons of products. Search is only valuable for Google because a lot of people use it. Surely Gmail is more valuable the
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by jedc 16y ago
The chances of becoming a billionaire are even more slim than what the OP wrote. A number of billionaires become billionaires by inheritance or just modest growth of existing wealth. (Compared to NBA stars, who all have to prove themselve
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by jedc 16y ago
Who cares that the product seems simple right now... check out the website! http://teevox.com LOVE the sense of humor and personality of the company. The testimonials at the bottom are awesome. Good luck!
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by jedc 16y ago
That's what I'd expect. They're only still in the early market penetration stage of the Ruby market; it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to complicate their product offering. (Particularly when App Engine is available for Python/Java.)
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by jedc 16y ago
> Btw, isn't Heroku itself planning anything for Django? Has that ever been mentioned or rumored before? Is that even feasible given Heroku's technology stack?
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by jedc 16y ago
I think after the whole Judy Miller and similar scandals the NYTimes has a policy of always disclosing the reason why anonymous sources are anonymous, even if those reasons are a bit pedantic.
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by jedc 16y ago
Did you ever end up finishing yours? ;)
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by jedc 16y ago
That explains why they're in such awful shape. I was a submarine officer in the US Navy and we would never allow any boat to look like this; literally rusting all over the place. That said, holy s t the Russians built huge boats.
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by jedc 16y ago
Don't forget Vint Cerf!
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by jedc 16y ago
I'm guessing they raised convertible debt with a valuation cap. One of the founders had an interesting post here: http://www.yes-no-cancel.co.uk/2010/05/05/valuation-caps-on-...
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by jedc 16y ago
I also thought this was interesting (re: Android) "Remember we make the majority of our money on advertising and the powerful browser that is in Android when people search — they click on ads and that revenue goes to Google. And trust me t
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by jedc 16y ago
Well done to Rahul, Martin and Sam! Really interesting details around the timings of launching a demo, getting funded, and seeing competitors (even within YC) pivot. I love these lines in particular: "But rather than write him fan mail, th
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Counterintuitive Stories From Rapportive’s (YC S10) Seed Funding(gigaom.com)
23 points by jedc 16y ago|5 comments
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by jedc 16y ago
I get the sense that the launch strategy wasn't flawed as much as no one really understood the real use cases. Without that, no one knew how to properly communicate benefits and target the right users. (I would also guess that they never
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by jedc 16y ago
No matter what your criticisms are of the finer points of his critique (I agree with some, not others), the OP mocked-up a much better concept for the site. (IMHO)
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by jedc 16y ago
By my reckoning, this is the last YC W10 company to launch. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkkhSN3vaY4jdF90b1l...

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