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by rpweber 15y ago
I created a service a couple years back as a yelp alternative called www.hotspotrobot.com, that basically aggregates "best of" lists from zagat, michelin, local papers, etc. The coverage is best in NYC, but it also works in SF. Hopefully it
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by rpweber 15y ago
Thanks! Hadn't heard of those but will look into it. Appreciate the suggestions.
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by rpweber 15y ago
Thanks Travis. I actually just tried signing up for ad sense, and they rejected my app due to lack of content. Basically, the app provides a lot of charts and graphs based on user data, but doesn't have much in the way of text, and it appea
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Ask HN: Best ad network to use to monetize site?
14 points by rpweber 15y ago|6 comments
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by rpweber 16y ago
Le Bernardin is pretty good, but probably not worth the four hour trek! :) Good point about collecting emails for people searching in areas that aren't covered yet, and alerting them when we expand to those areas. Thanks for the suggestion!
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by rpweber 16y ago
Yes, great suggestion. Added to the list.
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by rpweber 16y ago
Thanks. The area you search for (in this case, midtown, NYC) helps determine the visible map area, and then the returned results are the top ranked places within that visible map. If you don't want any brooklyn results, you can zoom in or p
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by rpweber 16y ago
Thanks for the great feedback. Some thoughts/responses: * Robot eating pizza logo - Great suggestion! Definitely need a good logo, and will consider this when reaching out to a graphic designer / 99 designs. * WAY too many different fonts a
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by rpweber 16y ago
I live in NYC and would be interested in the space, if it's still available. I just pitched my project (www.hotspotrobot.com) on HN actually: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275591 . As I mention in that post, Hotspot Robot is a new
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Show HN: HotspotRobot.com - Discover the best restaurants
12 points by rpweber 16y ago|8 comments