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by funtober 9y ago
I could talk about the SEO behind it for days but: We did use the reset to our advantage to pick up rankings, but I don't think it mitigates the authority of bigger players much. The reset tends to wash out small-time players in the s
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by funtober 9y ago
First thought that I had also when pulling up the website.
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by funtober 9y ago
Fall event directory and costume store launched in 2012: https://www.funtober.com Basically a one-stop shop for fall festivals, Oktoberfest, haunted houses, pumpkin patches, etc. Still have a long way to go to make it what I wo
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by funtober 9y ago
Some scammers on Facebook have seized on to my aunt's name and image as the front for their operations. As family, they friend us from fake accounts on at least a weekly basis. Despite reporting these fake accounts more than 100 time
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by funtober 10y ago
Attorney here. Frequently do case evaluations for my firm. I prototyped this last year. It was not as hard as you would think if you have some experience in the area of law.
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by funtober 10y ago
[update] Sent you an email.
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by funtober 10y ago
I think affiliate relationships will be our next test but haven't pursued because our visitors value experiences over merchandise. I was hoping an entrepreneur would setup a ticketing affiliate in our niche area but alas I may have to
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Ask HN: How to monetize 1M visitors in a month
4 points by funtober 10y ago|2 comments
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by funtober 10y ago
These sorts of mistakes happened when I was trading options more than a decade ago. In most transactions, such a confirmation would have cost money on every transaction since speed matters. Back in the old days, I feel the broker would hav
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by funtober 11y ago
Hi. Nights & weekends startup founder with a day job at a whistleblower law firm here. [1]. The following comes with all of the standard caveats about this not being legal advice. [2]. I'm going to talk generally and you can dra
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Show HN: Funtober – Fall/Halloween site by non-tech nights/weekends founder(funtober.com)
1 points by funtober 12y ago|0 comments
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by funtober 12y ago
Build consumer demand on the site first and you'll be able to sell something in the long term. At least that's what I'm hoping works with my current project.
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by funtober 12y ago
I am curious if anyone knows the answer to this or has tried it. If you had a judgment against them, couldn't you attach the judgment to their app store earnings and have apple send you their check? I suspect they would just start pub
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by funtober 12y ago
My friend and I kicked around putting some effort into building an app a few years back when people started publishing the "how to make money on the app store" posts. So thank you for posting this. My suggestion is to find a webs
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by funtober 12y ago
Agree on the last sentence (although it might be better to just say eCommerce and drop the "social") so I figured I would comment. The site definitely reminds me of PG advice about made up startup ideas not solving an actual probl
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by funtober 13y ago
Imagine a world where Best Buy hired tech reporters to cover tech news and also sold the technology products to their readers. Or where fashion magazines sell the products they cover on their website rather than advertising. Why haven't the
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by funtober 13y ago
Good luck! If you swap my big players and niche for your big players and niche, I could have written your reply here. Specifically: 1. We've been called a one stop shop by multiple people. 2. We're self-funded by my day job with a trivial b
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by funtober 13y ago
The right thing for me to tell you is that you should give up. Why is this the right thing? Because a bunch of people are going to tell you that you are crazy over the next few years if you decide to try it. So you may as well hear it now
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by funtober 13y ago
Reciprocal judgments: I'm not perfectly clear what you mean by reciprocal judgment. I think that you'll find this helpful on the matter, though: http://travel.state.gov/law/judicial/judicial_691.html Liquidation: Corporate governance iss
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by funtober 13y ago
The options are to sue them in their foreign country or sue them in the United States. If you sue them in the US, you face jurisdictional issues (do they have sufficient contacts in the US to make a lawsuit here fair?) as well as judgment
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by funtober 13y ago
This post-mortem from the Plancast founder which I just came across is also worth reading for those interested in events: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/22/post-mortem-for-plancast/
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by funtober 13y ago
Thanks for the link! Very helpful. However, my own searching suggests Google treats /something-about-something/ similar to /somethingaboutsomething/. So it isn't a perfect example. If the same content is on both url's, would one always
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by funtober 13y ago
Good point as to domain credibility. But I have to admit that I groan whenever I see a legit brand with a url that is: .com/our-red-widgets-are-perfect-for-your-classic-1957-red-chevy/ The sheer number of people doing it makes me wonder if
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by funtober 13y ago
We recently had an internal debate about whether the anti-hyphen bias extends to the rest of the url. We haven't tested it though. I'd be curious if anyone has ...
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Google Blog Search Mixes Up Urls(funtober.com)
1 points by funtober 14y ago|0 comments