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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. T…

First thought that I had also when pulling up the website.

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. S…

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. Des…

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.

[update] Sent you an email.

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 ticket…

TLDR: How would you monetize a mid-sized audience of consumers on an event discovery website? Longer Version: We are a small, bootstrapped startup that has built our audience up ov…

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…

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. …

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.

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 sen…

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 …

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…

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 cov…

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…

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 yea…

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/judicia…

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 i…

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/…

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.…

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-ch…

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 ...