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I'd change the URL structure from numeric to keyword bases (happy to help with apache config if you like).
I'd also provide a search box, powered by google search so you can still get ad clicks. Add an addthis.com button to each page to build backlinks and virality.
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However , making 50 sites that make 500 a day is a lot easier than making one site that makes 25000 a day. A lot easier.
Making 1 site that makes 500 a day is quite difficult. Just ask about 99% of people here on HN that have tried.
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Making 1 site that makes 500 a day is quite difficult. Just ask about 99% of people here on HN that have tried.
Guess I didn't get the memo. I'm not quite at 500 yet, but it took 12 hours to make a site that makes 250 a day. I'm sure I can easily bring that up to 500 (for instance, the site doesn't even render in IE right now). And I can make another 10 like it. In response to FreeRadical: It's all about the point of diminishing returns. I spent 6 years on my first site, and it's a huge amount of work with literally thousands…
OMG "it's made of people"! Yeah it's a mindblow when you realize this. But it's not made of people who spend 6 hours a night watching tv. There has never been a better time for creators, of all kind.
I wish that people would remember that "it's made by people" when they email customer support. Sometimes people can be so harsh.
That's why I always try to be as entertaining as possible (while still being clear and helping them solve my problem). I recently had to exchange a pair of pants that I really liked but didn't fit on an online store. I ended up describing receiving their pants "As if the mighty Norse god Thor himself rode down from Aesir with a lightning bolt in one hand and these pants in the other."
I figure their lives are hard enough, might as well make them smile sometimes.
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Making 1 site that makes 500 a day is quite difficult. Just ask about 99% of people here on HN that have tried.
Guess I didn't get the memo. I'm not quite at 500 yet, but it took 12 hours to make a site that makes 250 a day. I'm sure I can easily bring that up to 500 (for instance, the site doesn't even render in IE right now). And I can make another 10 like it. In response to FreeRadical: It's all about the point of diminishing returns. I spent 6 years on my first site, and it's a huge amount of work with literally thousands…
How?
30% to 70% CTR is nearly impossible. You can only get it in very specific cases. 1.5% CTR is pretty good for Adsense. If you can get it up to 5%, consider yourself lucky.
Recently, I had to find a new copy of lame_enc.dll for a computer I just bought. Every site I landed on (besides sourceforge) had three or four "Download" buttons. I wasn't confident that ANY of them weren't ads. I'm sure those pages have a great ad CTR.
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data URIs are not supported on IE. css sprites supported anywhere and quite common.
Wikipedia says that IE8 supports them to some extent. But you are right, you would need to build two solutions to support older browsers, too.
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Your site crashed my browser and in turn my Mac. I never even saw it.
Really? Weird ... I have hundreds of users and nobody's reported any problems. Was it the feed or the catalog link?
30% to 70% CTR is nearly impossible. You can only get it in very specific cases. 1.5% CTR is pretty good for Adsense. If you can get it up to 5%, consider yourself lucky.
OMG "it's made of people"! Yeah it's a mindblow when you realize this. But it's not made of people who spend 6 hours a night watching tv. There has never been a better time for creators, of all kind.
I wish that people would remember that "it's made by people" when they email customer support. Sometimes people can be so harsh.