Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

Great idea - people love their dogs and this is a great way to show them off to others. I'd get rid of the ads for now - they dilute the 'brand' (for lack of a better word), which should be your focus right now along with getting lots of users. You can always put ads in later.

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by jayzee » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:14 PM UTC

I would not start running ads right out of the gate. You could show something funny while the pics load instead of ads.

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by Pyrodogg » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

Jbudone wrote: post #2

Cool idea. This took about 5 mins of my day; although if it were about cats, the tab would be open all day lol

http://puppywar.com/

And

http://kittenwar.com/

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by IanDrake » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

Jbudone wrote: post #2

Cool idea. This took about 5 mins of my day; although if it were about cats, the tab would be open all day lol

Yeah, the cat site is coming soon. We wanted to see if/how this was going to work first.

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by brianlynn11 » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:27 PM UTC

Love the idea. I see the initial challenge being that there are many different breeds and many dog-lovers just have very distinct taste.

For example, my ex absolutely adores the pugs/bulldogs family, but has a mysterious distaste for poodles. A comparison limited to the same breed will give you better ratings, but also makes it harder till you hit critical mass.

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by IanDrake » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:29 PM UTC

jayzee wrote: post #5

I would not start running ads right out of the gate. You could show something funny while the pics load instead of ads.

Good tip. It seems to be a common thread. I'm still make incremental improvements on the site just about every day.

I'm planning to replace the ads on the main page with incentive prompts to get people to add their own pics. Nothing mandatory, just something saying, "Hey - I bet your dog is cute too. It only takes 30 seconds to add them."

Re: Show HN: Working on my wife's idea

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Post by mrhyperpenguin » Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 7:32 PM UTC

jayzee wrote: post #5

I would not start running ads right out of the gate. You could show something funny while the pics load instead of ads.

I agree with this. I waited 30 seconds just looking at ads while the page was 'loading'. After that I just left because I felt you were more interested in show me ads than content.