Isn't your design inspired from http://www.spotify.com/se/ ?
That's alarming- it can be the other way around. Spotify copying Ideaware? Or Ideaware copying Spotify.
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#142Copying has been going on for centuries. If someone copied you, you're clearly a leader. Take it in stride!
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey, if we have execute of JS on all those clients, why not REDIRECT them to your site? Free traffic. All relevant.
Wait, they've not merely copied his js, they're having him host it too? Oh exploitable. Figure out to make it benefit you. I'd have a hard time resisting the urge to play some mischief though.
No, at least the one I looked at didn't. But if they're just copy-pasting, he could add a domain check (or IP address check) and make it behave differently.
Edit: apparently some of them are! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5165238
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#144Ouch: "Your website is slower than 95% of all tested websites" with a 28.85s load time. - http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/#!/eDa8U8X2P/http://ideaware.co...
I think that's the total load time. The page actually shows up and is usable nearly instantly for me. Also, possibly the Slashdot effect.
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#145Haha, the smacontech guys even include a javascript file with your site's name on it: line 173:
Even better: the `_files` part in directory name indicates that they simply used "Save website to file" option in IE, which puts the dependent assets in directory named using this pattern. I imagine they just edited the HTML markup afterwards, without even bothering to check what's inside that directory.
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#146I'd be more worried about the horrible loading times. That's what will hurt your conversion rates, not those copycat sites.
I'd like to see an A/B test. Clearly- if the features don't contribute to higher revenue, why stick to it?
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#147Just noticed - based on the IP lookups 3 of these websites are located in Houston. Coincidence?
Probably not. This town is full of hacks and thieves. (just like all the other towns I guess).
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#148There are lots of sites that lifted their copy from ideaware.co too. What kind of design/development/branding shop can't come up with their own "About Us" or "Process" page? Frankly I think this is even lazier than lifting the markup/script to make the design work.
At least copying the HTML and JS saves a lot of work.
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#1493 out of the 5 sites are Indian, http://smacontech.com/ is a company run by 3 kids. If you give a look on the start up web design firms like this, you will find a lot of copy cats.
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#150This is what happens when a company contracts someone for $9/hr and says "Make me something like [url] for my site".
This may very well be the case!