Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by sandycheeks » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:15 PM UTC

ds9 wrote: post #19

Does anyone know what court precedents there are for a site owner O. suing companies C. that present altered versions of O's site to third parties T, without consent from O? Arguably C. is interfering in the relationship of O. to T., wrongfully appropriating O's content for profit, and possibly defaming O by making O. appear (to T.) to be associated with C. If such actions are not legally ruled out, this service may…

I doubt it. About . com has been using a technique like this to put adsense ads on external links for years.

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by palakchokshi » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:20 PM UTC

shotwell wrote: post #44

[deleted] wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don't think you get it. http://snip.ly/h5P

lol brilliant!!!

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by AznHisoka » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:22 PM UTC

Thanks. I can now use this instead of proxies to scrape Google

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by Elof » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:24 PM UTC

I'm all for being creative in marketing... but this kinda seems like link bait spam. Interested in seeing if/how companies use it, but hoping it doesn't turn into ads for weightloss and sex enhancing pills.

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by electic » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

This is not good. Consumers will eventually recognize that snip.ly links offer annoying experiences and they would not click on them over time. Thus, your conversion might actually decrease.

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by bagels » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:52 PM UTC

Sniply is going to start stuffing their own ads in that bar eventually. It's a shrewd move by sniply to collect advertising revenue from traffic of other sites.

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by sixQuarks » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:55 PM UTC

Whenever HN "hivemind" thinks something is bad because they wouldn't personally use it, that's a good sign that it will be successful with consumers.

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by shotwell » Fri, Mar 21, 2014, 9:59 PM UTC

ds9 wrote: post #19

Does anyone know what court precedents there are for a site owner O. suing companies C. that present altered versions of O's site to third parties T, without consent from O? Arguably C. is interfering in the relationship of O. to T., wrongfully appropriating O's content for profit, and possibly defaming O by making O. appear (to T.) to be associated with C. If such actions are not legally ruled out, this service may…

Related to your point, the snip.ly website has the following user testimonial:

    You can essentially advertise 
    on any website for free!
    --Lucille Danks ― Deloitte

Re: Show HN: Snip.ly, the link shortener that drives conversion

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Post by Grae » Sat, Mar 22, 2014, 1:37 AM UTC

BrainInAJar wrote: post #6

That's really spammy and gross. You are what's wrong with the internet today.

Bill Hicks said it best, so I'll leave it to him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo