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Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Re: Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Post by kryptonika »

nirvana wrote: post #5

I really shouldn't be building this myself. But looking at these prices for mixpanel and kissmetrics, they seem out of whack-- great for profitable businesses and enterprise, but way out of line for startups. Plus what if you need between 25,000 and 500,000 data points per month with mixpanel? That's a huge gulf and you go from free to $150 a month? Some startups start with large customer bases but operate at a relat…

You're crazy. You should value your own time at over $1000/hour if you're starting a company. $150/mo is only worth it if you can bang this thing out in minutes. So you're going to waste hours that you SHOULD be spending on your product or marketing or sales on some BS that could be NOT YOUR PROBLEM for $150.

Re: Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Post by Danieru »

suhail wrote: post #6
nirvana wrote: post #5

I really shouldn't be building this myself. But looking at these prices for mixpanel and kissmetrics, they seem out of whack-- great for profitable businesses and enterprise, but way out of line for startups. Plus what if you need between 25,000 and 500,000 data points per month with mixpanel? That's a huge gulf and you go from free to $150 a month? Some startups start with large customer bases but operate at a relat…

We absolutely support you: https://mixpanel.com/free/ - instead of a $30-80/mo plan, it's free! Of course, if you're averse to placing a badge on your site, then that's a different problem.

Shouldn't that be no-followed?

Re: Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Post by Danieru »

Danieru wrote: post #22
suhail wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We absolutely support you: https://mixpanel.com/free/ - instead of a $30-80/mo plan, it's free! Of course, if you're averse to placing a badge on your site, then that's a different problem.

Shouldn't that be no-followed?

To defend my post, mixpanel is providing copy/paste html with a link for people to put into their footer in exchange for services of monetary value.

Could someone explain why this does not qualify as an ad?

Re: Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Post by 46Bit »

kryptonika wrote: post #21
nirvana wrote: post #5

I really shouldn't be building this myself. But looking at these prices for mixpanel and kissmetrics, they seem out of whack-- great for profitable businesses and enterprise, but way out of line for startups. Plus what if you need between 25,000 and 500,000 data points per month with mixpanel? That's a huge gulf and you go from free to $150 a month? Some startups start with large customer bases but operate at a relat…

You're crazy. You should value your own time at over $1000/hour if you're starting a company. $150/mo is only worth it if you can bang this thing out in minutes. So you're going to waste hours that you SHOULD be spending on your product or marketing or sales on some BS that could be NOT YOUR PROBLEM for $150.

Not everyone has thousands or millions of dollars in funding.

Re: Mixpanel Raises $10.25M

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Post by patio11 »

Danieru wrote: post #23
Danieru wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shouldn't that be no-followed?

To defend my post, mixpanel is providing copy/paste html with a link for people to put into their footer in exchange for services of monetary value. Could someone explain why this does not qualify as an ad?

On Google's published guidelines and guidance, this is white hat, as the links are editorially chosen (you, the webmaster, really are specifically intending to endorse them for their analytics services because you use their analytics services).

The shadow rule is that any linkbuilding method is kosher iff no one has figured out a way to scalably achieve rankings on very competitive terms with it. For example, citations on the footers of blog templates were 150% A-OK right until people found out that was a scalable way to rank e.g. for e.g. [printer cartridges], [payday loans], etc etc. See also widgetbait, quizzes, etc etc.

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