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this is hopefully fixed now..
Still broken. Chrome + uBlock Origin. If I turn off uBlock the site looks fine.
Site works fine in Chrome with UBO running for me.
The dude that built DudeRanch.com
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Still broken. Chrome + uBlock Origin. If I turn off uBlock the site looks fine.
So the site is not broken, you're using a plug-in that breaks it.
A large portion of the web uses this plugin. If the site doesn't work with it I would consider that broken. Additionally UBO should not cause basic site layout to break unless something is wrong on the sites side (like including formatting markup from an advertising domain).
Thanks for stating the obvious though. Nevermind the other comments saying the exact same thing about the site being broken for them too. Just trying to help not have the site be broken for a portion of visitors.
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Site works fine in Chrome with UBO running for me.
The layout works? On mine with UBO running everything gets bunched up on the left side.
Sorry for the late reply, but yep! Here's a screenshot.
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#35Dude Ranch is not as fun as ram ranch!
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#36Any idea what the yearly gross income from duderanch.com might be? Or the selling price at the exit? I love the narrative. I'd love it even more if we had a glimpse of whether this ultimately settled in as predicted ($25k/year) or turned out to be a whole lot more rewarding.
author here.. the revenue for both sites (since I partnered) was much more than I anticipated, but my take home for DudeRanch.com actually fell around my estimation.. (if that helps)
Thanks. Connecting the dots, I'm guessing that travel to various ranch operators ate into your gross revenue. But, hey, it's the right way to build the business. And it sounds as if those trips made it an unusually enjoyable project.
Great story.
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thank you zapstar! Sorta like Bill Walsh (49ers coach) said (essentially).. start on the right foundation and "the score will take care of itself".. Domain names are such a great way to start a project off on the right foot..
Absolutely! I’m using that exact strategy on my latest project, and so far, I feel like I’ve started off on the right foundation!
where can you discover and buy a good domain?
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I agree, but with some minor quibbles specific to the HN audience: 1. The ability to write software is an asset and the DSV type projects are more software adjacent. Software has such great margins that it's much easier to create a profitable business than anything that involves shipping or physical goods (MicroSAAS, Dev Books/Courses, Themes, etc.) 2. It's sort of left unsaid that much of the purpose of buying these…
>> But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them. Well, I've actually studied this a lot... and it's not that Google reduced the value of them (Exact Match Domains EMDs). It's just that Google stopped giving them more weight. So now all domains are given the same potential ranking weight--even the new gTLD domains. Bing, on the ot…
I don’t doubt, but I was trying to find up to date information if Google hasn’t changed their algorithm about this and couldn’t find anything besides a reference to 2012 changes: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/do-exact-match-domains-s...
Is there a more up to date source?
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#39I really love the whole story, especially the idea of the domain name being like the "starter sentence" in a creative writing course. Much has been written about constraints enhancing creativity.
In addition to the constraint of the domain name itself, the author also spent $17,949 (taking 6-9 months to repay) which would help constrain them to focus on just this one idea over that time.
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#40I love reading about Deep South Ventures websites-- the projects are simple but inspiring. They're kind of like the other side of the coin to YC-- they make business seem possible but in a completely different way. Heads up-- something on duderanch.com is putting a max-width on rows making the site unreadble in desktop: ...
I agree. I just finished reading this guide on how to build a profitable side business and it is as practical as it is - eye-opening. https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/
Nah just sounds like a domain peddler talking up his wares.