If nothing else, the work you've done puts you in a better place to answer that question than almost anyone.
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Keep going, but take time to imagine a world where flash-search is commonplace. What will the world need then? What will Google need then?
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#72Hey, I'd just like to thank everyone for helping out and providing your comments and suggestions about our project. We got a lot of exposure just from this YC post and we're starting to shake hands with people who have offered assistance. None of this wouldn't have happened without the help and support of the YC community. Thanks!
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#73Flashblock is a popular add-on for Firefox. I would recommend a button on your page that adds your site to the Flashblock "allowed" list.
Yea, I use flashblock myself. I'm of the mind of making a non-flash front-end just because it's not very light-weight. Javascript and CSS could provide the same experience without the weight of the flash interface, but it kinda makes sense to display flash guts in a flash container, doesn't it? :)
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#74no result for the query 'sex' , what more should I expect from it. It should show me some flash animations over that!
Yea, 'sex' is actually a popular query, but for some reason, none of the SWF files that we've indexed contain the string 'sex'. Believe me, there are plenty of porn-related SWF files out there, so the material is not lacking, just categorizing the data is something that needs to be done.
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#75This is a bad idea for a startup. Anyone can run 'strings' on a flash file and index it. And your website isn't very good either. So all in all, I would say you should spend your time doing something that would take more than 20 minutes to copy. (Look up "barriers to entry")
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#76why is everyone so quick to roll over the second one of the big boys enter your area? Did you really expect your site to stay unique? Its not like those big companies had vast amounts of success outside their core ventures. Even Google the internet behemoth, has had very few #1-#2 products, most of their products are pretty average. And lets not even talk about Yahoo. You want to know how the Google version of your p…
> They'll probably just add a "Flash" link under "more v", and that's it,...
Just like they do with PDFs? /sarcasm
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#77YouTube didn't give up because Google launched Google Video. And as it turns out YouTube did it better and sold to Google.
Press on!