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petersouth··on Show HN: Free, one-step SEO site analysis
This is better than the other ones I have used. TYVM
petersouth··on Show HN: The easiest way to sell your code
looks super easy and clean! hope i come up with something i can sell using it. gl
petersouth··on Ask HN: Do you have more sick time than you can use?
At my job we can donate to others who have run out of time. Not everyone is nice, but enough are to help out each other when there are critical illnesses.
petersouth··on Candy Japan crosses $10K MRR
I only had one pair of friends who I thought would subscribe. I would be more likely to subscribe to a "random cool stuff from Japan box" if it were around the same cost.
petersouth··on Ask HN: What projects are you working on?
Building a free service that gets consumers small discounts or upgrades when they buy a new car.

http://NewCarDeal.net

petersouth··on Ask HN: Validate my idea
fast food restaurants like chick fil a and checkers do this. I fill out a lengthly survey on the receipt and get a free sandwich. I don't see many sit-down restaurants doing this and it is surprising. I think you have something. What I don't like is the signature thing. Don't recommend adding/implementing that.
petersouth··on Ask HN: Looking for feedback on my side project
I can't figure out what your thing does. Is it like PrimoPDF?
petersouth··on Ask HN: Does AdWords work for you?
I've used it for five years now. I started with one of those free fifty or hundred dollars vouchers in the business magazines and I don't think I've ever paid any extra. I would periodically get emails from google saying if I do something they would add an extra fifty bucks credit.

My biggest three recommendations are: -Keep cost low. I saw that some people were paying like $10 for a Justin Beiber click. Maybe if you are trying to sell some hair-gel to make you look like justin beiber buying a $.25 hair-gel keyword could be better from a cost perspective. -Target location. My clickrate went up a bunch for a few months but didn't see an influx of users. I checked analytics and found a bunch of clicks were coming from some weird Japanese website. Some kind of fraud. It was using like 90% of my click payments. I disabled Japan and had no problems since. -Be very careful accepting their auto-recommendations. I did all their recommendations and I think it would be bad for a serious company. It adds creepy shit like "watch grandma peeing" and my keywords aren't related to that at all. It also isn't accurate. It says "we estimate you'll get 150 new clicks every day from now for x dollars." and I'll get none or one.

petersouth··on Ask HN: Help me validate my idea
Sometimes I enjoy reading quotes from the quote section of IMDB. Is there a way for all of those to automatically go to an app? Maybe with something like kimonify?
petersouth··on Ask HN: BandMule.com – my side project
pretty sweet website. I was pretty overwhelmed by everything on it at first, but after I took my time I got it.
petersouth··on How to get users? Guide/Tips
Did this thing go to the "ask" section?
petersouth··on Show HN: Crowd Vitae: Quora for résumés
I want to help people and give advice about resumes, but did not want the Linkedin or facebook access register. Can you make a regular signup page or anonymous way to use?
petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Seeing less comments. It appears people are quickly running out of good ideas.
petersouth··on Ask HN: Screenshot Saturday
Can't wait to use this! Thanks for making it!
petersouth··on Amazon’s Shrinking Profit Sets Off a Seismic Shock to Its Shares
Maybe Amazon is just a massive float machine for Bezos. Sorta like insurance companies for Buffet.
petersouth··on I built an application to solve a problem but got nobody to buy it
We spent tons of time and effort making an awesome software program only to realize in the end the users were not computer savvy and would rather do the work in a non-technical way regardless of the benefits.

If any of the sales deal with Government entities there could be a million dumb reasons. I've seen: someone doesn't believe that there much be a catch with something so cheap--decides to buy the thing that costs tens of thousands more instead, manager decides they don't want to process paperwork for a new integration regardless of cost savings, management doesn't want something cloud based so they can "have more control over it" by buying servers, "the sales guy emails me alot, so it's kinda creeping me out", etc...,etc...

I also see alot of times the people making the decisions on technology for organizations (again, Government) are the people who don't even own computers at home and don't have even a basic fundamental understanding of the concepts of what they are dealing with. If the IT departments are brought it, it's more of a yes/no we can/cannot support whatever it is you are presenting rather than that sucks or this is smart. Actually, some of the stuff IT was suggesting boggled my mind too. It seemed like they were very against using anything internet based...

petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
you try the Yahoo answers homework helper? The questions in the algebra & geometry math section were getting answered within a couple mins. I'd have to race to answer them or someone would get them before me. Were you thinking primary school stuff or college?
petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Would this have the same motion detector as the soap dispensers or maybe out-door motion lights?
petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
They have this for twitter. It's sorta like viglinks
petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
I had an errand service and a lady would pay me to get her groceries every week. I think I charged $10/hr. She would also give me a stack of coupon items to pick up. Her way of rationalizing the expense was that the coupon savings was usually more than she paid me. I would buy all the crap and she'd just write me a check for that amount plus my fee.
petersouth··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
my bathtub is like 1" lower than the rim of my toilet
petersouth··on Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car
Nah, I went in on an advertised special defined price on one and even had a TrueCar listing in hand another time. They made up a bunch of mumbo-jumbo that the cars they had aren't exactly like what they advertise. After I said ok to a price, I still had to wait around for hours with wife and two young children to finalize all the paperwork and get the car prepped. Wanted to stab myself in the eye from frustrationand swore I'd never buy new again. It appears there is still a wide space between the negotiated price and driving away.

I think TrueCar is mostly for newer cars, but is it possible they apply the same method to used cars in the future and try to take money off your increased price? Do you think

petersouth··on Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car
In addition, could you make a service where I can go into a new car dealership and buy a car in five minutes with financing. I just bought two brand new cars in the last six months and had to wait around for hours and leave dealerships after calling them up before I even left my house and telling them I want to buy x car at x price at x time of the day and they agree, but when I get there it's a nightmare.
petersouth··on Free Startup Ideas
I have a niche dating site that has had about 9 girls for every guy consistently for years. I thought the problem would logically take care of itself, but here is a real counterexample. As a guy with limited ladies-man skills, it still boggles my mind to this day.
petersouth··on Ask HN: How much do you make from Adsense?
AdSense for Content Last Month May 16,982 183 1.08% $0.71 $7.66 $130.12

Swing $30 in off season and $300/month season now for regular website. Basically one small banner ad. Spent 0 on advertising, but took time marketing until this year (Still on free Adword credit $1.00/day - maybe 5-10% traffic).

petersouth··on Google Launches Mobile Backend Starter, Cloud Backend For Android Apps
Will this simplify App building enough to where a novice could build it now?
petersouth··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
I dunno, maybe collectibles or lawn-mowing.
petersouth··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
God, I hope "Sell HN" sticks...
petersouth··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
What is a ballpark on something like this? Do I need tens of thousands or millions?
petersouth··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
Is this something that a novice nube like me can manipulate into a different subject contracting site? Also could it easy be copied into dozens of other websites with little technical savvy?
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