A website is a collection of related static and/or dynamic web content containing pages, images, videos or other multimedia assets accessible via an Internet address.
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How did stackoverflow become a success when most of its predecessors/clones are not?
There are hundreds of stackoverflow clones, but none as successful as the original.
What is the secret behind the huge success it has got?
Is it the initial pool of developers who answered the ...
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How to do marketing for a shopping comparison site like shopzilla?
Google Adwords or any other?
A website like shopzilla.com, how to do marketing ?
by the way , anyone know how does shopzilla do the marketing?
thanks.
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Finding an appropriate website investor
If somebody has a website idea and make the website successfully (not on paper) and the local market is good (idea succeed) but he cannot extend the market because of management, finance and marketing ...
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How can valuation of a company be measured based on page views?
I was wondering, if a site has lets say 1 million page views per month, how much does that make it worth?
Similarly, for signed up users, lets say, a thousand signed up users - how much does that ...
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Crowdsourced logo and web design work. Recent experiences? Site you'd recommend?
I'm at a fairly established startup, and we need our logo and look/feel overhauled. I'm thinking about using a crowdsourced design site, along the lines of 99designs. Lots of similar sites now exist. ...
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Using a consulting development company vs Building your own team
Our team has a huge 7 digit venture capitalist funding and we want to make a web service that we get money on every time people use it. The software does not depend on us coming out with more ...
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Business website founder mugshots
On many business websites, the "about us" tab has some photos of senior staff together with short biographies.
This question is about those photos. What makes a good founder mugshot? What does ...
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How to target multiple areas from your website
I run a software company and that means in theory any software-project is something we could do... in practice not quite but still the range is very wide. However simply advertising online as a ...
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Do I need an LLC for a website that makes money from ads?
I was looking for some important startup advice for something I am trying to start. I am creating a financial planning/informational website with a buddy. The only way we are going to make any money ...
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I don't think I need funding, should I shop around anyway?
I'm making what I guess you'd call a website startup, at it's current state, I can do all the developing myself and I have a design coming along from my partner. Overheads will never exceed the cost ...
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What can I do to optimize B2B sales conversions on my website?
I just redesigned my website and it's cluttered with information but it's all information I feel necessary to include so I think I need a second opinion.
What should I change about my website to make ...
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Tapping into China with a social website
I have the personal understanding, the ability to restructure my site so it is appealing to the Chinese audience and enough expat Chinese friends to test the hell out of my startup website.
What I ...
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Protecting a website idea
Feel free to redirect me if there's a forum this would be better suited for, I'm still unfamiliar with the functions of the different forums.
I'm going to begin a project soon that requires a lot of ...
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kickstarter alternatives for non US startups?
I've recently been looking into getting funding for my startup (we're building a web-based social platform). I've looked into www.kickstarter.com and it looks pretty cool however it is only open to US ...
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What are some good ways to bring in people to create an online “community”?
I know this has little to do with software start up companies. But throughout school and research I've concluded most startups have to go through the same things. I'm working on an event group that ...
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How can I make my site more social / involved for posters?
I've just created a new site which allows users to post content around their local area and any activities.
As it has just been launched there is not much in the way of content for those people who ...
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I got a grant for my idea but now want to go out on my own. How will investors perceive this?
I applied for a grant to create a website that will 'save the world'. The grant-giving organization gave me a choice: take the grant which would fund the first two months (hiring a web developer), ...
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Web 2.0 marketing strategy tips that is not about SEO
Every single website marketing strategy tips that I find on the Internet virtually all talk about some sort of SEO technique.
Yes, SEO is important, we know this already. Now, has anyone actually ...
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Group Buy Business Startup Tips
Is there anyone that has experience with some groopon like applications (clones) and would like to share with me their experience?. I am just a programmer and I don't have much experience with ...
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Where Does B2B Web Traffic for High Dollar Value Products/Services Typically Come From?
I am participating in the design of a web site for a B2B (enterprise software) vendor, whose offering has an initial buy-in in the low 5 digits and above.
We have identified three types of ...
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User generated site responsibility
Who is responsible for content posted by a user on the Web? The site owner or users themselves?
For example, who is guilty if one person insults somebody else using his blog or talk-back? The person ...
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What Can a New Website Offer in Return for Cash?
I've built a new developer website and have found some companies willing to discuss some sort of partnership. These are companies that sell products that would normally be advertised on sites like ...
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Starting a new webcomic in a few days
I'm putting together a webcomic and am considering taking down the construction page in the next couple of days and going live (the site is finished). I just have a few questions regarding a startup ...
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Is it better to pay more up front for a custom coded website, or go with open source CMS?
Is it better to pay more up front for a custom coded website, or go with open source CMS, which is a much more economical alternative.
Specifically for this bootstrapped micro startup, there is one ...
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Login with Google or Facebook on a B2B website - visitor perception
Reducing the barriers to using a website is often a key goal for an eCommerce business.
One way of reducing the barrier to the whole 'register/sign up' process and the subsequent
'logging in with yet ...
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I have a site and a company. How do I actually put the site as owned by this company?
Essentially, a site is just something independent that lives on the Web. How do I actually associate that site as being protected under legal liability of my LLC company?
Does it just happen ...
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Register domain in your name?
Do you generally register your website domain name under your first and last name or under your business name?
What is the best way to do this?
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Show competitors prices on e-commerce site, legal issues?
I am starting an ecommerce site selling electronics in the UK. I belive I can compete with price against others in this field, and was considering have a 'price compare' table on the product pages ...
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using website stats as metrics
I've been running a small open-source software project for number of years, and a couple years ago I started saving website statistics. Here is a sample:
April 2011 -- 26426 page views
April 2010 ...
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Why would someone write captchas all day?
A while ago i was surfing around the internet and i found this site: captchatrader.com. I don't understand why would someone pay for people to solve captchas.
What is the reason? What do they get ...
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transferring ownership of a website from one corporation to another
suppose I own two corporations...one is incorporated in delaware and another one incorporated in cayman islands
suppose the website is currently owned by the cayman islands corporation and the ...
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Websites for helping choose a company name? [closed]
I found this very cool site that I thought I'd share with the community (I'm not affiliated with them)!
http://www.panabee.com/
It helps you word play and create fun domain names... but it hasn't ...
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How to redirect to another website with tracking?
Our website promotes a web-based application that's actually on another site (in the ebay.com apps center). When someone hits the "sign up" button on our website, it implements a redirect as it takes ...
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How can I find a catchy name for my startup?
I'm working on a social web startup related to location tracking and check-ins. What would be the best way to get suggestions from people for the website name?
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Paypal vs Online payment systems
I've been googling and googling, but can't seem to find a clear answer.
I'm pondering on just using paypal payment system (which is really simple and fast) on my site or using on site payment ...
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How to get adoption for my widget?
I am working on a widget that shows a story of a hike on a google map.
What I am wondering is - other than asking people one by one, how do I get outdoor bloggers to use my widget on their sites?
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What are the key factors of a product launch strategy for an e-book?
I'm about to finish writing an e-book that will introduce children to programming. I'm at the point where I'm thinking through the elements of launching a site and marketing the ebook.
As I've ...
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Pricing ADs ( BuySellAds )
My startup got approved for the BuySellAds program. I setup ad-space on my website on 3rd April. I got two advertisers on 7th April. The ad-space is getting 70k ( according to the BSA algorithm ) ...
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Is it a real pain? Should I spend a couple of month of my time on it?
I always hear that a good idea is to solve people's pain. Here I have one:
Pain: When I really want to talk
to some one. His/her phone is always
busy/no answer/please leave message
... etc. So I ...
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How do travel meta-search engines work?
I am a member of a travel startup and would like to include a travel meta-search on the website. However, I would like for it to function similar to Kayak's engine (referral only).
How would one ...
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website still active although supplier and trading office cancelled agreement
How can one legally make a company remove the website due to false representation. The domain belongs to the trading company as well as the company name. But the supplier has terminated the ...
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e-commerce store using wordpress
I am considering setting up a e-commerce store for a friend's retailing shop. What I am interested in is a solution that is easy to maintain in terms of administration (insert new products, new ...
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How much is this site worth?
I own a site that on which I "practiced" SEO. It isn't a real business. I only make money from it by putting Google AdSense and right now it makes just under $100 per month and growing, although I ...
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In what ways I should/ can protect my rights before divulging my business idea or related information to anyone?
I am in the process of creating a web based start-up which is about a web-portal/application.
In what ways I should/ can protect my rights before divulging my business idea or related information to ...
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Cost Analysis for hosting up a web application
I am in the process of planning a venture related to a social web application targeted towards a very specific user group.
I need your help to do cost analysis of hosting my web application (on the ...
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How to structure the multi-layered(?) blog of a startup
So, this is likely more of an "information architecture" sort of a question... but I admit, in the last 20years of internet revolution, I've been on the frontier of pretty much every new wave... ...
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How can I reduce the costs of deployment of my web application on the servers?
I am a Java Web Application Developer. I have an idea for a web application project that I am working on.
I personally believe that this web app has potential to become a widely popular website, (if ...
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potential big website.. not yet live.. how to stay in the lead?
I have developed a website that i am convinced can be an asset to anyone. It's a refreshing idea and i have already copyrighted it. I'm graduating this year, since i'm finished with school.. i will ...
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How to find the correct keywords for your product?
I understand the marketing basics on keywords and the use of tools like Google Insight, Keyword traffic estimator, and others.
My concern comes from a product that people usually don't search for. ...
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Anyone know of any live chat solutions that integrate w/ Google Talk or other IM platforms?
My site currently uses Volusion live chat but honestly, it sucks, since I need to run the tool and sit in front of it all day long. I'd like something more mobile where I can respond to chat inquiries ...
