Website Questions

Setting up a website is a key step in starting a new business and in today's world, an effective web presence is a vital marketing tool.

1 Votes
4 Answers
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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...

asked May 5 '11 at 02:25
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Sfrj
205 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.31K Views
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...

asked May 5 '11 at 04:23
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Kekito
1,936 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
5.43K Views
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...

asked May 5 '11 at 06:10
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James
123 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.77K Views
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?

asked May 5 '11 at 09:36
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Sk24iam
344 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
3.25K Views
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...

asked May 9 '11 at 13:56
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Genadinik
1,821 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.83K Views
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...

asked Apr 30 '11 at 05:07
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Chris
4,214 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.11K Views
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...

asked Apr 18 '11 at 05:35
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Genadinik
1,821 points

2 Votes
7 Answers
3.39K Views
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...

asked Apr 14 '11 at 10:02
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Ethan
11 points

7 Votes
1 Answers
2.14K Views
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...

asked Apr 17 '11 at 12:01
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Javid Jamae
347 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
4K Views
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...

asked Apr 1 '11 at 00:01
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Aklin81
125 points

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3 Answers
3.45K Views
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...

asked Apr 2 '11 at 02:34
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Aklin81
125 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.42K Views
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...

asked Apr 3 '11 at 14:16
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Genadinik
1,821 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
5.02K Views
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...

asked Apr 4 '11 at 01:08
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Alex G
16 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.56K Views
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...

asked Mar 23 '11 at 10:22
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Geo
268 points

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2 Answers
2.33K Views
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,...

asked Mar 27 '11 at 04:25
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Aklin81
125 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.46K Views
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......

asked Mar 28 '11 at 12:48
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Igorek
886 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.32K Views
Should I createa new site or add as a feature to the existing website?

I currently have a website in which I can add a feature that integrates with Twitter. I can add this as one of the features for a premium plan. Alternately, I can create a brand new website and...

asked Mar 15 '11 at 13:01
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User3462
345 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.69K Views
One-man startup wondering if I should recruit help, and the smart way to go about it

I'm looking to start a website to supplement my day gig. I have the ideas, funds, and skills to do pretty much everything by myself, except for the front-end design. I plan to own the site under my...

asked Mar 22 '11 at 07:20
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User8810
13 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
1.93K Views
How 'bout a combined StackExchange/Wikipedia hybrid solution?

Our start-up site will use a listing of product/service categories. I want our site's community of members to decide what categories/subcategories get added, as well as, other aspects about each...

asked Mar 7 '11 at 01:54
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C. Scott
85 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.62K Views
Will people still use my app if I have an alternative spelling for my domain name?

abcTech.com is already taken and I'm thinking about registering abcTek.com. Sites like de.lic.io.us (I don't even know where to put the dots) still succeeded despite their horrible names (or maybe...

asked Mar 10 '11 at 00:44
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Foxatlarge
11 points