Ask HN: business guy tries to build a website - qrisper.com
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And I suggest you adding OpenID, Facebook connect, Google friend connect etc. There's a similar service from twitter I guess.
And I suggest you adding OpenID, Facebook connect, Google friend connect etc. There's a similar service from twitter I guess.
Actually had Google Connect...didn't really see the value just yet so I took it out. Added Facebook Connect via Disqus for comments. Still learning OpenID...
The thing with Twitter...you ask for best sushi restaurant in NY, followers will respond. but that information isnt aggregated for future use...theyre one-offs.
I figured, provide a way for people to answer commonly asked questions and collate the data into easily digestible top ten lists.
The thing with Twitter...you ask for best sushi restaurant in NY, followers will respond. but that information isnt aggregated for future use...theyre one-offs.
I figured, provide a way for people to answer commonly asked questions and collate the data into easily digestible top ten lists.
It seems like he meant add the ability to twitter a page from your site. Like a "Tweet this" link.
I do have the addthis button on all of the answer pages...if that's what you mean.
Well for one your background color choice is just horrible
I think he can fix it with help of http://www.colourlovers.com/
Ha! Was wondering how long it'd take for that feedback to come out. I tried a number of different colors...just like the muted yellow for some reason.
Will definitely add a design editor so users can change the bg color.
Will definitely add a design editor so users can change the bg color.
I didn't notice the design editor (or it's absence) in the 4 seconds it took me to close the qrisper tab.
Hey at least you remembered how to spell qrisper!
I'll take what I can get.
Some the the answers have vague or generic names which does not lead to good Google search-ability by itself. Perhaps add the keywords from the question. Also, if the answer is a url, you may want that to be the link itself.
But great job, keep it up!
But great job, keep it up!
Yeah those generic answers could become problematic. However, I'm hoping that unhelpful answers get pushed down as more relevant answers are voted up...that's the assumption anyway.
But great tip about adding keywords from the question to the Google search...will definitely do that.
I'm still playing around with the links for the answers. As you saw, the default is a Google search. I'm also toying with direct links (for urls) as well as affiliate links.
But great tip about adding keywords from the question to the Google search...will definitely do that.
I'm still playing around with the links for the answers. As you saw, the default is a Google search. I'm also toying with direct links (for urls) as well as affiliate links.
As a fellow "business guy" who is an aspiring hacker, I have to ask: how'd you get started?
well, having a younger brother who knew how to code helped. also, in my previous life, i was a product manager developing web products for an investment bank. so i had some experience with design and knew how stuff worked. just never actually coded anything before. so i took an intensive web dev course to build a foundation and have been learning on my own since.
i found that, with so many references and tutorials online, once you have an idea of what you want to build, its just a matter of writing (more often borrowing) some code and tweaking it till the frickin thing works.
it's definitely been frustrating at times. but the payoff - the satisfaction i feel when i solve a problem or make the site behave exactly how i want it to - it's been well worth the effort.
i found that, with so many references and tutorials online, once you have an idea of what you want to build, its just a matter of writing (more often borrowing) some code and tweaking it till the frickin thing works.
it's definitely been frustrating at times. but the payoff - the satisfaction i feel when i solve a problem or make the site behave exactly how i want it to - it's been well worth the effort.
your search is a little broken, neighborhood got me 2 results with new york, and then "neighborhood new york" got me 0 results. you're going to want to push tags i think, you've got "favorite bar" and "best bar", you want either favorite or best. Also i think a tag cloud would be good. i think its a clever idea, and could morph into a popular review site, i think you'll probably need some kinda forum to keep people there.
thanks for the feedback iterationx! i agree that search needs to be fixed...gonna need a little help with that so if anyone wants to volunteer!
interesting point about favorite vs best. i guess you could have two different answers...but i took them to be synonymous. im still playing around with the types of questions and how to best word them...
also played around with tags but thought they cluttered up the site. hoping to rely primarily on one top category and one or two subcategories.
i did have a forum set up at one point but decided instead to go with disqus comments for each top ten list and included a prominent feedback link to initiate open discussions. but ill revisit the idea of a standalone forum...its mostly a matter of do i have the time to moderate...
interesting point about favorite vs best. i guess you could have two different answers...but i took them to be synonymous. im still playing around with the types of questions and how to best word them...
also played around with tags but thought they cluttered up the site. hoping to rely primarily on one top category and one or two subcategories.
i did have a forum set up at one point but decided instead to go with disqus comments for each top ten list and included a prominent feedback link to initiate open discussions. but ill revisit the idea of a standalone forum...its mostly a matter of do i have the time to moderate...
>>one top category and one or two subcategories
categories are really old school like early yahoo...
i guess do you want to find "best fish restaurant madison wisconsin" via the search, or via tags?
i think the 2.0 answer is both...
categories are really old school like early yahoo...
i guess do you want to find "best fish restaurant madison wisconsin" via the search, or via tags?
i think the 2.0 answer is both...
hmmm...i see your point and i definitely need to revisit tags. my db was set up with tags in mind so switching over wouldnt be a problem. looks like ill need to do more testing!
just curious to know if you have a plan to make $$ other than through ads
outside of ads and affiliate marketing, yes i do. that wont matter till i find an audience but a plan exists.
I'm going to guess that the plan involves selling the app once there's a strong audience.
that could be a potential exit...something to dream about i guess. but lets not get ahead of ourselves. this was simply an experiment to see if i could really build a useful app. built - check! useful - TBD.
Would love to get feedback from the HN community. Curious to hear whether or not folks feel qrisper provides a useful service. Tips/comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Jung http://qrisper.com