Comments on: Copying your way to…. success? http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/ unstructured. thoughts. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dulan http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Dulan Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:31:53 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-82 UPDATE: <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2005/11/a_million_dolla.html">Seth says it</a> a lot better than I do. UPDATE:

Seth says it a lot better than I do.

]]> By: Dulan http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Dulan Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:27:55 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-81 <blockquote>Clarify please, why would anyone want to buy pixels?</blockquote> Advertising. Just like people spending on banner ads on websites, or like people spending money on billboard. As long as there is a likelihood of people seeing their ad on your space, people will pay for it. What Alex has done is given the advertisers a massive opportunity to advertise for a low low price of just USD 1 minimum. The resulting publicity for the site attracts visitors. So what do visitors who come to the homepage see? A whole load of ads. What else can they do? They click on one or two to see where they lead. That's what the advertiser wants. This is where Alex has come up with the most amazing idea - getting people to actually come to a homepage just to see the ads!

Clarify please, why would anyone want to buy pixels?

Advertising. Just like people spending on banner ads on websites, or like people spending money on billboard.

As long as there is a likelihood of people seeing their ad on your space, people will pay for it. What Alex has done is given the advertisers a massive opportunity to advertise for a low low price of just USD 1 minimum. The resulting publicity for the site attracts visitors.

So what do visitors who come to the homepage see? A whole load of ads.

What else can they do? They click on one or two to see where they lead.

That’s what the advertiser wants.

This is where Alex has come up with the most amazing idea – getting people to actually come to a homepage just to see the ads!

]]> By: Prudential http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Prudential Sat, 29 Oct 2005 13:42:29 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-76 Clarify please, why would anyone want to buy pixels? Clarify please, why would anyone want to buy pixels?

]]> By: Dasitha http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Dasitha Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:30:50 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-75 wow so many typos.. my apologies :) wow so many typos..
my apologies :)

]]> By: Dasitha http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Dasitha Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:29:58 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-74 R&D for free certainly works .. although its not fair in my opinion... but i have a sinking feeling that no one cares anyway.. Dulan .. interesting stuff about the pixel sales... machang thats crazy..... all the credit to the inventor.. but when thinsg go on like this...whole structured will break down... but then again maybe there always was a certain percentage of a population who are not ...following the norms... adios R&D for free certainly works ..
although its not fair in my opinion… but i have a sinking feeling that no one cares anyway..

Dulan .. interesting stuff about the pixel sales… machang thats crazy….. all the credit to the inventor.. but when thinsg go on like this…whole structured will break down…
but then again maybe there always was a certain percentage of a population who are not …following the norms…

adios

]]> By: drac http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-73 drac Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:51:51 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-73 I'd mumble something about first mover advantage and so on - but the general idea is that anyone who comes up with an <i>idea</i> first <strike>will</strike> should profit from it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be quite as clearcut when it comes to products, which is why the first name to make it into some market rarely seems to be the most popular. Let your competitor do the R&D, sink in their cash on a risky product and move in only if it pays off. R&D for free :) Anyone remember the <a href="http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2005/10/the_big_sellout.html" rel="nofollow">face tattoo bids on ebay</a> ? I thought that was ... an interesting way to make some cash. I’d mumble something about first mover advantage and so on – but the general idea is that anyone who comes up with an idea first will should profit from it.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be quite as clearcut when it comes to products, which is why the first name to make it into some market rarely seems to be the most popular. Let your competitor do the R&D, sink in their cash on a risky product and move in only if it pays off. R&D for free :)

Anyone remember the face tattoo bids on ebay ? I thought that was … an interesting way to make some cash.

]]> By: Prabhath http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Prabhath Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:20:12 +0000 http://nisadas.com/journal/2005/10/copying-your-way-to-success/#comment-72 <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/article/copy-great-designers-steal" rel="nofollow">Good Designers Copy; Great Designers Steal</a> ;-) On a similar note: <blockquote>Good programmers know What to write. Excellent programmers know What to rewrite.</blockquote> - Eric S. Raymond Good Designers Copy; Great Designers Steal ;-)

On a similar note:

Good programmers know What to write. Excellent programmers know What to rewrite.

- Eric S. Raymond

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