Comments on: Ask the readers: If you could drop 100M users onto any site, what would you build? http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/ Essays on viral marketing, freemium, and social gaming Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:25:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sex Toys http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-1357 Sex Toys Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:46:35 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-1357 great post thanks! great post thanks!

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]]> By: Rob Sandie http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Rob Sandie Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:48:47 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-362 <p><a href="http://www.yougotrickrolled.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.yougotrickrolled.com/</a></p> <p>Maybe it wouldn't be long-term profitable, but it sure would be funny.</p> http://www.yougotrickrolled.com/

Maybe it wouldn’t be long-term profitable, but it sure would be funny.

]]> By: justinkadima http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-361 justinkadima Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:14:47 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-361 <p>a general e-commerce portal with multiple and diverse categories to target the most of the audience.</p> a general e-commerce portal with multiple and diverse categories to target the most of the audience.

]]> By: Bubba http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Bubba Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:01:55 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-360 <p>I'd drop'em on an all new search engine that was relevant and fast - super horzitonal! Why?</p> <p>One of the top things google has going for it is that people are trained to go to it. Honestly, the other search engines out there are solid and can win new users if people tried them. Of course this hasn't been totally proven true by recent massive ad spends that have not changed query share in a meaningful way...but hey, it's still worth a shot.</p> <p>Plus, even if I lost a ton of users, the data on which searches were done and what typical sessions looked like would give me massive insights that could tell me other products / services I should build.</p> <p>Finally, search ad rates / rev share are good. </p> <p>Real good. </p> I’d drop’em on an all new search engine that was relevant and fast – super horzitonal! Why?

One of the top things google has going for it is that people are trained to go to it. Honestly, the other search engines out there are solid and can win new users if people tried them. Of course this hasn’t been totally proven true by recent massive ad spends that have not changed query share in a meaningful way…but hey, it’s still worth a shot.

Plus, even if I lost a ton of users, the data on which searches were done and what typical sessions looked like would give me massive insights that could tell me other products / services I should build.

Finally, search ad rates / rev share are good.

Real good.

]]> By: spanky http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-359 spanky Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:12:23 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-359 <p>Build a 3D social network around the following interests (from your list below):<br /> * Fashion<br /> * Knitting<br /> * Board games<br /> * NASCAR<br /> * Kittens<br /> And extract at least $1 per user by:<br /> * selling virtual goods related to fashion<br /> * make & sell virtual goods - the knitters out there<br /> * selling flash games in 3D rooms<br /> * selling virtual cars<br /> * selling furry virtual goods</p> <p>And there's already one doing that today, and it's not SL...</p> Build a 3D social network around the following interests (from your list below):
* Fashion
* Knitting
* Board games
* NASCAR
* Kittens
And extract at least $1 per user by:
* selling virtual goods related to fashion
* make & sell virtual goods – the knitters out there
* selling flash games in 3D rooms
* selling virtual cars
* selling furry virtual goods

And there’s already one doing that today, and it’s not SL…

]]> By: Andres http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Andres Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:24:38 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-358 <p>A page full of AdSense. Maybe all the visitors will never come back, but at least I would make a lot of money in one day.</p> A page full of AdSense. Maybe all the visitors will never come back, but at least I would make a lot of money in one day.

]]> By: P. Franks http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-357 P. Franks Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:03:18 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-357 <p>the real questions are "what are people really interested in?" and "what can give me big money?" and "what thing is in both answers?"<br /> answer: sex, obviously.<br /> i'd build a huge porn site. all kind of sex and all kind of services: a video streamer, a contacts service (or, even better, an adult oriented social network), downloads, a sex toys store, adult industry news, webcams, maybe a sexual tourism agency... all in one, and, unlike most porn sites, with a nice elegant and clean design.<br /> sure it will lost a lot of people, but still it'll be enormously worthy</p> the real questions are “what are people really interested in?” and “what can give me big money?” and “what thing is in both answers?”
answer: sex, obviously.
i’d build a huge porn site. all kind of sex and all kind of services: a video streamer, a contacts service (or, even better, an adult oriented social network), downloads, a sex toys store, adult industry news, webcams, maybe a sexual tourism agency… all in one, and, unlike most porn sites, with a nice elegant and clean design.
sure it will lost a lot of people, but still it’ll be enormously worthy

]]> By: Iker http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Iker Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:48:05 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-356 <p>I would sell it to another person or organisation who had the money to buy it (lot of money) and a dream/idea to accomplish ;-)</p> I would sell it to another person or organisation who had the money to buy it (lot of money) and a dream/idea to accomplish ;-)

]]> By: G M http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-355 G M Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:36:12 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-355 <p>A semantic wiki preloaded with basic information about a broadly popular topic, like TV. The semantic bit is important. I'm just now learning about some of the efforts to extend MediaWiki in this direction, efforts that will make MediaWiki-based sites FAR more useful in the future.</p> <p>If it was just about money, though, probably something named WhoaTube that was solely for Xtreme videos. :P</p> A semantic wiki preloaded with basic information about a broadly popular topic, like TV. The semantic bit is important. I’m just now learning about some of the efforts to extend MediaWiki in this direction, efforts that will make MediaWiki-based sites FAR more useful in the future.

If it was just about money, though, probably something named WhoaTube that was solely for Xtreme videos. :P

]]> By: noah http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-354 noah Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:16:15 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-354 <p>simple. whatever vertical has the highest $ / user. maybe a travel engine..</p> simple. whatever vertical has the highest $ / user. maybe a travel engine..

]]> By: isayusay http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-353 isayusay Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:00:48 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-353 <p>Everything in one place on the Internet with easy access from cell phones: I can easily connect to my friends with ecards, invites, slideshows and polls, talk to them when they are online or text them with pre-typed messages, use the mobile coupons while I’m at the checkout counters, look up the recipes while I’m making dinners, browse celebrity hairstyles while I’m getting my hair done, etc. In other words, the users will be always connected, informed, and entertained.</p> Everything in one place on the Internet with easy access from cell phones: I can easily connect to my friends with ecards, invites, slideshows and polls, talk to them when they are online or text them with pre-typed messages, use the mobile coupons while I’m at the checkout counters, look up the recipes while I’m making dinners, browse celebrity hairstyles while I’m getting my hair done, etc. In other words, the users will be always connected, informed, and entertained.

]]> By: j http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-352 j Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:49:58 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-352 <p>If the goal is to make money then I don't know.<br /> If the goal is to make meaning and help make the world a better place then I would say wait until it's in beta.</p> If the goal is to make money then I don’t know.
If the goal is to make meaning and help make the world a better place then I would say wait until it’s in beta.

]]> By: Mauricior http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Mauricior Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:20:42 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-351 <p>My biography and a lot of pictures. </p> <p>I always wanted to be famous (:</p> My biography and a lot of pictures.

I always wanted to be famous (:

]]> By: Jonathan Mendez http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Jonathan Mendez Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:06:08 +0000 http://andrewchenblog.com/2008/02/22/ask-the-readers-if-you-could-drop-100m-users-onto-any-site-what-would-you-build/#comment-350 <p>A coupon affiliate site - who doesn't want to save money?</p> <p>Immediate monetization<br /> Immediate segmentation by affinity</p> <p>Lots to build off from that starting point</p> A coupon affiliate site – who doesn’t want to save money?

Immediate monetization
Immediate segmentation by affinity

Lots to build off from that starting point

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