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Dating Service

This is the last of some old posts I recently found that were written several years ago.

Originally posted Mar 9, 2006

Although there are hundreds of dating services available already, most are not up to the expectations of their users. MySpace has moved into the lead because of it’s focus on community interaction. Plus it doesn’t cost users anything to create a profile, their own page and interact with others openly.

If you want to get a dating service off the ground in this highly competetive time, it must be free, encourage open interaction with other users, allow users freedom of expression, and generate cash flow through other means than charging the users.

The name of your dating service will have to be catchy, 2 – 3 syllables, incite curiosity, be easily spelled and memorable. Take a look at the top 10 websites in the world. Not only do they offer great services, the domain names all have certain commonalities.

1 – They are either 2 or 3 syllables

2 – They all have less than 10 characters

3 – They are easy to remember

4 – They are easy spell

This brings me back to an earlier idea I had written about, which would allow people to post, as well as search for words by syllables. See my post titled Syllable Words for more information.

My next thoughts are leaning towards a jobs site. More on that later.

Update Feb 6, 2011 – What I find interesting in reading this old post is that, once again I had nailed the core concepts that are prevalent in today’s top social media websites. If only I had been more persistent in flushing out these concepts. Well, maybe I’ll just look down the road a few years and see if I can catch some more emerging trends before they become mainstream.

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By Andrew Hall
February 9, 2011

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Syllable Words

This is the third post I recently found which was written years ago.

Originally posted Feb 15, 2006:

I recently had another brainstorm that I want to share with everyone. Syllable Words.

The concept is based on Wikipedia where community members can add to, edit or dispute the content published within the website. If you’re not familiar with Wikipedia visit the website and find out more about it. This innovative website is what the future of the Internet will look like.

Back to Syllable Words. I don’t know how many people think like I do when it comes to this but I thought it would be a great idea to have a community where anyone who visits can add their two-cents into the mix by simply adding a word and categorizing it by the number of syllables in that word.

The website of course would appropriatley be named syllablewords.com which as of this writing is still available for registration. Anyone interested in securing this domain can visit VegasDomains.net and register the domain if they like.

Members who wish to contribute must create an account in order to deter spammers and some members would be elligible for moderator status in order to help in maintaining the website and provide minor support for visitors.

This idea is completely open for anyone who would like to take a crack at it, or if you just want to expand on the idea for someone else please leave your comments for others to read.

If you do implement the idea, I’d really like to hear about it.

Thanks for reading.

Update Feb 5, 2011 – Facebook, Twitter and most other popular social networking sites were not even around when I wrote this. Looking back this was a pretty goofy idea, however at it’s root was definitely what is considered today a “social networking” site.

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By Andrew Hall
February 8, 2011

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World War One Research

This is the second of several blog posts I wrote years ago, which I’ve decided to republish. Some will include follow up comments, such as this one and others will just be reposted in their original form for your entertainment. Hope you enjoy.

Originally posted Feb 4, 2006

World War One Research

I recently watched the movie Gallipoli based on events that took place during World War one. The movie was excellent and inspired me to learn more about this major world event which is nearing it’s 100th anniversary. As with all major events, there is a ton of information on the topic. Of course my first step was to Google the keywords “world war one” which yielded over a quarter trillion results.

I browsed the first couple sites on the first page and bookmarked one or two (for later reference) then submitted a second search for “the great war”. Strangely most of the websites that came up for this search were the same as from my previous search. So I decided to try a third search, this time with the keywords “war to end all wars”. Well, you might’ve guessed, the results had several sites that were listed in my first two searches.

There are so many articles and resources about search engine optimization and Internet marketing available on the Internet, including my own “Newz from the Studio” that I don’t want to turn this into another SEO article. My intent was to write about my findings on The Great War, but my thoughts took a turn and here I am analyzing the data I compiled from this experience.

My only conclusion, and this may be a week theory since I haven’t bothered to verify my findings with further testing, is that websites that have a large amount of relevant content on a specific topic, and many pages of unique content pertaining to a specific topic will rank well in Google.

I’ll leave it to someone else to prove or disprove this theory. My goal is to provoke thought and entertain your imagination. Take this information for what it is and do with it what you will, and hopefully it will help you further your quest. Good luck and I hope to see you next time.

Follow up (Feb 3, 2011) – apparently my earlier assessment was spot on. Google and other search engines absolutely give higher value to websites that have a large amount of relevant content on a specific topic, and many pages of unique content pertaining to a specific topic will rank well.

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By Andrew Hall
February 7, 2011

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