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Re:Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make "s... by THEM on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @11:12AM (#2359720)
So I assume that your third attempt based on "becoming their competitor or improving upon" strategy.

If so, how difficult was it (or how long did it take) to get organic traffic/customers through google, etc. Since I would think your competitors were more "established" in the pagerank, seo etc.

Basically, I'm just wondering how hard is it to get traction against entrenched players. Even if your product were superior, you still need to draw traffic to sell and prove it.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you working on any side projects that make "s... by dangero on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:36PM (#2360105)
It actually happened immediately. I only have one real competitor, and my product is superior, and I still haven't overtaken them. That's part of what I learned from this. They were making enough that if I just took 5% of their income I could still make a lot of money. Sometimes being #2 is OK.
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