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Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by pramodbiligiri on Friday August 03, 2007 @05:40PM (#39149)
Wow, nice idea and executed excellently. One week? I gather you are a webdev in your day job then? XHTML Strict, jquery etc...

A couple of suggestions: For about 20 secs I couldn't figure out what this site was. Maybe a helpful tagline close to the logo? The vertical list of arenas next to the videos jerks a bit as I hover. A little unsettling. Some extra margin or padding for those boxes should fix it.

Try some viral angle - "Tell a Friend" or something. Maybe a Gabbly box to chat with anyone else who is on at the same time.

Best of luck. I hope you don't get porned.

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Saturday August 04, 2007 @08:57AM (#39297)
thank you for your time and suggestions. yes, i was a webdev in my day job before i quit

you're right - some tagline should be fine.. any ideas?

for viral angle: i plan to make generated code for embeding arena into a web site

gabbly looks interesting, i didn't see it before. thanks for information

cheers

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by pramodbiligiri on Saturday August 04, 2007 @06:53PM (#39407)
I just read about <a href="http://madkast.com">MadKast</a> on TechCrunch..you should definitely look at that to put a "Share this" widget! :) It's beautiful.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by codeLullaby on Friday August 03, 2007 @06:09PM (#39158)
Nice concept, nice design. Great job vuknje.

But there is a bug in there. If you click multiple times fast enough(or if the same arena is opened in multiple tabs before i start voting ), it accepts each click as a valid vote.

Do not depend on UI components/client side script for validation.

And in UI, it says "New Arenas (1 - 10) " although it shows only 1-3 (/new.php)

Hope this helps. All the best vuknje.

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Saturday August 04, 2007 @09:03AM (#39299)
thanks for feedback!

i fixed a bug you've found.

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by ed on Saturday August 04, 2007 @06:59PM (#39411)
Just a thought: do the winners in each category bubble up to the top? It'd be cool to try and "challenge the #1 spot" with your own video.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by jaed on Friday August 03, 2007 @10:15PM (#39218)
Feature request: Please change the UI so it doesn't look so Web 2.Oh :-)

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Saturday August 04, 2007 @09:09AM (#39300)
hmm.. but it would take me an additional week.. it's too much time in a web2.0 world ;) btw, your site (altruistiq.com) looks awesome.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by Lockheed on Friday August 03, 2007 @01:51PM (#39078)
Honestly, it looks GREAT! and it works great! I love the concept. Kind of HotOrNot+Video mashup. Sweet.

[get rid of that "sexy " stuff. Look at dailymotion.com .Now they are working hard to get rid of the porn content.Reason, they didnt care about it in the beginning ]

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:32PM (#39106)
Thank you for your feedback. Hmm.. there is a difference between "sexy" and "porn".. but, maybe you're right..
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by ed on Saturday August 04, 2007 @06:52PM (#39406)
Eh, wait until traffic builds a bit before you clean up your act. Porn often makes for great seed content, so long as you don't let it erode your brand.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by rchambers on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:35PM (#39112)
Nice layout. Easy to use. Good Luck!
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:48PM (#39124)
Thanks!
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by mattrandle on Friday August 03, 2007 @02:41PM (#39089)
Its fantastic & very entertaining.

A true testament to what can be achieved with skill, knowledge, and an idea.

Well done.

Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:35PM (#39110)
Thanks, dude.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by luccastera on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:38PM (#39116)
vuknje, there is a typo on the url in your profile info. fyi.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:43PM (#39120)
thanks - i fixed it.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by iamwil on Sunday August 05, 2007 @12:33PM (#39586)
btw, myyearbook.com has implemented something similar. At least your site doesn't give me motion sickness.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by sgraham on Saturday August 04, 2007 @03:33AM (#39269)
I see no way to vote. (FF2)
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by sabat on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:17PM (#39101)
I like the idea a lot. I have no idea how you vote for a clip, though. You should make that dead obvious.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:30PM (#39105)
There are big green "vote" buttons under each video. They disappear if you have voted, and result is shown.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by sabat on Friday August 03, 2007 @05:07PM (#39140)
It's weird. Adblock seemed to be blocking them. No idea what filter I wrote that would have done that.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by sabat on Friday August 03, 2007 @07:15PM (#39175)
OK, it's not adblock. There are now no voting buttons I can find anywhere on the site, either on the home page, or on arena pages. I tried in Firefox (2) and in IE (7).
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Saturday August 04, 2007 @08:01AM (#39282)
I've found a bug. It should work now.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by aarontait on Friday August 03, 2007 @02:22PM (#39085)
Looks gorgeous. Where's the business model? You can't have a business without a way for it to make money.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by sabat on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:17PM (#39099)
All you need is a regular audience of visitors and you can make money. Take PlentyOfFish.com for instance. Revenues of more then $5 million per year, all ad-driven.
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by steve on Saturday August 04, 2007 @03:40PM (#39375)
Adsense has been terrible for me every time I tried it. What's the typical per user return that you guys see?
Re:My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. W... by vuknje on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:47PM (#39123)
I'll put some ads for now. At this moment, I have no business model. I guess time will show what's best to do