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Re:I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programm... by jamiequint on Monday September 24, 2007 @07:31PM (#59168)
Maybe thats true if the idea is "lets make a better search engine" but thats not much of an idea. If the idea is "lets make a better search engine that uses a unique ranking system based on links to estimate the popularity of any given page" then I'd say the idea is worth something.

The probable difference between ConnectU and Facebook? Facebook spammed all of Harvard to get its initial traction, ConnectU didn't.

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Re:I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programm... by jimbokun on Monday September 24, 2007 @11:07PM (#59243)
"If the idea is "lets make a better search engine that uses a unique ranking system based on links to estimate the popularity of any given page" then I'd say the idea is worth something."

Not without a working implementation, no.

"The probable difference between ConnectU and Facebook? Facebook spammed all of Harvard to get its initial traction, ConnectU didn't."

Right. Execution.

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Re:I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programm... by sbraford on Tuesday September 25, 2007 @06:06PM (#59581)
I work with a Harvard guy who has ID in the low 300s on Facebook and also had an account on the early ConnectU.

His exact quote: "ConnectU was nothing like Facebook. It was a total joke."

"Spamming" or not, Facebook executed better.

Also even if another team had the Pagerank idea, they still could've royally blew it. You think Yahoo hasn't studied the algorithm and come up with their own version by now? If it was just the idea then Yahoo would have a search engine competitive to Google by now. (it's getting there but still has a long way to go)

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