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This is quite common for Dish Network. They keep on increasing the price of some additional channel (in my case B4U music) that I have subscribed even if you have 2 year commitment.
Nowdays I just don't read beyond the first few comments. Request to please bring back the upvote count.
At the same time lots of Indian's currently staying in US are migrating back to India. There used to huge difference in earning but the gap is now narrowing down.
I am also counting on it but the rewards Yahoo is providing to the winners is huge and will draw lots of attention.
Posted by
ssing on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @04:38PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Recently I launched http://doosracricket.com and currently working on getting users. It is a prediction site where you can compete with friends or world on cricket. I was counting on World cup 2011 series starting February 19th.Now I see Yahoo cricket is also coming with Predictopus (more sophisticated with huge prizes)Not sure if this is good or bad for my app. Looking forward to HN community...
Not thinking of generating money right now. The main goal is to get the visitor returning on there own without pushing(notification) and ads.
Posted by
ssing on Thursday January 06, 2011 @01:30PM
from the ask-hn dept.
It has been 1 month since I released http://doosracricket.com/ and wanted to check how is my app doing?In 30 days there were
331 Visits,200 Unique Visitors, (this includes approx 100 HN users when
I posted for feedback)1,124 Pageviews32 users (signups)18 Facebook FansExpenses: $25 on Facebook ads and server cost.Any suggestions will be very helpful. Thanks
Sorry it was a mistake on my part. I saw that I was missing the word private before the contest. Will address it.
Thanks the encouraging feedback. Will work on fixing the UI.
Thanks for the feedback.
You don't have to register to join the contest. The idea was to show a preview of the contest before joining, hence those extra clicks.
On your "Start a Contest" page, why don't you add Flags of countries which one can drag and drop to make a match.
I think you meant "Start a Private Contest". This feature will help you create only instance of the current contest for your private network. You cannot add or delete matches.
I am from India but currently in Portland, US. In the past I used to skip office to watch cricket match. Now I mostly follow it through cricinfo.
Cricket has also evolved. Now they have 20-20 which is fast and less time consuming. Also, test matches (5 day match) has more results than in the past.
Thanks for detail insight. Will keep me busy during the holidays.
Integration with Facebook is definitely in pipeline.
Was thinking of rewarding the winners but wasn't sure if it would be legal. Had asked HN few days back and currently it is on hold. The discussion is at
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2017757
Please try it out. I created a "Test Contest for HN users"
I just checked it again. Looks ok to me. Any one control in particular.
Any one else seeing the same issue.
Thanks. Agreed on the design that it needs improvement. Could you please elaborate little more. Might be able to fix few.
Will replace the Facebook box with a button.
Posted by
ssing on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @01:20PM
from the ask-hn dept.
The website is for cricket fans.http://doosracricket.com/For reviewing this app, consider it similar to Baseball.
More details at: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
Yes. I have mentioned it one of the comment. See below
Below is the extract from Google Code In Contest.
4. ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open to individual students who are at least thirteen (13) years of age and no older than eighteen (18) years of age on November 22, 2010 who are currently enrolled in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program, and who have agreed to these Rules (“Participants”). You must demonstrate the consent of a parent or legal guardian in order to be eligible to receive any prizes as well as written proof of age and proof of enrollment in a pre-university, high school or secondary school program. The Contest is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Myanmar (Burma), or to other individuals restricted by U.S. export controls and sanctions, and is void in any other nation, state, or province where prohibited or restricted by U.S. or local law. Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders of (1) Google, (2) participating Open Source Organizations, (3) the parent companies, affiliates and subsidiaries of either Google or any participating Open Source Organization, and members of their immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they reside, and/or those living in the same household of each) are ineligible to participate in the Contest. You must have access to the Internet and either have or sign up for a free Google Account in order to enter.
http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gci_program/goog...
Will I be covered if I add similar text on the Eligibility page/section on my app. Is there anything else that I need to consider.
Thanks for the detail insight.
Could you please elaborate why you consider it gambling or betting. All I am doing is picking the obvious winner from the participants and rewarding him for his expertise. Also I am not charging any money for participation. I am just trying to get more information to make the decision.
It is hosted in US and winners could be outside the country. Either way it seems scary. May be just dump this feature. But again there are mixed responses.
The rewards is only for predicting the outcomes of the matches. But heard from friends that you need to check the legal aspect of it. Got concerned and wanted to double check and get HN user's feedback.
Posted by
ssing on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:03PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I am starting a website where users predict individual match outcomes. I am thinking of rewarding them with a gift certificate. Is it legal. Any insight will be very helpful.
Thanks. Actually the winner may be in different countries
Posted by
ssing on Thursday December 16, 2010 @08:02PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I am starting a website where users predict individual match outcomes. I am thinking of rewarding them with a gift certificate. Is it legal. Any insight will be very helpful.