I"m surprised at the wages, a decent developer in Australia will cost $100k+ alone.
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This post may shed some light: https://twitter.com/Quan/status/388165409469243392
Indeed, this isn't our only product :) But certainly we believe there's room in this space to do things better.
Few differences (we also have a lot of respect for RF, those guys have a great product):
- Verified actions, we verify via API's that users actually complete an entry. You can just bypass this on RF (something I'm sure they're working on).
- API, you can create completely custom entry types on Gleam. Put our API code on your shopping cart, or email signup form & activate an entry. Useful for things like "Add 5 products to your wishlist for an entry, or leave a review for an entry".
- More social network coverage (Instagram, YouTube/Soundcloud)
- More ways to install than just embedding on the page
I hear you on the backend demo :) Our frontend is all AngularJS, however the backend isn't. We plan to have a visual drag/drop builder once we do that.
We have most networks integrated from an entry perspective, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest (No API currently), SoundCloud & YouTube. We've got Tumblr coming then adding based on demand.
Our Facebook tab solution is 90% completed, we're just testing it currently. Install to Facebook will be in the free plan, on Pro you'll be able to customise the tab/gate images :)
Co-founder here, I replied to you about oauth.
Integration with ESP's is critical to marketers, as someone mentioned below the key reason people run competitions is to drive sales/engagement with followup. Especially for Ecom.
There's a blog post going up in the next few days from Chris at Vero on this very topic :)
Some of my apps are back, but some are still missing. Anyone in a similar boat?
We're working on a solution to allow merchants to get users to unlock coupon codes directly on their site (without having to go via an affiliate).
Seeing stellar results so far with plenty of feedback for improvement (we're in beta). If anyone is interested in helping us test the concept further, hit me up!
Typo on the homepage:
Spruce up exisintg documents.
Not really a good start for a copy editing business....
ServerBear does everything the OP is already trying to do:
http://serverbear.com/237-small-amazon-web-services#benchmar...
Sorry but I don't buy it.
You're telling me these links don't look paid to you (and this is an example of just the first page):
http://www.webhostingsearch.com/web-tools.php - Spammy footer link
http://jack-fx.com/ - Spammy blog roll links
http://www.helpdesk2000.org/ - More spammy blog links
http://www.chat-software.org/ - Spammy footer links
http://www.cloudcomputing-providers.com/ - Spam network links in blog posts
Guessing you guys will need to whip out the disavow tool to get out of this one. These are exactly the types of links that Penguin is going after - anchor text rich & not editorial.
These guys seem to have no problem with manipulating the search results will hundreds of thousands of paid links:
https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/backlinks/subdomains/jitbit...
So it's really no surprise that Google's latest Penguin rollout has hurt them.
Sad to see it blamed on authorship.
I wasted way too much time over at Discworld MUD, also one I I used to play called Realms of the Dragon just shut down today after 21 years (RIP).