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by wanderboy 5828 days ago
My $0.02: I think the concept is interesting, but the domain name makes it hard for me to love the startup. The domain name obviously has nothing to do with your vertical, has no story behind it, and was seemingly chosen only because it's pronounceable.

Likewise, the accompanying logo doesn't provide any insight into what your service does. What does reflected text tell me about your service? What does that odd, semi-rectangular polygon tell me about your service?

I read your FAQ: I don't think you should market it as a search engine, but rather as a social RSS reader. More people will be familiar with using RSS readers to get news than using search engines to do so.

Like I said, I think you created an interesting product, but I wanted to give you some food for thought.

PS Isn't the social news reader market fairly saturated? What, besides billing yourself as "spam-free" (in the FAQ) can you do to differentiate yourself?

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Hi thank you for the input! It is greatly apreciated and I think it is given that we should address your concerns in the FAQ. Twingly actually comes from being a search engine for blogs, now moving into the social news space. You can try the blog search engine here: http://www.twingly.com/search