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by jonknee 4911 days ago
You'd be surprised. I have dealt with a large number of specialized software vendors and very few have websites of any usefulness.

There are a lot of small shops out there selling one of a few packages that everyone in the industry (whatever industry it is) uses and they have been doing it for 20 years. It's a different world. They are frequently making millions selling desktop software that's not very effective and without any marketing budget.
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wilfra 4910 days ago
Can you share any examples? Sounds like a fun weekend project to try to put one of those companies out of business :)
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jonknee 4910 days ago
It's hard since so many don't have websites, but think about blue collar service industris (mechanics, plumbers, car washes, etc). Here's a company that kills it selling web based software to auto glass replacement facilities. It looks like it is out of 1995:

http://www.edirectglass.com/default.htm

That's is about as hip and modern as I have seen.

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