| In this article, I'm going to tell you how you can come | | | | Ta-da! |
| up with your own ideas for web sites, ideas, that, if you | | | | At the time of it's creation, what CraigsList did was |
| can realize them, have good potential for success. I'll | | | | aggregate online classifieds that, at that time, usually |
| also give you a few examples of where it worked so | | | | charged a fee, and made them free. Ta-Da! |
| you'll know I'm not pulling your leg. | | | | These are just three examples of sites that hit it big by |
| Despite what you might think, web site ideas are | | | | taking an idea that was already firmly entrenched in |
| notoriously easy to come up with, and here's the | | | | the landscape and adding or changing one small thing. |
| secret: | | | | No doubt there are countless websites out there that |
| Start with a web site you already like but is missing | | | | started by mimicking the functionality of another site |
| one thing you wish it had. Now go build that site! | | | | with something simple added. With the way the web is |
| Easy, huh? Well, the idea part is anyway..... | | | | exploding, one of the best ways to leverage this |
| Here's a few big examples: | | | | method is to find a site that currently charges what it |
| The Digg founder was a SlashDot user, but didn't like | | | | offers and build a version that does the some thing, |
| the fact that only approved editors could submit links. | | | | only for free. |
| So he built a site where ANYONE could submit links. | | | | What are some of your favorite sites? What do you |
| This guy had used various match-making web sites | | | | wish they did that they don't? Now... why aren't you |
| and had gotten tired of paying for a membership. So | | | | building it? |
| he built PlentyOfFish, a dating site that was totally free. | | | | |