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Life & fun · June 25, 2013

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Make your AngularJS, EmberJS, or BackboneJS website crawlable by Google

http://www.BromBone.com I posted “Tell HN: My Web App has 13 Users” 3 months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5386966). Over time, it grew to 150 (free) users, but retention was pretty much zero. I was trying to cast a wide net and offer a generic “headless browser as a service”. It turned out I had make a service that was a little helpful to many people, but didn't really solve anyone's problem completely. I finally took the advise offered in that thread. I focused on a problem I understood, and solved it completely instead of just offering a helpful tool.…

Make your AngularJS, EmberJS, or BackboneJS website crawlable by Google launched on June 25, 2013 with 13 votes, #78 of 476 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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BromBone is a service that makes JavaScript-based websites crawlable by Google for search engine indexing. It solves the problem of search engines struggling to index AngularJS, EmberJS, or BackboneJS applications by providing a complete solution alternative to running headless browsers. The service is designed for developers who need their JavaScript-driven websites to be properly indexed without managing complex infrastructure themselves.

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http://www.BromBone.com I posted “Tell HN: My Web App has 13 Users” 3 months ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5386966). Over time, it grew to 150 (free) users, but retention was pretty much zero. I was trying to cast a wide net and offer a generic “headless browser as a service”. It…

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