I built an app that allows me to monitor website content for keywords and keyword combinations via their rss feed. http://www.feed-alert.com<p>The idea was to create a tool that you could use to monitor job websites for job posts with certain keywords and, so far, it works really well. It can be used in any capacity, but that was what I personally built it for.<p>Do you think it has potential to be a viable product for the public? If so, any advice on how to get it to market?<p>I'm mostly curious if I should put more time into it or just start on my next side project.
I'll observe that while general purpose alternatives exist, the fact that you were unaware of their applicability to the job search domain suggests that there may be a business opportunity.<p>To put it another way, the problem to be solved is not technical, but the logistical one of connecting a particular market to a technology. AirBnB didn't invent empty room technology or real estate listing websites. They just connected the two.<p>The challenge of executing your idea isn't reading RSS feeds, it's monetizing what is read by packaging and distributing it in a way which generates revenue. That's a much harder problem.
There are tons of tons for that sort of thing already though. FeedDemon is the first thing that I think of that does exactly what you said. Google Alerts can be even broader. Is there something you are suggesting that is different from the above? If so, sorry but I think I missed it.
the problem is user aquisition costs. Let's assume $3 to get someone to sign up and 1 out 10 to use it on a regular basis. How do you recoup the money. I guess you could ad ads to the email. it's not so wizbang cool that you can get free press for it. It doesn't seem real viral. It feels more like a feature of a bigger product to me. like RSS-> twitter, twitter->RSS, RSS->text, etc. and you'll still have a montization problem.