I got spammed by them on a number of occasions. I don't know how they got my address, I sure didn't give it to them.
"Hi [name],
My name is [name] - I'm the community manager at Aardvark. Aardvark is a new social search service that finds the perfect person to answer any question.
We launched our new website (http://vark.com) a few weeks ago. One of our engineers, [name], just wrote a great blog post about how we use AJAX in our new site, and I thought you'd find it interesting.
We periodically send out updates about Aardvark to bloggers and journalists who are interested in what we're up to -- if you'd like, I'm happy to include you on the list.
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Does someone know how did Aardvark got its first 10.000 users? How did it got traction?
I got spammed by them on a number of occasions. I don't know how they got my address, I sure didn't give it to them.
"Hi [name],
My name is [name] - I'm the community manager at Aardvark. Aardvark is a new social search service that finds the perfect person to answer any question.
We launched our new website (http://vark.com) a few weeks ago. One of our engineers, [name], just wrote a great blog post about how we use AJAX in our new site, and I thought you'd find it interesting.
Check it out here: http://blog.vark.com/?p=xxx
We periodically send out updates about Aardvark to bloggers and journalists who are interested in what we're up to -- if you'd like, I'm happy to include you on the list.
Best, [name]"
There is an email address visible in your HN profile, so there's an outside chance it could be through here.
Nah, this was to my personal address.
Do they have 10,000 users? (Genuine question). Quantcast says they get under 2k users a month.
They had 90.000 users in October 2009: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/google-acquires-aardvark-fo...
I'm a regular Aardvark user and I never go to the vark.com website...so it wouldn't surprise me that their Quantcast stats are very low.
ah that would explain it, I guess it's like loopt.com