picasso81 | 13 years ago | on: A/B Testing the Effect of Sender Race on Email Response Rates
Ha! If only it was that easy. What a funny misconception.
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picasso81 | 13 years ago | on: AirBnb's new site design
You're right, increasing engagement is a goal here. Regarding your feedback, under the Wish List button is the location, map, and 'Book it' link. All three take you to the listing. Keep the feedback coming.
picasso81 | 13 years ago | on: AirBnb's new site design
Where are people getting silverlight from? There's no silverlight on the site.
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: Airbnb UX Wins and Losses
"but rather does a search for everything."
We're fixing this.
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: AirBnB lost half of the traffic in 5 months
So did Kayak and every other travel site.
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/kayak.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/expedia.com/
It's seasonality and it happens every year.
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: YCNYC: A lost opportunity
Does anyone realize the size of the NYC crowd was larger than Startup School - which takes places in the heart of Silicon Valley? Last night was standing room only. I left thinking the NYC scene was thirsty for an event such as YCNYC. If you left complaining, I think you showed up with the wrong frame of mind. I met some fantastic people, and really enjoyed presenting. Props to PG and Co. for bringing a community together.
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: Even without face recognition, Google's reverse image search can find you
Airbnb allows users to remove their public listings/profiles from search engines. Under profile, go to the Privacy tab: http://cl.ly/452M0b0V1c2w0F1p1Z1i
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: Community votes on new trust features, we build them.
Random. I swapped out the image on the blog post so there is no confusion.
picasso81 | 14 years ago | on: Community votes on new trust features, we build them.
The complete list, idea submission field, and voting mechanism, can be found here: http://www.airbnb.com/safety#feedback. Look forward to seeing your submissions. -Joe
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Y Combinator: Dinner, Advice & Comaraderie - The Airbnb Blog
In the photo it looks like our classmates from Foodoro, Adioso, Wattvision, Echodio, Jobpic, and a dating site.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Airbnb Has Arrived: Raising Mega-Round at a $1 Billion+ Valuation
I can confirm this is the original blog post via Core77.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Lockitron (YC S09) Lets You Unlock Your Door With Your Phone
This app is brilliant! Congrats guys.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Subject: Airbnb
We earned PG's recommendation by working really, really hard.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: How not to design a landing page: Tazo Tea
A company's web site is a reflection of their brand (start up or not). This is a poor reflection. Being a food product / brick and mortar entity does not get you off the hook.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Airbnb (YC W09) launched an iPhone app
Yes, we had about 2 years of research under our belts from using the site :) I just posted a little bit about our process here: http://www.quora.com/Airbnb/Who-designed-the-Airbnb-iPhone-a...
Other platforms are also very interesting to us, and we saw this as a good first step into the mobile space.
I'm also a host (www.airbnb.com/rooms/12157) and know what it's like to manage a listing on the go. The app includes a first round of features that we feel will make hosting easier, including messaging, guest scheduling, and instant push notifications.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: 3 Steps to Happiness
I'm sorry you feel that way. The fire is usually out at that point.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: AirBnb (YC W09): Europe Without Hotels
People on Airbnb with these concerns charge a refundable security deposit (which the site does allow).
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: NY hotels trying to outlaw short-term home sublets (i.e. AirBnB)
Airbnb didn't invent vacation rentals or sublets. VRBO/Homeaway and Craigslist, the dominant players in the space, have been doing this for years. You bring up good bullet points but if they were real issues, Homeaway probably wouldn't be the $1B company it is today. This is nothing more than hotel lobby groups pushing a bill through their pockets. Occupancy rates are recovering from an all time low (as in lowest in 40 years) and they see cutting off vacation rentals as a strategy for improvement. Mayor Bloomberg even thanks the Hotel lobby groups in his press release http://bit.ly/9iNt3Q. Separately, there seems to be a misconception that Airbnb is hands off with taxes, when in fact hosts who meet the appropriate income standards are issued a 1099 form.
Over time, a city like NY will most likely see a drop in tourism if (a) if the vacation rental industry is removed from the playing field, and (b) hotel prices stay the same (or go back up to 2007 standards). There is a large class of travelers who cannot afford NYC on $300/night rates, and will likely still travel, but choose to spend their money elsewhere.
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.
There is a HN group on Airbnb. www.airbnb.com/groups/hackernews/page/members
picasso81 | 15 years ago | on: Nomadic: Zipcar for apartments, for people who only need the Internet to work.
Have you seen this? http://www.airbnb.com/groups/coworking
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