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Faster Forecasting Based on IP
Best Rainy Day Website Ever

Faster Forecasting Based on IP - Best Rainy Day Website Ever
Best Rainy Day Website Ever
Published: Dec 3, 08
Comments: 3
Views: 1,693

Simple question: Is it going to rain? Not tomorrow, not the next five days, right here, right now. No animated fronts, storm warnings, banners, badges, widgets. Just a simple answer to your question: “going to rain?”

Seems this site was just built for fun, and no doubt will evolve into a marketing campaign of some kind. It works by reading the I.P. address of your computer and basing the forecast on where you are. Seems they ignored the colder climes, since there is no “going to snow?” or perhaps the designers figure if you want just a simple answer, you can figure out if it’s cold enough to snow. I predict an overwhelming chance of massive amounts of imitator websites.

References:  superblock.net, goingtorain

Filed In:  internet marketing pop culture publicity stunts science






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Elit Alice on Dec 3, 08  65 Trends   30 Comments
genius!
Elit Alice on Dec 3, 08  65 Trends   30 Comments 0
Jacob Courtade on Feb 5, 09  41 Trends   606 Comments
Just saw this for the first time - it's awesome.
Jacob Courtade on Feb 5, 09  41 Trends   606 Comments 0
Jeremy Gutsche on Feb 6, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments
Really clever.
Jeremy Gutsche on Feb 6, 09  1,655 Trends   2,599 Comments 0

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