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In this final installment of our In Search Of: API Metrics series exploring the top three most commonly reported API metrics, we take a look at how companies measure and report Total API Call Volume Activity . So far, our series has focused on evaluating the performance of API platforms and programs by distinguishing between metrics that measure bigger versus better.
In Search of: API Metrics - Total API Call Volume Activity | Mashery Blog
Once you’ve decided to build and distribute an API , how do you persuade developers to use it?
HOW TO: Get Devs to Use Your Company's API
Should Your API Be Free or Pay-to-Play?
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here . In our ongoing series on APIs , we’ve covered whether to offer an API and how to get people using it .
A few successful websites were built almost entirely through viral growth.
chris dixon's blog / Good bizdev cannibalizes itself
There’s a difference, however, between responding to inquiries versus begging for the first 1, 2 … 10 sites to use your web service. Twitter, Facebook, Google and Yelp need an API because they can’t respond to the market fast enough for people seeking access … here self-serve makes a whole lot of sense because the value of these services are well understood and it cuts out expensive teams of sales, business development, account/client management, professional services, etc. However, what happens if you believe you have an amazing service, data, content or technology but nobody really knows about it?
Cannibalize Business Development by Popularizing your API - Shaival Shah's Blog
API Business Models – How to choose the right one for you | 3scale API Management Solution
Business Strategy to drive the API
With Instapaper’s growing popularity, many services began integrating with Instapaper to store articles for later reading. Originally, Arment offered a simple API to allow apps to quickly send apps to a user’s Instapaper account.
Instapaper and the Concept of Monetizing Your API
How to Make Money With Your API
This guest post comes from Daniel Jacobson , Director of Application Development for NPR . Daniel leads NPR’s content management solutions, is the creator of the NPR API and is a frequent contributor to the Inside NPR.org blog . One of the questions that I am most frequently asked regarding content APIs is “how can I make money with my API?”