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Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Nov 26, 2007)

 Aaron Wall has written an excellent guide to SEO for bloggers..  This guy really knows what he’s doing.  I don’t run my blog for revenue but many  folks do sell advertising on their blogs and if you’re one of those people looking to increase traffic then Aaron’s guide is a must read.. Excellent little tidbits in [...]

Sunday Opinion Column: Danno… One Door to the Internet (Nov 26, 2007)

   “”Hi, No one will ever own a 100% of anything on the Internet…unless you, me, and everyone else in the world are nothing more than ‘lambs’…aka…sheep. Lots of really,really,really…smart people here…so I do not think anyone here is a lamb or sheep at heart…far from it. The fact Google owns 63.whatever of search right [...]

2 IP Related Tidbits From Danno (Nov 24, 2007)

 This sh** is not going un-noticed,.. “Senators Push for ‘Serious Scrutiny’ of GoogleClick Deal by FTC” http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2007/11/20/senators-push-for-serious-scrutiny-of-googleclick-deal-by-ftc/?camp=newsletter&src=mv&type=textlink and… Not your everyday UDRP Case. (winner for the good guys) http://www.dnforum.com/f26/sold-dropped-then-udrp-buyer-2-thread-251832.html#post1305753 ***FS***  This is good stuff…  I guess the more the light shines on the importance of online media and paid-search,  the more sensible minds come around [...]

Innovating Distribution Reach and Retail Name Liquidity (Nov 24, 2007)

There are two ways to get liquidity from domain names..  If you have a good search-term style domain with type-in traffic, you can sell that traffic (like owning a cow and selling the milk) or you can sell the name itself (sell the cow). In the final analysis all investors want to know they have [...]

People who make a living in Second Life. (Nov 21, 2007)

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/11/terdiman ***FS***  And you thought ‘you’ were special Mr. and Ms. Domainer..  Well you’re not the only one ‘making bank’ on the web.  Granted these folks are making shorter bank..  but it’s new and growing.  I like it.

CreditCards.com Postpones IPO (Nov 21, 2007)

   CreditCards.com postpones initial public offering The company had expected to raise up to $185 million, cites market conditions as reason for hold. http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/personalfinance/11/20/1120creditcards.html Josh says: Timing is everything.  Can’t help but think that current issues related to credit and the challenges that face the US economy may be affecting this postponement. ***FS*** I agree..  [...]

Rube Goldberg Reinvents the Domain Name (Nov 17, 2007)

http://blog.snipperoo.com/2007/11/death-of-the-do.html   Summary:  A guy who could have bought billions of dollars worth of domain real estate by applying his foresight (but didn’t) now declares “domain names dead” and hypothesizes that we will abandon domain names in favor of Rube Goldberg inspired Universal Search Locators (USLs) which will take over as the foundational elements of the web..  While I could [...]

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Bucks… (Nov 16, 2007)

   My friend Garry Chernoff’s quote in the header relates to the value of an incriminating shot taken on camera phones at bachelor parties and boys night out.  But it’s relevant here… http://www.conceptualist.com:80/?p=722   Sahar is a genius..  He’s going to begin monetizing his blog via advertising placement in the headers..  But what I really liked [...]

You Could See this one Coming… (Nov 15, 2007)

Venture capital meets Reality web tv. http://www.youbethevc.com/ Winners gets funding and support from Google, WPP, GrandCentral, Pownce and Slide, plus others.

VC $ (Nov 15, 2007)

AOL and IAC vets establish  LaunchBox Digital –founded by Julius Genachowski, former chief of business operations at IAC; Sean Greene, founder of The Away Network; and former AOL Chief Technology Officer John McKinley–will offer start-ups up to $1 million in financing. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/launchbox_dc Josh says: “”One thing they’re doing is filling in the lower funding gap, [...]