Is iTunes Singing Its Swan Song?

Houston, We Have Google MLS Listings

With an ongoing lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice in the background, realtors have been under pressure to open their listings so online-only brokers can deliver them to prospective home buyers.

Online Video Market Continues To Grow

The popularity of Internet video is continuing to grow. During 2006 around one third of the US population will have viewed video on the Internet at least monthly. According to a report from eMarketer 60 percent of Internet users view videos on a regular basis. By 2010 they estimate there will be a 20 percent increase for a total of 80 percent of all Internet…

Yahoo Valuation Of Facebook Comes To Light

Not too long ago, there was a lot of hubbub about a possible Yahoo-Facebook deal (which never happened). There were also a lot of questions about how Yahoo perceived the social networking site. A leaked "Ad Revenue Assumptions" sheet has given a glimpse into the company's thought process; it also turns out that the buyout plan was named "Project Fraternity" - draw your own conclusions.

Optimizing Pages for Link or Profit Potential

Each web page can be optimized for conversion or linkability, but few pages are well optimized for both. That is part of why search as a business model works so well. The signals of quality that search engines look for are typically associated with information, not pages that convert well, thus those who have overtly conversion oriented sites and pages have to buy advertising.