Ad-Based Sites and Content Networks

Content Networks are the primary source of revenue for most Ad-Based sites. Measuring to optimize revenue from these sources is an interesting set of problems - but even more interesting are cases where a site blends revenue from multiple sources. Most common among these are sites that sell banner ads directly as well as Content-Network placements.

Sour Grapes MySpace Suit Dismissed

What people by and large were calling a "sour grapes" lawsuit by self-proclaimed MySpace founder and Intermix board member Brad Greenspan against News Corp., was fully dismissed by a Superior Court judge on Monday.

A List of Amazon S3 Backup Tools

In an effort to replace my home backup server with Amazon's S3, I've been collecting a list of Amazon S3 compatible backup tools to look at.

The Butchering of the English Language

George Orwell was a great writer. I recently came across a cool paper he wrote in 1946 titled Politics and the English Language. In it he stated that most bad writing typically has the following two signatures: staleness of imagery lack of precision He believed that it is the job of every writer to try to maintain (and improve upon) the clarity of language

Google Click-to-Call Post A Fake

The post on the Official Google blog has vanished, which likely means the purported breakup of Google and eBay's click to call deal probably has not disappeared.