3 Traits of Successful Blogs – Focus, Passion & Originality
Someone on LinkedIn just posed this question “How can one make Blogs more enjoyable or What is that you do to maintain the popularity/readership of your blog?“. Here are my thoughts on this, this may not be all that leads to a successful blog, but these are for me pretty essential ingredients: Focus, Passion, and Originality.
Bloggers are Growing Up
Word of mouth is the most powerful advertising that a company can get. It is better than millions of dollars spent on TV ads that few see, or Internet Advertising that people have learned to ignore.
Robert Scoble points out that the PR hacks have been quietly working their way around the personalities of the A and B List bloggers, to get their new shiny app or toy featured on techmeme.
Wal-Mart Warns Sites Not To Leak Black Friday Ads
Wal-Mart is threatening legal action against some Web sites that may release its Black Friday ads in advance.
Dallas Cowboys Return Cowboys.com Domain Name
Last week I spoke about SEO, Search, and Domain Names at the TRAFFIC domain name conference, held in Hollywood, Florida.
MySpace Platform Coming
It looks like they were both right: TechCrunch was right in saying that MySpace was planning a platform to rival Facebook’s; Valleywag was right in saying it won’t premier this week.
Ballmer Embarks On Buying Binge
There have been days, weeks, and months where it seemed like Google was on a never-ending acquisition spree. Now Microsoft seems to have picked up on idea; Steve Ballmer has announced that his corporation will acquire 20 companies per year for the next five years.
Controlling Your (Expanding) Google Sitelinks
Google’s announcing some big changes with their Sitelinks feature.
Google, Hollywood Need To Figure Out Video
Google isn’t the only company that has to determine the best way to protect copyrighted video; the movie and TV studios have to come to grips with a way to let people share content, or forever kill the ability to monetize it online.
Luckily, YouTubers Have ADD
Remember that time somebody tripped you in the cafeteria and you fell face first into your own mashed potatoes? Yeah, well, it’s like that, only bigger.
Brin: TV Ads Are Most Like Online Ones
Video advertising online shares close ties with its more well-known sibling, the television ad, and that’s what will make it a success.