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Extra, Extra, Google Expands Print Ads
Google will attempt to breathe life into the dying newspaper world as it expands a Print Ads initiative to more than 15^2…
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Will AOL Charge More Now?
Nielsen/Netratings has just started ranking Web brands. It does this by measuring “engagement” by total minutes spent with the brand and unique audience. Brands that had a large unique audience spending a long time engaged had the highest score. AOL came in first, followed by Yahoo!, then MSN/Windows Live, with Google coming in fifth.
Google Goofs Up “Bourne,” Threadless Contests?
Google’s “Bourne Ultimatum” and Threadless t-shirt contests both looked like fun - and potentially rewarding - activities, but they’ve (so far) failed to impress. The Bourne site is suffering from a number of technical problems; the Threadless competition appears to have outlawed a perfectly natural course of action.
Things To Remember When You Research Blogging
Forgive me. I err on the side of art. That means I don't like formulas much. Formulas give us over-saturation of reality shows, twisted versions of pure originals, and Spice Girl reunions. While I understand that making the intangible tangible can be valuable, the true visionaries pay no attention to how you're supposed to do it.
Google-less Sharogle May Go On
Imagine if Google paid $1 for every search you performed - pretty cool, right? Now, Sharogle couldn’t afford nearly that rate, but it was, by all accounts, “a search engine that shares its revenue with users.” Emphasis on “was” - Google pulled its ads from the site, and Sharogle now faces an uncertain future.
Redfin Real Estate Site Lands $12 Million
Redfin is an “online brokerage for residential real estate,” and, if you read the company’s website, it was actually the first one. It’s probably also the richest - Redfin just received $12 million in financing.
