network
The Yahoo Publisher Network is having problems, and in an online world where things often resolve themselves in a matter of minutes,…
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.
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 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.
MySpace is still beating Facebook in the UK - News Corp.’s site receives 41 percent more visits. But Facebook has just overtaken the older social network in terms of Internet searches, and this has big implications for the future.
We usually write about companies buying each other, but in this case, Hearst Corporation is going against the trend: it has sold its stake in Local.com.
