Update: Calacanis has upped the ante, saying "My new offer to Twitter: $500,000 for three years for @questions as a suggested user in the sign-up process." He also talks about how this could be the next Super Bowl Ad, and explains his reasoning for making the offer in the first place.
“Featured” App Status Not Free At MySpace
Here’s a funny thing: if you visit the MySpace Apps page with AdBlock Plus enabled, the "Featured Applications" section appears entirely blank. And as it turns out, developers are indeed paying to show up in those spots.
Yahoo Offering Local Featured Listings
For a $29.95 flat monthly rate, businesses can set up a top-of-page listing in Yahoo Local, but limited availability means an interested business may want to act quickly.
Increasing Revenue with Your Website: The Featured Link Revolution
Since the birth and popularity increase of the Internet, advertising has become a booming industry. Throughout the past few years, more and more types of advertisements have begun in an attempt to make online advertising more effective: cost effective for advertisers and sufficient revenue sources for publishers. Banner ads, newsletter ads, pop-ups, pop-unders, and many other forms of advertising have been tried. Making Flash banners hasn’t improved the click through percentages either. What is going to be more effective? Featured Links are going to become the new frontrunner in the online advertising industry.