What we’re seeing on the Internet right now is a major upheaval of business models, a revolution that’s going to be viciously fought from both sides, by the newbies disrupting everything, and the old-world powers very upset at how the newbies are breaking down what were lucrative barriers for them.
Facebook Wanted To Buy German Site Before Suing
Before Facebook sued the German social networking site StudiVZ last month for copying its "look and feel," it had been in talks to purchase the site.A former StudiVZ executive says Facebook had been negotiating for months to buy the social network.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Customers
The purpose of marketing has always been clear—to facilitate customer acquisition—but one of the most important things that a marketer can do is help his or her company learn more about its customers. Who are they? What do they read? What do they search for? What do they shop for? And what’s the maximum we’re willing to pay to acquire their business? There was a time when very little of this was really knowable.
Press Pause: Google Wanted To Get Sued?
Programmer Michi Kono has an interesting theory. When Google bought YouTube, all anybody could talk about was the inevitable legal hassle the video-sharing site would face. And sure enough, Viacom slapped them with a $1 billion lawsuit. Kono says that’s exactly what Google wanted.
Plan A was to buy YouTube and hope nobody said anything. Plan B was to get sued and settle this copyright issue once and for all.
Wii Tops iPod For Most Wanted Christmas Gadget
A glut of web searches for the Nintendo Wii has made it the most desirable gadget for Christmas, surpassing the perennial iPod for the top spot. To emphasize this point, the Wii was launched in the UK last week and it sold all 50000 of the available consoles in 12 hours, making the sale rate for the Wii at 1 console sold per second.
Wanted: An Un-Screwy Shopping Cart
The scenario: A limited budget and more limited knowledge of coding and SEO make choosing a shopping cart software for a website a frustrating task. If you have no idea what I’m talking about then you needn’t read the rest of this article. Enjoy your customizable open source build from the ground up world. If this is your predicament, welcome to the club and read on.
Wanted: One Enterprise Applications Blogger
I was talking to Alorie Gilbert from CNet yesterday about the relationship between bloggers and journalists.
Wanted: A Dictionary-Perfect Leader
Answers are often before our very eyes or in front of our noses – particularly if we read the American Heritage Dictionary!
What is Your Website’s Most Wanted Response?
You spend time and money promoting your website; but what do you want to achieve (apart from more page views)? Is it more sales of Blue Widgets? Is it more subscribers on your mailing list? To be exact, what is your site’s Most Wanted Response?