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Another CGM Contest Spews Forth
This one I actually like. In fact, it’s the first CGM contest I’ve seen in a long while that seems to have a halfway decent reason for existing.…
W3C Selling PageRank Or Thanking Supporters?
Nathan Weinberg linked to a post by Emad Fanous who notes that the W3C is selling PageRank 9 and PR7 links. You…
Business.com Adds Nofollow To Many Links
Threadwatch reports that Business.com has added the nofollow attribute, a method of telling search engines not to count particular links as a…
The Congdon Affair
Some personal media brands build slowly and steadily, both in terms of audience and ad revenue, and eventually, after years of toil,…
More Money into Interactive Marketing
A couple of financings making news today may have some impact on the interactive marketing space. Kontera, which I wrote about here…
Sheraton Make Room for CGM
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts is adding CGM to their Web site. The chain is patting themselves on the back for being “the…
Google Checkout: Check Out of Commercial E-Mail
“Control commercial spam” is a Google Checkout value proposition. “You can keep your email address confidential, and easily turn off unwanted emails…
FeedBurner CEO, Dick Costolo, Interviewed By Business 2.0 Magazine
CNN Money has an Business 2.0 interview with Dick Costolo, FeedBurner’s CEO. The article discusses the challenge FeedBurner had raising capital for…
Massive Heads East
Massive is heading east, way east. The in-game advertising network has joined forces with online entertainment and game tech company Webzen to…
The Wrong Way to Grow An E-Mail List
After confirming a dinner reservation, the hostess requested my e-mail address “for our mailing list.” While complying would certainly qualify as an…
Mind-Blowing/Expanding AdverGame
Boy, is this thing hyper-cute, not to mention insane. The game takes forever to load, and the promotional links don’t work, presumably…
Candidate Creates Special Video for E-Mail
The Internet enables political advertisers unprecedented abilities to get their messages out quickly and unencumbered by media interpretation. And while political candidates…
Technorati Betting: New Link Bait Idea
Omar emailed me that he has posted a Technorati Blog Betting competition. Basically, you bet as much as you like, on the…
Jambo Tests Radio Pay-Per-Call Ads
Jambo is testing pay-per-call ads in the radio environment, buying up remnant spots from a newish reverse auction firm called Bid4Spots. Business…
Yahoo E-Mail – Send Verification
Although this has apparently been around for a few months, I hardly ever use my Yahoo e-mail account, so it was news…
Review This Shoe
Who’s not getting into CGM? Shoes.com is encouraging customers to review shoes with a weekly $250 gift certificate offer. Get ready for…
American Apparel in Second Life: Driving Gamers to the Web Site
I just spoke with Wes Keltner of The Ad Option, the firm that brokered American Apparrel’s much blogged integration with Second Life.…
More Stats & Features From Google Sitemaps
The Inside Google Sitemaps Blog announced more features and statistics added to the Google Sitemaps product. The features mainly include additional statistics,…
The Search & Branding Tug-Of-War, Again
“Cannes Lions Diary: Search under scrutiny” from the Financial Times at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival covers what we’ve seen before, traditional…
I Could See a Payday for Craigslist Users
This Saturday’s Wall Street Journal featured an intriguing piece about Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster as told from the first person perspective of…
Do You Consider ‘Engagement’ a Dirty Word?
At ClickZ’s Online Video Advertising Forum, the word “engagement” hasn’t been mentioned without something along the lines of “forgive me for using…
Big.com Gets Ask Results, Toolbar
I mentioned how useful Big.com was back in October, making it easy for those with low vision to see things more clearly…
SEO for All the News That’s Fit to Search
The New York Times has one of the most popular news web sites, but until this year that was largely because of…
Volvo On the Online Hunt With New Contest
In partnership with Disney’s upcoming “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” Volvo Cars is unveiling an online treasure hunt for an…
Digital Branding is on Acid
Ornament and psychedelia are major themes in contemporary digital animation. The following are all relatively new creations, two of them from apparel…
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