Techcrunch just reported that ebay has purchased StumbleUpon for 40-45 million. Why? It seems the consensus is a large ad buy. If thats this case this is horrible, both from an advertiser on Stumble and a user.eBay hasn’t really shown any innovation nor do they improve any of the properties they acquire. Skype, Paypal and [...]
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There are a lot of tools to build keywords, Digital Point, Word Tracker, Overture Keyword Tool, etc. One that doesn’t get much exposure but is very good at keyword development is GoodKeywords. This free downloadable software pulls data from Overture and allows you to do many things with that data that Overture does not provide [...]
Lets start off by saying this post was inspired by an effort to support my favorite music site Pandora. They have come under pressure lately with the RIAA’s push for increased royalties on streaming radio. You can read more about that here. The bottom line is that Pandora and other internet radio stations will no [...]
Apparently Yahoo is conceeding the fact that Hotjobs is NOT the only place to look for jobs. In an ironic twist they are placing ads on Craigslist for job openings within Hotjobs. This wouldn’t typically be news but I thought that it was funny that the self touting Leader in job search was using a [...]
One of the first sites to talk about blogging in the business world has been put up for sale on sitepoint. The asking price for Business Logs is a mere 55k, or you can start bidding at 25k. The site currently pulls in 750 per month in TLA and has much room for improvement on [...]
So it has finally happened. The overture bid tool (a tool to see your competitors bids on Yahoo, see below) has finally bit the dust. This happened sometime yesterday or today. It was a nice tool to see the average worth of a phrase relating to your business. When you now go to that page [...]