Article Archive for January 2009
Almost as soon as I published my “I guess iStockphoto is Going Mainstream” article, Google AdSense started running iStockphoto ads. Amazing.
It shows just how good Google AdSense is (literally seconds after publishing the article) …
I get plenty of email spam… but Gmail does an admirable job making sure most of it doesn’t hit my inbox.
My new annoyance is, for lack of better terminology, “web 2.0 spam”. My inbox is …
On Super Bowl weekend, ESPN was able to sell its homepage with two massive rich-media Star Trek advertisements… you know, the new iMax move that comes out May 8th, 2009.
On a weekend when ESPN …
iStockphoto is doesn’t get much attention. It is rarely discussed on the big Web 2.0 blogs. It somehow is never included with other ‘hot’ companies like Digg, Twitter, Pandora, Wordpress, etc… despite having a large …
We have three computers in our household: one desktop and two laptops. Right now, I’m on my desktop with two wide-screen monitors. Every inch of real estate is covered in applications…. all web-based:
- Gtalk and …
Widgetbox has released the Blidget Pro product: the next generation of our successful Blidget tool. Also worth noting, it is our first subscription-based service ($3.99 / mo or $29.99 / year).
The Blidget Pro is …
You can already take InGameNow on the go with our iPhone Apps and Google Talk / AOL Instant Messanger integration. Now you can take InGameNow directly to your website with our new live sports scores …
As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions series, I said that Amazon should acquire or merge with eBay and/or Netflix (read the Netflix article here).
Let me first state my obvious biases: I love Amazon …
One of the benefits of contextual, online ad systems is the automation. Add Google AdSense once to your template and you’re set.
Of course, without being editorialized, there is always potential for conflicting or misplaced ads… …
This weekend, I spent time experimenting with Pligg and have Rankible.com to show for it… and while it’s not much yet (!), it’s already revealed quite a lot about Google AdSense. Yesterday I wrote about …
Quietly, it appears that Google AdSense’s rich media inventory is growing nicely… even despite the economic climate which has many online advertisers scaling down.
I don’t have any hard data to prove the point – …
I’ve written before that 2009 will be the year of the Netbook. As consumers get more accustomed to surfing the web on their cell phones, using online services (like Google Docs) and doing it on …
