Early this week Google announced third-party display ad tags will now be possible for image ads running through AdSense/AdWords. This should boost CPM rates for publishers as the “qualified” third-parties are likely to be more sophisticated advertisers with larger budgets; the extra volume will help put pressure on ad rates too. Here’s the email they [...]
Hey look, it’s iWon.com and AllAdvantage.com all over again. Maybe. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos must have had lunch. Would I use this? Well, I am not sure. My first thought is to just go to Amazon or somewhere like PriceGrabber. But, I could be trained to use it, if I shop a lot, and [...]
Today’s big news… CBS is buying CNet… becoming the 10th largest internet company (chart). Here is the press release: CBS CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE CNET NETWORKS, INC. CBS to Become a Top Ten U.S. Internet Company with Unparalleled Content and Reach, Boasting Approximately 200 Million Monthly Unique Users Worldwide CNET Networks’ CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, CNET [...]
While image search is better than it was 10 years ago (okay, that’s not saying much), it could certainly be better and applied in more ways. Google has released new information on its image search advances… with a new VisualRank algorithm that parallels PageRank. Read more here. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interactivesalsa.com%2F2008%2F04%2F28%2Fvisualrank-googles-image-search-to-get-better%2F’; addthis_title = ‘VisualRank+%26%238212%3B+Google%26%238217%3Bs+image+search+to+get+better’; addthis_pub = [...]
Time to rant… I can’t count the times I’ve watch a presentation and heard the presenter mention RSS… and follow it by “RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.” And then there is the awkward pause that may or may not be acknowledged – some are probably still thinking “huh?” and others “why do you keep [...]
CBS Interactive is doing it right by setting up an office in Silicon Vally (Menlo Park). This world has changed and Tech plays a big role. Today, people don’t need to start their morning with a newspaper, listen to the radio to/at/from work or watch the evening television newscast; although, most still do out of [...]
Newspaper continues upward, online that is, with 12% growth in web traffic. Another cool number is that 40% of all U.S. web users visited a newspaper website in Q1. Here is more info… addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interactivesalsa.com%2F2008%2F04%2F18%2Fnewspaper-web-traffic-up-12-catching-40-of-web-users%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Newspaper+web+traffic+up+12%25%2C+catching+40%25+of+web+users’; addthis_pub = ”; Sphere: Related Content
We’ve all seen the plethora of reports and headlines about the video ad business over the past few years. The IAB continues their efforts to help us all face the right direction. That’s cool because bumping into awkward ad sizes just isn’t what it once was (hey man, the animated gif eye sore days are [...]
FriendFeed basically builds bridges between your social web accounts (YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc, etc) and allows you to stay connected with friends a bit easier in a world of multiple logins/passwords. Read more here. On a same-same-but-different track is Google’s OpenSocial. Same in that it makes this “multi” world easier, different in that opensocial [...]
AT&T and Vizible have a new browser in beta dubbed Pogo. Instead of repeating what has already been said (and better), I’ll tip the hat and foward you to ars technica… AT&T has opened up a private beta of its new, hyper-visual web browser named Pogo. Yes, you read that right—AT&T is diving into the [...]
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