Web 3.0 and Monster

We have already discussed the online job industry and have reviewed CareerBuilder. Here, we take a look at Monster’s offerings from Web 3.0 perspective. Monster, founded by Jeff Taylor in 1994, was the first online job search site. It pioneered the idea of having public resume database and job search agents. Monster has 18 million

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Is Google Monetizing YouTube?

Now that it has been a few months since Google bought YouTube, we can look at how it is benefiting from it. Comscore data for March 2007 seems promising. YouTube’s popularity has made Google the most frequented site for streaming videos. Out of 57.4 million unique visitors who played video clips on Google, almost 53.5

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Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 9)

René shares some recent Incubator success stories. As the Incubator matures, the number of these stories is undoubtedly going to increase. SM: I know you have only been going for five months so far, but do you have any success stories you can share with us? RB: In the past few months a number of

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Rolling up an Online Ad Agency Powerhouse: AKQA CEO Tom Bedecarre (Part 3)

After spending some time in New York, Tom moved back to San Francisco with an itch for the technology industry. SM: Where was your J Walter Thompson job located? TB: It was based out of San Francisco. I had just gotten married and my wife and I moved back to San Francisco in 1984. As

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Online Display Advertising Rocks

First Quarter U.S. Internet Display Ad spending hit $2.7 billion–a 16.7% increase over the same period last year, acc. to TNS Media Intelligence. There are some very interesting statistics from this report:

Salesforce.com’s Incubator: René Bonvanie (Part 8)

Here we finally see how the Incubator does indeed assist companies with obtaining their original customer base, and they do so in a very effective manner. SM: There is nothing wrong in that motivation to try to expand the pie. It is absolutely the right motivation to have. RB: I think the most difficult skill

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Rolling up an Online Ad Agency Powerhouse: AKQA CEO Tom Bedecarre (Part 2)

SM: What was your expertise in the agency world? TB: I was an account executive. I had both a packaged goods start in the business but quickly got an opportunity to work on some technology accounts. I worked on the Polaroid business as they were getting into magnetic media, selling video tapes and compact disks

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Web 3.0 and CareerBuilder

CareerBuilder founded in 1995, is owned by Gannett, Tribune, and McClatchy. It is a job site where users can search or post jobs and resumes, gather information about companies and seek career related advice from experts. The site has 400 million monthly page views and over 21 million monthly unique visitors. The site averages more

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