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It’s About Place (Part 4)
by Cal McElroy, Guest Author I started this series on Local Search by discussing the current state of the technologies, content, and user experience. For Local Search to become a significant business, like paid keyword search, much needs to change. Google dominates the business of keyword search because they started with a great search service…
Web 3.0 & Group Travel: Groople CEO Mike Stacy (Part 5)
SM: Please describe some of your team building experiences. Is your management team complete now? It seems like you’ve had a founder transition, and the company has already burnt a lot of capital. These are indications of problems with the team, normally. MS: Yes, we’ve had some problems, but they were not with Founder transition.
Cracking the Online Video Monetization Nut: Adap.tv CEO Amir Ashkenazi (Part 9)
According to Amir, the learning system is an important aspect which will lead to optimized ad campaigns for content providers. Is it? I’m still very skeptical … SM: I see, so what you are basically doing is trial and error while the learning system figures out effectiveness, and then you push ads out accordingly. AA:
Web 3.0 & the Semantic Web
My definition of Web 3.0 is one of the most popular entry points into this blog. In it, I proposed the vision of a web which becomes increasingly verticalized by “Context”, and the relevant Content, Community and Commerce elements are successfully mashed up “in Context”. I also proposed 2 other elements: Vertical / Contextual Search,
Google Great at Monetizing Crap
I had lunch with the co-founders of an ad network startup on Thursday. I will keep their identities anonymous, but I cannot help quoting one of them, as he put his finger on one of the biggest problems plaguing Google AdSense: It is great at monetizing crap, but offers absolutely no premium for high quality
Expedia: Buyback of Shares
Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE) is the largest online travel content company, headquartered in Bellevue, WA. The Company through its portfolio of well-recognized brands like, Expedia.com, TripAdvisor.com, Hotwire.com, Hotels.com, Expedia Corporate Travel, Classic Vacations® and a range of other US-based and international businesses that provide travel products and services to leisure and corporate travelers. The Company is the
Web 3.0 and Real Estate: Overview
So, you thought realty was all about buying / renting a new house and moving in? Think again. It’s a $3 billion online industry and is said to give a whole new dimension to the property business. In this series, we will evaluate the online real estate category against the Web 3.0 framework. Real estate
Who Should Buy Yahoo? For now, Nobody!
While I suggested 2 years back, that Yahoo and eBay should merge, at the moment, it appears that Yahoo has created a bigger mess than what eBay (or anyone else for that matter) ought to try to clean up on their shareholders’ clock. eBay, on the other hand, for the moment, looks like it has
