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Web 3.0 & Yahoo! Travel

Posted on Tuesday, Apr 24th

I have just published an overview of the Online Travel segment. You may want to read that, before reading this review. In this section we will analyze the Yahoo! Travel site based on the Web 3.0 framework. The site provides information on travel destinations, best bargains on hotel and travel fares. It has an attractive

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Travel & Web 3.0: Overview

Posted on Monday, Apr 23rd

Online Travel is one of the top segments that draws over 2% of the Internet traffic and approximately 24% of online advertising dollars, and in this series, we will evaluate the category against the Web 3.0 framework. According to a report published by Hitwise, Online Travel sites accounted for an average of 2.02% of all

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Will Sun Shine Again?

Posted on Friday, Apr 20th

Struggling under the pressure of a vertically integrated business that had become obsolete over the last 7 years since the dotcom bust, Sun Microsystems changed CEO in April 2006. Scott McNealy stepped down after 22 years at the helm. Jonathan Schwartz assumed the chief executive’s responsibilities. In the last 12 months, however, dotcoms have come

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TheFind: LifeStyle Shopping (Part 5)

Posted on Saturday, Apr 7th

[Part 4] TheFind launched relatively recently, and has gained very good traction already. They are also generating some ad revenues at a $5-$10 CPM range via a partnership with Glam Media. Let’s hear more details from Siva. SM: What stage are you at now? SK: Our site has been open to consumers for the last

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Web 3.0 & Personal Finance: Synthesis

Posted on Monday, Apr 2nd

Online advertising spend is expected to be $19.2 billion in 2007 and eMarketer expects the financial services sector to increase its online ad spending by 33.3% in 2007 to $2.4 billion and reach $3.52 billion by 2010. This makes the sector one of the largest advertisers online, and thus validates the compelling case for online

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innerTee: Hybrid Web 3.0

Posted on Friday, Mar 30th

innerTee is a design community and customized apparel service. It offers users the ability to create highly customized screen printed apparel using artwork that has been submitted by members of the innerTee community. It compensates artists for submitted artwork that is approved for use, and promotes their work on the innerTee site, as well as

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Washington Post’s Hidden Jewel

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 28th

The Washington Post Company is a diversified media and education company that publishes newspapers and magazines, and provides electronic information services and educational and career services. The Company publishes popular newspapers including The Washington Post, and magazines (principally Newsweek). The Company owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading provider of educational and career services both in the

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McClatchy: Focusing on Online and Local

Posted on Monday, Mar 26th

The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States. The Company publishes 31 daily newspapers and approximately 50 non-dailies across 29 locations in the United States. The prominent newspapers from the Company include the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer and the Sacramento Bee. McClatchy also owns some

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