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by RBr 16y ago
That makes a lot of sense. However, a home run would be the highest value possible. With an aging service so deeply rooted in an online community (which are inherently fickle), a 2x value price would seem reasonable if not generous. I hav
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by RBr 16y ago
I'm shocked that the Digg board turned down $80 Million. Unless it was an overly complicated deal, that sounds like a lot more then it was / is worth. The real value in Digg was always the unpaid community that powered it. Programming, I.
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by RBr 16y ago
1) Piracy is a very difficult problem to solve and like always, porn is on the forefront of this emerging technology. If there is a solution to it, the internet porn folks are going to find it soon. If they don't find the solution, there
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by RBr 16y ago
If standard IAB banner sizes aren't right for your widget then use text ads. CPM is always the last choice. Regardless of CPM, CPC or heck even CPA, test your traffic using private run of network ads. You'll have complete control over the
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by RBr 16y ago
You would not need to build an ad network. There are a few hungry ad networks out there already that offer text ads and have systems similar to this already in place. The only challenge really is in categorizing the sites where the widget
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by RBr 16y ago
Here's how I'd do it... I'd massage this a bit with some closed alpha testing, etc... but this is the gist: Sell ads and kickback a percentage to the siteowners while working in charity donations to remind folks that you're not evil. Create
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by RBr 16y ago
I guess it comes down to how you think about it... For example: I use a variety of synonyms and phrase combinations when writing copy not to trick SE's but to help people who are searching realize that my content will answer their question
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by RBr 16y ago
There are a fundamental rules and building blocks of SEO. From simple things such as definitions to page rank and beyond, it's important to find a way to grasp the basics. SEOmoz and other online tutorials are a great way to start. Person
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by RBr 16y ago
This is a common, but interesting angle on procrastination. eliminating distractions, time boxing and counting are all valuable elements not only to overcoming procrastination but also to improving the underlying element, motivation. In th
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by RBr 16y ago
I have composed learning materials using almost every Learning Management System available. Your interface is clean and easy to understand. The simple content section on the left along with easy to understand CMS controls are exceptionally
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by RBr 16y ago
This is a brilliantly conceived ad and the problem with online advertising. Since about 2005, I've seen CTR's on ads and online ad values in general decrease significantly. They're not as effective. It's not a big surprise, very quickly,
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by RBr 16y ago
Lawyers are handy - just don't get scammed by one of the shops that specialize in this if you go that route. I'd get a referral from a good accountant to see a good immigration lawyer - those folks all play golf together. As for the "do no
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by RBr 16y ago
1) Are you sure you want to leave Canada? There are a TON of awesome startups with a lot of opportunity in Canada. Maybe you just need to relocate to a hub such as Vancouver, Calgary or Toronto? Also, did you know that the Eastern provin
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by RBr 16y ago
This grain of salt article about A/B testing is smart. Specifically, this is something that I learned too: "Do user testing. Get people in and ask them to use your product. You’re going to get a lot more information a lot faster and have a
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by RBr 16y ago
I think that Ars has done a good job of explaining something that I really didn't think about. Music was an easier sale to content distributors. However, in my mind, the big hurdle that neither Apple nor any of it's competitors have overco
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by RBr 16y ago
I think that this comes down to pirating and p0rn. It is very easy for me to download a TV show automatically using TED, have them automatically identified and queued up in Boxee to watch on my TV. I have an old computer connected to my T
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by RBr 16y ago
"Smart companies — including Rypple — are happily relocating their cosmetics, er, marketing budgets into product development." I don't think that redirecting a marketing budget into product development is a great idea. A unique or revoluti
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by RBr 16y ago
You're right - there is no black-and-white way for me to say "I am this person" in real life. However, when I attend a conference and introduce myself as tktktk and then continually project myself as that person throughout my relationship
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by RBr 16y ago
"Nor do I take much comfort in the thought that Google itself would have to be trusted never to link one’s sober adulthood to one’s wild youth" After a preamble that compares Google to the artificial intelligence described in science fictio
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by RBr 16y ago
Is life about repetition and habits? I think so and I think that's the underlying factor to messages that convey "just start doing it" and almost any other self-help type message out there. Get into a routine, figure out what works, goto
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by RBr 16y ago
For Mahalo, the difference was immediacy. Mahalo had a lot of existing pages that did not provide adequate information. Remember that the vast majority of Mahalo pages were created automatically by a bot or by using outsourced labor that
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by RBr 16y ago
It sure seems like a good fit... Charbeat focuses on real-time analytics while Google delays stats. Adding Chartbeat's real time capabilities would be interesting. I don't know if Google would take the performance hit of Charbeat's code th
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by RBr 16y ago
Chartbeat was uber powerful for Mahalo. I'm not surprised that Jason Calacanis invested in it. Mahalo lives-and-dies in grabbing headline traffic and monopolizing on both short and long-tail trends. Chartbeat shows exactly which pages are
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by RBr 16y ago
Interesting article. I took away these two quotes from the article: "There are no definitive answers to the question of "Why PayPal?" "I think the biggest value is the brain trust and getting advice from people," Sacks said." I think that
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by RBr 16y ago
I found that my productivity went up when I turned the frequency of my e-mail delivery down. Now, it's set at 30 minutes between checks. This way, e-mails pile up a little bit and I can easily filter through them rather then feel like I ne
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by RBr 16y ago
I'm not saying this haphazardly or even negatively. I'm not one to ever jump on the "bash Jason" train because I think that he is a smart guy working hard to figure out how to be successful. However, one of his core strengths is talking.
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by RBr 16y ago
I think that Jason says a lot of stuff to be sensational. He's building an audience of subscribers for his ThisWeekIn network of video podcasts. He's really good at thinking of sensational stuff to say in order to get people to look at wh