Search Wikia
December 29, 2006 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
Wikipedia may be getting in on the search engine act with a stinging critique of current technologoy as “…lack of freedom, lack of community, lack of accountability, lack of transparency.”
Looks like Search may be about to get an overhaul by replacing the computer based infrastructure of engines now with a much more interactive and human aspect. It’s not available yet, but I’m looking forward to a new entrant to the market.
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
December 29, 2006 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
The Atlantic Monthly | February 1982Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign by Edward Jay Epstein
This is an interesting article: it really underlines (or is it undermines?) the idea that a diamond is as valuable as gold. In fact, the whole diamond trade is a manipulation… Read and enjoy!
Payperpost: can it juice its Performancing even more?
December 29, 2006 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
Payperpost recently had a major announcement about its company. Payperpost is involved in blog advertising and has recently had a string of successes, including $3 million investment in its future.
The latest news is that it has picked up the major assets of Performancing.com: including the metrics technology, the classified ads system, plus one or two other assets. Ted Murphy, PPP’s CEO, commented that the technology tracking system would “allow us to provide real data about a blogger’s traffic and what’s being clicked on on their blog.” But PPP did not purchase the advertising system that Performancing.com recently tested.
(Woops! I was finished writing this when I hit post. After I came back, nearly 70 words had DISAPPEARED: ed. I don’t quite know why… So I’ll have to rewrite the rest as I remember it)
So what do I think? Well, I think it’s quite exciting that PPP is considering strategic acquisition to bolt on the necessary extensions. The metrics technology would really help bloggers in PPP to take advantage of the stats, as well as the advertisers would get a far better idea of which blogs/posts/bloggers attract more readers. This could be very good for individual bloggers payments.
I wonder why they didn’t buy the ad system. I think that that opportunity could have provided an extra revenue stream for PPP. They would be able to bundle posts with ads in the system across a variety of blogs for the advertisers. Opportunity lost, I think.
I’m intrigued though by the Performancing Exchange. I never joined that, so I had a look. It could be quite a dynamic environment from which to attract new bloggers for PPP, except that the frequency of posting on that exchange was quite minimal. I was looking at postings from way back in October on the first page. Mmm.
So I think Ted kind of got a mixed bag of goodies… Still, time will tell if that is the case.
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December 28, 2006 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
Good Blogs: Dividend Guy Blog
December 28, 2006 | Posted by InvestorBlogger | Comments Off
The Dividend Guy Blog - One Guy’s Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing »
I’ve been enjoying exploring this blog for a number of reasons. I can’t remember exactly how I came across the blog. But I bookmarked it for further explorations. so here are the reasons I like this blog:1. it focuses on choosing dividends, esp. with growth of dividend;
2. it describes how to choose good dividends, with good examples;
3. and it also monetizes the blog in some interesting ways.I think this blog is a very educational one, one that I am adding to my blogroll, and my daily reading!
Kenneth
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