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Dec26
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The introduction of a fully operational Wikia search engine is much closer to becoming a reality, as Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced a beta launch has occurred, and a public launch is expected on January 7. As far as how the beta will be run, Wikia CEO Gil Penchina said, "users are being asked politely to withhold posting any information about the beta until the public launch on January 7. Hopefully people will respect that - there are bound to be some major hiccups and Wikia deserves a chance to iron those out before what is sure to be a ton of attention on the product." Community input will continue to be the philosophy behind the Wikia search engins, similar to Wikipedia. The relevance of search results will be determined by members of the community, and the results will be moved up or down dependent on community responses and input. There will also be self-policing of the site to make sure the system is defended against those who may attempt to abuse or game it.
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Dec23
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Here's an interesting post at freedomtodiffer.com which talks about Facebook now being included in the 2008 Collins English Dictionary. While it's not surprising to see it make the dictionary, it not only made it as a noun, but as with...
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Dec22
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Unsurprisingly, the online retail sector made significant inroads for the top 50 websites and unique visitors, as online shoppers gave a number of retailers big numbers for the month.One thing that didn't change though, was Yahoo's (YHOO) continual dominance as...
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Microsoft (MSFT) has launched a new affiliate program with two ways to make money. One with their Microsoft's Live OneCare security and backup system, the other for referrals to their adCenter search ad program.For Live OneCare, you make money each...
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Dec21
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Reports for consumer spending in the United States continue to surprise, as it increased by its highest levels in 3 1/2 years, growing at a 1.1 percent rate.That is also happening on the online retail side of things in December,...
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With behavioral targeting being considered one of the keys to advertising success and relevancy, companies and agencies have been ramping up efforts to get the type of information that will make marketing efforts of more interest to consumers.Of course along...
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Dec20
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The quarterly results of Research in Motion (RIMM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, shows that they're making solid inroads into the consumer market, growing beyond its core business customer base.Revenue for their third quarter increased to $1.67 billion, twice what...
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It seems the upcoming big screen version of Knight Rider has owners of the original cars offering them up in hopes they've increased in value from the publicity. To that end, one of the cars from the TV series is...
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By a 4-1 vote, the Federal Trade Commission gave its approval to the acquisition of DoubleClick by Google (GOOG), ending its 7-month review of the merger. Pamela Harbour was the lone dissenting vote on the Commission.The last hurdle for the...
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Dec19
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Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL) second-quarter performance has made a lot of shareholders happy, as they increased their net income by 35 percent over last year, as corporations continued to spend on technology.In its guidance, Oracle projected sales should increase between 15...
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Any fan of the story "Lord of the Rings" had to be excited to hear that Peter Jackson had worked things out with New Line Cinema and was named executive producer of the prequel to the series, "The Hobbit."Today that...
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Concerns about the economy has not only made consumers a little skittish about how much they spend this holiday season, but it has also caused them to hold back some on giving. As a result, as reported by Second Harvest,...
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"With dauntless persistence, a sharp vision of what Russia should become and a sense that he embodied the spirit of Mother Russia, Putin has put his country back on the map." Those were the words of Richard Stengel, the managing...
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Dec18
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With Microsoft's (MSFT) vice president of online ad sales, Mike Hard, saying he has been spending this holiday season talking with advertisers about placement for next years' Christmas season ... and even beyond that, it makes one wonder if this is the beginning...
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A look back at the highest visited stories in our business network at Know More Media, reveals a general trend that continues to be popular with many people.Unsurprisingly, the top visited stories over the year were in connection with the...
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The announcement that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema will be working together again after settling their legal dispute, has fans everywhere rejoicing and looking forward to seeing his rendition of "The Hobbit," which will be a two-film prequel to...
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Dec17
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Paramount (VIA-B) is using the technology of Tailgate to market their critically acclaimed film "The Kite Runner."While the banner being used to advertise The Kite Runner is called a banner, it definitely isn't the banner we saw in the early...
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Dec16
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An interesting statistic to go with our holiday season, are the Christmas songs most searched for over the last 30 days (as of Dec. 14), according to Yahoo buzz. One other important detail, searches for "Christmas music" and "Christmas Song Lyrics"...
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Weighed down by bad weather and economic concerns, holiday shopping in the U.S. has been sluggish, as shoppers either stayed at home or tightened up on their spending.Of particular concern has been women's clothing, which has been slower than many...
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The transistor was invented on December 16, 1947, by John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain. Bardeen and Brattain developed the first transistor on that date, of which Shockley was a part of the team. About a month later on...
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Dec15
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Citing comScore's updated report on spending on the Internet from Nov. 1-Dec. 9, marketingcharts.com reported an 18 percent gain over last year during the same days as last year. So far spending has reached $19 billion over that 39-day period,...
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Dec14
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I guess it's tit for tat with Google (GOOG) and its response to Wikipedia challenging them in search, as they announced they're going to offer a new user-generated site called "knol," which will compete directly with Wikipedia as a reference...
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Now that the Know More Media business blog network has reached its second year, I thought it would be a good time to give some input on what the future may hold for them (us), as I write under their...
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Dec13
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The finalization of the record contract today between the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez, underscores that when both parties want to make something happen, everything is negotiable.I want to inject something here quickly, as many times we've heard the...
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Yesterday we talked about the major league baseball scandal related to performance-enhancing drugs. The main theme of the post is if we let things go too far, there's no spin that we can put on something to counter negative publicity.The...
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Dec12
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Now coming to a theater URL near you, Jackass 2.5 won't have a launch in a theater or be made first for DVD, it will start off as a made-for-Internet offering, available exclusively through Blockbuster.jackassworld.com, starting December 19 through the...
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Continuing to build on its family-focused Internet strategy, Walt Disney Internet Group (DIS) has acquired iParenting Media.IParenting content includes a vast array of professional, as well as user-generated content, targeting those soon to become parents, along with young parents.Managing director...
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While Cory Ondrejka liked to mock creationism, it looks like the Linden Labs gods have spoken, as he's no longer with the company.The usual "he resigned" was given as the reason for his departure, but Linden Labs CEO Philip Rosedale...
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In a break with the usual way Hollywood distributes its movies, normally through staggered time frames, Vudu will for the first time, offer a high-definition movie on the same day the DVD is released. The movie being offered and experimented...
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The Major League Baseball substance abuse scandal is an important lesson in how not everything can handled by positive spin. The results of the 20-month investigation by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell is scheduled to be released on December...
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Dec11
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Google is extending its YouTube pilot advertising beyond the major media companies and independent video makers it started with. Now a number of amateur filmmakers will be offered the chance to make some extra cash through their creations.Those wanting to...
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In a pretty cool opportunity for Warcraft players and fans, a new company, FigurePrints, headed by one of the former top executives at Microsoft Game Studios' Ed Fries, will offer consumers the chance to get a plaster replica of their...
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With the closing of the deal with Universal Music, owned by Vivendi, the largest music company in the world, imeem is now the only place online where you can get free, unlimited music from all four major labels. You can listen...
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Dec10
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The heroics of volunteer security guard Jeanne Ammas at New Life Church is a amazing lesson on having the right people in the right job at the right time.Yesterday she possibly saved the lives of between 50 to 100 people,...
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Microsoft has landed an exclusive online ad deal with CNBC [GE], the cable television business channel.This is a good deal for Microsoft [MSFT], because the overall customer who consumes business content is very desired, and represents a high income segment...
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From now on when you get a DVD release from Warner Bros.' it will include a Premium Rich Media campaign by Unicast, from Viewpoint.What the ad format will be built on is 3D Video Cube, which is proprietary to Unicast....
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Dec 9
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In 2008, contract customers of office supply store Staples (SPLS), will have the added option of shopping solely online, as the company is presenting companies with an opt-out option for paper catalogs if they want it. Contract customers are usually...
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Dec 8
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Keith Richards, who has played guitar in what seems forever for the Rolling Stones, is offering his holiday single from 1978 "Run Rudolph Run" on Apple itunes (AAPL), said a Richards' spokeswoman for later this week.While Richards recorded the song...
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Dec 7
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The Walt Disney Co. (DIS), in a move to take advantage of its brand, is launching a web portal in the UK, with the focus on young adults. Explaining the reasonsing behind using a web portal as a strategy, Cindy...
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According to Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire, Radiohead has ruined the music industry by offering their "In Rainbows" album digitally for whatever fans wanted to pay for it. Wire said concerning the Radiohead strategy, "Fair play to Radiohead for...
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The dumb move by "Dubliner" magazine from Ireland, concerning publishing false photos of Elin Woods, the wife of Tiger, shows how a marketer can go too far in trying to make sales.Circumstances of the situation were the magazine decided to...
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This post I want to mention something we don't consider too much when thinking of the growing online video space: too much video stimulation.Thinking about this recently, and then coming across this article from Dorian Sweet on Clickz, motivated me...
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Dec 6
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I'm not sure if we needed to have it proved to us more, but a survey for Guidance, conducted by Synovate, of online shoppers found that a variety of discounts was the key determining factor in making purchases online this year....
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Yahoo! (YHOO) India has landed a partnership with Jagran Group, which accounts for 80 percent of India's web audience through its Dainik Jagran news website.How the deal works will be an integration of news and current affairs content from the...
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Dec 5
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If you haven't noticed it, the tide has turned online as far as video goes. Even though there will continue to be user-generated video, the game in town, as far as making money on Web video, is with professional content. And...
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Three of the top four search companies put out their lists for the most searched terms in the United States in 2007. Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO) and Ask (IACI) all offered up the top terms for the year. Microsoft (MSFT)...
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Saying he wanted to "go out in style" in a suicide note, a lone gunman in Omaha, Nebraska opened fire on Christmas shoppers at the Westroads Mall, killing eight people before turning the gun on himself.Wearing an army-type vest and...
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In hopes that the data they offer are more accurate than its competitors who mostly offer panel-based data, Hitwise is now offering paid and organic search data, along with fast-moving search terms for its 10 million U.S. internet users. They...
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Dec 4
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Video is becoming an increasingly important part of a small business' strategy to show who they are and what they got.In response to the growing demand, Idearc Media's Superpages.com is partnering with Denver Multimedia and TurnHere to expand their service....
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With the fairly large number of lawsuits and potential lawsuits related to the "Borat" movie, it has made me start thinking if we're going to see this as part of the remix and mashup world that user-generated content on the...
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The first foray of MySpace (NWS-A) into music sales hasn't went as well as they hoped, as their partnership with Snocap hasn't performed like they thought. With slow sales, Snocap had to lay off about half its workforce in October.What...
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Dec 3
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If you've ever played the guitar, you'll know the amazing creation - the Robot Guitar - from Gibson, will be an important product, regardless of its overall success as far as sales go.Let's talk a little about the guitar itself...
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Only about a week after Motorola (MOT) CEO Ed Zander stepped down, chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior is now also leaving the company. The reason given was to pursue other opportunities, but no one is saying if it was really...
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Gurbaksh Chahal is a great Internet success story, as by the age of 25 he has been able to sell two companies he created for a combined total of $340 million. At the age of 18, he sold his first...
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The release of Car and Driver's 10 best cars sold in America list was a good reminder of how powerful making interesting lists can be in marketing. I'm talking different than the "10 ways to do something" types of list...
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Everything we do online, as far as making money through advertising goes, is related to creating an environment. We must consider every aspect of what we do in relationship to that; from page load speeds, design and content.All of this...
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Dec 2
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WPP has won the contract of the 2nd largest computer company Dell (DELL), which generates $4.5 billion in billings over a three-year period. Overall revenue from the account for WPP should come in at around $100 million. Globally Dell spends...
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Vivendi SA is about to buy a controlling stake in Activision Inc., a major player in the gaming industry. A couple of big properties of Activision and Vivendi are the World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero.The offer by Vivendi of...
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While the idea of giving ordinary Americans the chance to offer questions to presidential candidates through Internet means like YouTube is a good one, it looks like with anything else, it's simply going to be played and used by those...
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I guess we've discovered a new use for blogs, defending photos taken of us. That's what Jennifer Love Hewitt did when a batch of photos taken by paparazzi in Hawaii when she was vacationing with new fiancé actor Ross McCall,...
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Dec 1
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A new study of marketing trends and concepts was conducted by Anderson Analytics, taking a look at what is important to marketers in 2008, and what they think will be the trends for the next year.One thing in the study...
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