Posted in content, online video on Apr 16th, 2007
The New York Times reports on how TED, an organization that runs a yearly event for business, technology & non-profit folks, has recently found the compelling benefits of posting videos from their conferences:
More advertising revenue.
Exposure to millions who would otherwise never attend the event.
“In so doing, TED is at the vanguard of a trend in […]
Posted in Google, aggregation, Publishing, content, search on Apr 11th, 2007
Read/Write Web proclaims that Google is the ultimate money making machine on the internet. They focus on some classic supply & demand examples, and explain why so many niche companies and markets are trying to emulate Google in some way. Instead of being a destination, websites are trying to become more of an essential service, […]
Posted in Uncategorized, blogging, content, aggregation on Feb 26th, 2007
Scott Karp looks at how the web has fragmented the media industry:
“The real divide now emerging is between companies that create original content and companies that create platforms for aggregating and distributing that content. Newspapers embody the old media world where content creation, aggregation, and distribution were inextricably linked. But the digital media revolution has […]
Posted in Google, content, aggregation on Dec 21st, 2006
As aggregation and licensing grows with content providers online, there are some questions around how Google handles duplicate content across domains. The article reviews the following:
What is duplicate content?
What isn’t duplicate content?
Why does Google care about duplicate content?
What does Google do about it?
10 ways to proactively address duplicate content issues.
Posted in Google, content, aggregation on Dec 21st, 2006
As aggregation and licensing grows with content providers online, there are some questions around how Google handles duplicate content across domains. The article reviews the following:
What is duplicate content?
What isn’t duplicate content?
Why does Google care about duplicate content?
What does Google do about it?
10 ways to proactively address duplicate content issues.
Fred Wilson muses on what Yahoo! should do with its strategy, and touches on some key points about the evolution of the Internet, and how the relationship of trust has evolved:
“Back in the first Internet era, it was all about amassing as large an audience as you could on your website… But the first Internet […]
Fred Wilson muses on what Yahoo! should do with its strategy, and touches on some key points about the evolution of the Internet, and how the relationship of trust has evolved:
“Back in the first Internet era, it was all about amassing as large an audience as you could on your website… But the first Internet […]
Posted in content, aggregation on Dec 3rd, 2006
Slate reports on how the freedom of choice online has allowed readers to choose only the news feeds they desire:
“But given a choice, and the economic means to make a choice, many buyers prefer to make an unbundled purchase. Unbundling the news they want from the news they don’t want is what the Web allows […]
Posted in journalists, blogging, content on Nov 19th, 2006
Robert Scoble takes a look at content malls online. These are networks that collect niche blogs, and then use a centralized sales and support structure to monetize them.
The four elements that Robert feels his own content mall will be judge on are:
Audience
Revenue
Brand Quality
Engagement
It is a fascinating time online, as blogger are essentially becoming athletes who […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Google, media, content, magazines, innovation on Nov 9th, 2006
BusinessWeek has a message for traditional media companies:
“…we believe Internet companies that enable and promote revenue generation from their content should be viewed as critical allies of, not necessarily competitors to, traditional media companies.”
Om Malik shows us the sheer size of social networks, with MySpace alone generating 38 billion page views last month with 127,572,933 […]
