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John Wesley
Re: Scale Economics - http://www.avc.com/a_vc...
""Affiliate marketing is a black art that needs to be repackaged." Exactly. Affiliate marketing has been misused by blackhat SEO's, spammers, and unethical webmasters. But there is really nothing wrong with recommending a product, if the recommendation is genuine. It's a fine line, but for publishers able to build trust and not abuse it, affiliate marketing is amazing. Even better if you have your own products and services to sell." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Re: Scale Economics - http://www.avc.com/a_vc...
""In that model, display advertising will perform as well as search." Yes, for advertisers. But for publishers it's a disaster. Unless you are a big name brand, the CPMs available to you are pathetic. Generally less than $1. At those levels its nearly impossible to make money off high value, high cost content. Your only hope is to get traffic from Google and funnel that search intent into AdSense or relevant affiliate offers. I think online publishing is forming 2 distinct classes. The only sites that can survive off pure ad revenue are the high traffic, high brand recognition sites with inhouse sales teams (mainstream newspapers, magazines, massive blogs). To survive, smaller publishers will need to abandon the ad model and make money by funneling visitors towards their own products and services, or those of another business through an affiliate relationship. Basically, they need to use their content and audience to promote themselves, rather than selling display ads at basement CPMs...." - John Wesley
Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Social News: TechCrunch's secret Digg army - http://valleywag.com/5023010...
Social News: TechCrunch's secret Digg army
Social News: TechCrunch's secret Digg army
"How do TechCrunch stories make it to Digg's front page so often? With a little help from its friends, of course. Former TechCrunch writer Duncan Riley, now a foe of editor Michael Arrington, posted a screenshot from his inbox revealing what Riley calls "The TechCrunch Digg Club." It includes four writers from TechCrunch proper; seven from gadgets blog CrunchGear; two from TechCrunchIT, Arrington's incomprehensible enterprise-tech spinoff; plus two or three interns." - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק from Bookmarklet
Holy crap! If that is true and diggs team knows that, I think techcrunch url maybe banned/punished. - k00pa
No, TechCrunch URL certainly won't be banned, no way, really. We have been banned once and I know it does not happen to sites like TC. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl
Yeah Kevin Rose is Captain Crunch boy! LOL - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
I wonder if Kevin will ban TechCrunch for a few days to get some hype for Digg? He definitely will get some PR out of this! LMAO - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
they are all dirty. - Noah David Simon
you can actually buy diggs -- i 4get the website but you pay $20 plus 1$ per digg. - john conroy
@john: Really? You mean you really-really can buy diggs? That's an amazing surprise to me! - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl
gregory: It's just that I've seen tons of places and people trying to sell diggs. But it is just so obvious that all these patterns are penalized that I am surprised anyone still bothers. - Svetlana Gladkova from twhirl
i happen to submit there stuff to digg, but thats b/c i like it. interesting stuff, will look into it. - Leximo
This should be no surprise, all the big players are starting to do this. Chicago Tribune employs a Digg spam force. - John Wesley
@John - shouldn't it mean social bookmarking is on its sunset boulevard? - Markingegno - Donato
Markingegno - Donato: that is a very interesting metaphor - Noah David Simon
John Wesley
Lance Armstrong to Return for 2009 Tour de France - http://digg.com/other_s...
"Bury for FoxNews. They don't need more ad money." - John Wesley
John Wesley
8 Ways to Keep Your Food Bacteria-Free - http://digg.com/food_dr...
""Avoid pooping on or near food"" - John Wesley
John Wesley
The Top 10 Most-Believed Marijuana Myths - http://digg.com/health...
"Hopefully they reefered you to a dictionary." - John Wesley
John Wesley
14 Child Stars Who Grew Up HOT! - http://digg.com/celebri...
"No Corey Feldman?" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Why the hell does IE6 still have 25% market share? - http://digg.com/tech_ne...
"Most people don't know/care about a better web browser." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Stripper Accused of Going Too Far; Rapes Best Man (For Real) - http://digg.com/people...
"Surprised the guy is willing to prosecute..." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Why Mike Tyson Does NOT Belong In A Top 10 List - http://digg.com/other_s...
"Untrue. Top 10 nut jobs. Top 10 ear biters. Top 10 giant men with high voices. Top 10 face tattoos." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Simplifying Your Job Search: Tips to Finding Open Positions - http://digg.com/busines...
"I would also add to check industry specific blogs for job boards and postings." - John Wesley
Harry Chen
“Question *again*: do you worry about Google knowing too much of what you do online?” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
say "yes" or "no" - Harry Chen
They have a trillion pages indexed. Facebook should worry you more, IMO - Mona Nomura
No, there are more important things to worry about in this world, if it's not Google then its someone else who knows, whatever - Kol Tregaskes from twhirl
No. - Steve Isaacs
A little, but not too much. - Amber, Random Time Lord
I try to spread my participation across a variety of sites so that no single organization gets too complete a picture of me. But I admit Google probably still knows more than might be desirable. - Jill O'Neill
I don't worry about Google as much as I worry about what people can find out about me on Google, if that makes sense. I don't think Google, Inc really cares about me personally to do anything with the data they have for me. But some nefarious person could put together a lot of stuff about me through Google's services. - Fitzgerald Steele
No. - Steve Isaacs
Not as much as what other companies can gain access to in court cases. Google isn't necessarily benevolent, but I don't think it's stupid enough to abuse the data it holds... - Badger Gravling
no. - annaliese from twhirl
no - Alan Le
No - rule #1 "don't be evil" - jason
no - Rob Record
Yes, they could crush anyone if they wanted to... - John Wesley
Google privacy discussions: http://tinyurl.com/6e9vgz - Harry Chen
John Wesley
8 Healthy Dieting Tips - http://digg.com/health...
"No can eat Twinkeez?!?!" - John Wesley
John Wesley
10 Technologies to Help Cut Costs in the Slow Economy - http://digg.com/busines...
"I've heard many companies are using a state-of-the-art technology called "firing people". Works wonders for payroll." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Who Do You Want To Slap? - http://digg.com/arts_cu...
"Good assessment of the site. After wasting 45 seconds on my life I'd like to slap whoever created it." - John Wesley
John Wesley
9 Secrets to a Healthier Heart - http://digg.com/health...
"I hate secrets, they're gonna give me a heart attack." - John Wesley
Muhammad Saleem
Mythbusters paint the Mona Lisa with 1100 paintballs... fired at the same time! - http://www.reddit.com/r...
Yea, looks just like the orginal </sarcasm> still cool though - John Wesley
John Wesley
Five Things Steve Jobs Must Do Before He Dies - http://digg.com/apple...
"This is really pathetic attention whoring from Forbes. Leave Jobs alone!" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Michael Jackson at 50: From a Child Star to a _____________ - http://digg.com/music...
"ZOMBIE!!!" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Tequila endangered by switch to biofuels - http://digg.com/environ...
"The true tragedy of oil addiction." - John Wesley
John Wesley
If Web Ads Would Only Tell the Truth - http://digg.com/odd_stu...
"Amen. Knew I'd seen that before. Bury if you hate spam." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Giz Explains: Batteries, Tech's Choke Point - http://digg.com/hardwar...
"Hope this gets solved -- iPhone 3G battery life is pathetic." - John Wesley
John Wesley
120 Proven Ways to Boost Your Brain Power - http://digg.com/health...
"I would take one way that actually works." - John Wesley
John Wesley
10 Fixes For the Planet - http://digg.com/environ...
"11. Exterminate humans" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Landfill Mining, the Next Boom Industry? - http://digg.com/environ...
"1. Create plastic from oil 2. Throw plastic in landfill. 3. ???? 4. Profit!" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Solar Map: Over 30 Utility-Scale Solar Plants in U.S. - http://digg.com/environ...
"Solar is going to be huge -- its by far the most efficient of the alt energy technologies. Great mashup in Gmaps!" - John Wesley
John Wesley
Re: louisgray.com: Social Media Experts are the New Webmasters - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
""There's no money to be made Digging up stories, hitting the StumbleUpon button or refreshing FriendFeed or Twitter, after all." True, but there is a boat load of money in using these sites to drive traffic and attention to a business. That is the ability a social media expert should have, above merely being a user." - John Wesley
John Wesley
Re: louisgray.com: Social Media Experts are the New Webmasters - http://blog.louisgray.com/2008...
""There's no money to be made Digging up stories, hitting the StumbleUpon button or refreshing FriendFeed or Twitter, after all." True, but there is a boat load of money in using these sites to drive traffic and attention to a business. That is the ability a social media expert should have, above merely being a user." - John Wesley
John Wesley
10 Countries To Meet A Girl When Personality Doesn’t Matter - http://digg.com/travel_...
"hisS guy just flipped through a Sports Illustrated swim suit edition from 2000 and listed all the babes. There is no hook as the title implies. Disappointing :(" - John Wesley
John Wesley
7 Ways to Use iPhone to Impress Women - http://digg.com/apple...
"Poor Canucks. iPhone should be a universal right. One for every child and one for the childlike wonder in each and every Digger." - John Wesley
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