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Google's big, bad risk

The real story in Yahoo’s feather in the cap multi-year exclusive sponsored search and contextual ads agreement with Viacom Web properties announced today? No, it is not that it is a $1 billion YouTube lawsuit slap in the face to Google, it is that it puts Google’s entire raison...

Tags: YouTube, Self-Promotion, Search Advertising, Search, Internet Data, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-04-10

Sex trade at Google, not Craigslist

Does Craigslist REALLY have a “dirty little secret”? NO, but Google may!Compete, a Website which claims “insights powered by over 2 million people,” declares a “scoop,” daring to bare the “virtual red-light district,” aka Craigslist:"It’s no wonder that Craigslist is champion of the online classifieds revolution; Compete reports just under...

Tags: Google, Amateur Content, Advertising, Self-Promotion, Media, Marketing, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Culture, Craigslist

Blog posts 2007-04-07

Google: Any rain on My Maps parade?

Is the latest incarnation of Google Maps the closest thing to heaven on earth, literally?Perusing Techmeme would suggest so, starting with the Official Google Blog declaration that a new My Maps feature is “Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it.” Google’s message is on Googley target and typically widely...

Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, Venture Capital, VC, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Search Advertising, Search, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Amateur Content, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Yahoo on the fringe! The big Y Goes underground, big time

Shouldn’t the holy grail of UGC, User Generated Content, really be all about the Users, as in user culture, as opposed to corporate culture?YES, and Yahoo gets it, big time, with the launch of “Yahoo Underground,” a funky, seeking to be no holds barred first-hand trip inside of “unexplored worlds,”...

Tags: Yahoo, Web 2.0, Video, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Software, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Culture, Amateur Content

Blog posts 2007-04-01

Hillary Clinton, Democrats lead Republicans in Web race to the White House

Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Hillary Clinton began her online presidential “User Generated Politics” presidential campaign 2008 “conversation” early and it is paying off. “Hillary for President” is leading in national opinion polls and on the Web. “If the...

Tags: Social Software, John McCain, John Edwards, President Clinton, Social Capital, Political Campaign, Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, User Generated Politics, Politics, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Social Networking, Marketing, Social Web, Video, User-Generated Content, Culture, Government, Local, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Digg at 1 million diggers: Digital media democracy or algorithm rule?

Kevin Rose is proudly singing the praises of his Digg today, 1,000,000 praises: It’s now been more than two years since the first story was submitted and dugg on Digg. Since then you guys have helped Digg move from a personal project amongst a group of friends to a...

Tags: Amateur Content, Culture, Digg, Self-Promotion, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Software, Social Web, User-Generated Content, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-08

Obama trouncing Clinton in MySpace race

Edition number 28 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”MySpace is a hotly contested virtual battleground in “User Generated Politics” presidential campaign 2008. Barack Obama is en route to a landslide victory over Hillary Clinton in the MySpace friends...

Tags: User Generated Politics, Social Networking, Social Media, Self-Promotion, Social Web, Amateur Content, MySpace, Culture, Government, Web 2.0, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Political Campaign, Presidential Race, Social Software, Barack Obama

Blog posts 2007-03-05

Andreessen vs. Cisco: Web 2.0 platform competition heats up

Is Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-creator and Ning turnkey social networking platform co-founder, worried that powerhouse Cisco is raining on his social networking parade?"The idea that Cisco is going to be a force in social networking is about as plausible as Ning being a force in optical switches,” he said to...

Tags: Amateur Content, Culture, Enterprise, Marketing, Media, Self-Promotion, Social Capital, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Software, Social Web, Software, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-03

Beer fuels social networking: MingleNow 'Clinks' Anheuser-Busch

Blue Lithium ad serving company touts it is “reinventing the ad network.” Starting now, it also seeks to reenergize the social network, in collaboration with Anheuser-Busch. Blue Lithium Labs spearheaded the launch of MingleNow, an online/offline social network “dedicated to connecting users to their favorite clubs and bars and...

Tags: Social Software, ROI, Social Networking, ecommerce, Self-Promotion, Marketing, Social Web, MySpace, User-Generated Content, Culture, Search, Advertising, Local, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Digg: TechCrunch vs. Wired Magazine

Michael Arrington comes to the Digg rescue suggesting: “Wired Magazine seems hell bent on convincing the world that Digg is falling apart.”On what does Arrington base his conclusion? Arrington:My bigger problem is that Wired isn’t simply reporting news about Digg. They’re making the news. And they’re going negative.Really? Where’s the...

Tags: Social Software, Social Media, Social Networking, Content, Self-Promotion, Digg, Amateur Content, Social Web, Culture

Blog posts 2007-03-01

YouTube: Presidential candidates cool in 'User Generated Politics' campaign 2008

Edition number 27 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Did you ever want an online place where you could go to watch all the slick presidential campaign videos produced by the candidates?YouTube to the rescue: A “You Choose ‘08” channel...

Tags: Social Software, President Clinton, John Edwards, Presidential Race, Political Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Politics, User Generated Politics, Web 2.0, Local, Media, Culture, Government, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Social Networking

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Entertainment economy: Are YOU the new Hollywood?

The 79th Annual Academy Awards Hollywood self-promotional love fest broadcasts to the world tonight. Does it matter? Neal Gabler follows in the Times Magazine 2006 “YOU” are the “Person of the Year” tradition to proclaim YOU are the future of movies.Gabler puts forth movie industry statistics to conclude...

Tags: Amateur Content, Content, Culture, Media, Movies, Self-Promotion, Television, TV, User-Generated Content, Video, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-02-25

Google CEO hosts Clinton: Is Hillary tech's friend?

Edition number 25 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics”Barack Obama made a $1.3 million dollar star-studded Hollywood fundraising splash in California earlier this week, as I recount in "Barack Obama million dollar star in Hollywood” and "“Got $2500? Mingle...

Tags: Media, Citizen Journalism, Culture, Legal, Government, Social Web, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Social Networking, Social Media, User Generated Politics, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Political Campaign, Presidential Race, President Clinton, Web 2.0, Local

Blog posts 2007-02-24

Barack Obama million dollar star in Hollywood

Edition number 21 in this Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics” “Got $2500? Mingle with Obama, plus Spielberg, Katzenberg and Geffen” I pointed out last week.I uncovered eBay seller ki-moon’s offer for an “exclusive” ticket to a star-studded Barack Obama fundraiser...

Tags: Culture, Government, eBay, Marketing, Self-Promotion, User Generated Politics, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Political Campaign, Presidential Race

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Google due for a fall? Donna Bogatin debates Danny Sullivan

IS GOOGLE OVERRATED? TAPPED OUT? DUE FOR A FALL?Fast Company Magazine invited "two experts" to take sides:Donna Bogatin and Danny Sullivan HIGHLIGHTSBogatin: Googles search stallion has driven GOOG to a 400%-plus appreciation in just two years. Googles stock price is not sustainable long term, and neither is its domination in...

Tags: Advertising, Blogs, Brands, CEO Interviews, Content, Copyright, Culture, ecommerce, Enterprise, Google, Google Software Applications, Government, Internet Data, Legal, Local, Marketing, Media, Metrics, ROI, Search, Search Advertising, Self-Promotion, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-02-16

Facebook: 'technology business, not media business'

When I chatted with Melanie Deitch, Facebook Director of Marketing, last October, I noted my impression that Facebook was confidently pursuing its stand alone social media opportunities regardless of external noise about rumored acquisition offers (see “Facebook talks ‘The Real Deal’ in exclusive interview”). Since that time, Facebook has indeed...

Tags: Amateur Content, Brands, Business Models, Content, Culture, Facebook, Marketing, Media, Self-Promotion, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, Television, TV, User-Generated Content

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Joe Biden has 226 MySpace friends: Can he connect?

Joe Biden appears a bit lonely at MySpace. He counts 226 MySpacers among his friends almost a week after he announced he wants to be president of the United States. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attracted tens of thousands of Yahoo Answers shortly after announcing she intends to be the...

Tags: Amateur Content, Biden, Citizen Journalism, Culture, Facebook, Government, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Local, Marketing, Media, MySpace, Political Campaign, Politics, President Clinton, Presidential Race, Self-Promotion, User Generated Politics, Video, Web 2.0, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-02-04

Yahoo Super Bowl touchdown: $100,000 can of Pepsi

Looking for a high-stakes, legal Super Bowl gamble? How about a $100,000 prize with no entry fee required? Diet Pepsi, “The official soft drink of the NFL,” is also putting on the “Pepsi Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show.” “Millions will watch, one fan will win,” Pepsi declares. What...

Tags: Media, Advertising, Culture, Yahoo, User-Generated Content, Amateur Content, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Television, Social Media, PepsiCo, Super Bowl

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Craigslist vs. Monster vs. CareerBuilder

Who says craigslist does not know a thing about economic competition? Craigslist recently risked the ire of its user base by instituting certain posting fees in limited commercial instances. Craigslist is letting the “community” know, however, that it is getting its money’s worth at craigslist.Below is the craiglsist jobs...

Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Local, Advertising, Culture, Craigslist, User-Generated Content, Amateur Content, Marketing, Self-Promotion, CareerBuilder, Monster

Blog posts 2007-01-28

Will YouTube 'King Hurley' really share video riches?

YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley & Steve Chen celebrated their $1.65 billion buyout by Google in a giddy “broadcast yourself” YouTube clip culture video proclaiming the joining together of two Internet “kings.”The two kings are currently being feted on the international stage at The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 convened...

Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Culture, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Brands, Marketing, Self-Promotion, ecommerce, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, Search Advertising, YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-27