links for 2005-10-27
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The search company has apparently been testing localized ads without telling anyone.
Over at one of the companies I’m involved with, CustomScoop, we’ve been playing with a new tool that we’ve only soft-launched and are getting feedback on. I thought I’d share it with readers of InterAdvocacy to see what you think. Basically, it’s a free service that let’s visitors see how two search terms do in…
Jeff Clavier reports on a company he holds an investment in: A few days ago, Truveo went quietly out of stealth. It did not get noticed immediately because of two major news “sandwiching” its release: Skype/eBay and Google BlogSearch. However the buzz has been growing since then, and the initial feedback is pretty positive. Yes,…
Washington Post: The Federal Election Commission revealed yesterday that it plans to take what one of its commissioners termed a "relatively nonintrusive" approach to regulating political campaigns on the Internet.
This space has been fairly quiet of late, as I have been deeply involved in growing and transitioning a number of businesses, ventures, and projects. I thought I’d take a moment to update all of you loyal readers about what I’m up to and in a subsequent post I will share what you can expect…
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Rocketboom, a nifty little daily web video news spoof site, plans to try subscription fees to monetize their content. BusinessWeek reports that their current free approach is getting eyeballs. The approach is resonating with viewers. Daily downloads have doubled in the past six weeks, to 50,000. If they stay on that pace, they’ll soon approach…