Archive for November 2007

Google strips PayperPost Bloggers Pagerank

Nov 17th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Startups

Google has crushed PayperPost Bloggers by taking pagerank away according to a recent TechCrunch article. I posted about Ted Murphy’s PayperPost earlier this year (now under the IZEA umbrella). Clearly, he has a right to be upset, the posts have been a great new revenue stream for entrepreneurs and bloggers trying to make a buck. [...]



ho ho ho

Nov 15th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Splattered Thoughts

Granted this is an entrepreneur and startup blog, however you know it is the end of days when a news story about Santa Clause becoming political correct takes front page. Ho ho ho is no longer allowed because some women could get offended. Good old Saint Nick has to say ha ha ha now. If [...]



Why Yahoo should pay $20 billion for AOL.

Nov 14th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Web 2.0 and Beyond

Reading a few articles on alleyinsider regarding Yahoo possibly purchasing AOL from Time Warner for $13 – 15 billion got me thinking (clearly got Time Warner thinking). In a web world of retarded valuations Time Warner demanding $20 billion is par for the course, however here is why I might finally agree. If Facebook commands [...]



Glam Media launches Internet’s newest buzzword.

Nov 13th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: managed vertical network

So it was only a matter of time before the new jargon would appear (MVN) “Managed Vertical Network”. Glam Media the leading provider of women content on the Internet announced their new platform network (press release). Although in all honesty Federated Media by Battelle was truly the first successful and revolutionary kid on the block [...]



Web 2.0 term is getting tired

Nov 8th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Web 2.0 and Beyond

According to VentureBeat an interesting article from SiliconValleyWatcher web 2.0 is not only getting haggard but is no longer worthy of further investment from the VC community. In my humble opinion, anyone who states the web 2.0 term is getting old is just another fool sipp’in on the hater-aid.
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Social Advertising UNLEASHED.

Nov 7th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Social Advertising

Myspace, Facebook and Google’s opensocial have all made major announcements regarding a social evolution for advertising. Myspace and Facebook have announced new advertising systems that are integrated in the social networks. Facebook has more than 60 major companies already signed up for “user advertising” from Blockbuster to Verizon. Facebook’s advertising model does away with the [...]



opensocial getting Myspace onboard

Nov 4th, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Social Networking

Opensocial has been getting big traffic since Google’s announcement into the social arena. Myspace along with numerous other social heavy weights have thrown their hat into the ring. I scan a number of blogs on a daily basis and I truly wish I could remember where I saw a graph of Orkut and Myspace teamed [...]



Google opensocial

Nov 1st, 2007 | By Startup Addict | Category: Social Networking

Google OpenSocial
Opensocial – You got to love Google. The company has become a poster child web startup soaring past 700 bucks a share and has a market capitalization bigger than coca-cola and McDonalds combined (now that is serious). If you’ve been following the postings in this blog or the opensocial posts from TechCrunch, VentureBeat and [...]