Category Archives: google

Positioning real-time web platforms

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Matt McAlister

Like many people, I’ve been thinking a lot about the live nature of the web more and more recently. The startup world has gone mad for it. And though I think Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie played down the … Continue reading →

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Building markets out of data

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

I’m intrigued by the various ways people view ‘value’. There seem to be 2 camps: 1) people who view the world in terms of competition for finite resources and 2) people who see ways to create new forms of value … Continue reading →

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Ad networks vs ad exchanges

Posted on October 24, 2007 by

I spent yesterday at the Right Media Open event in Half Moon Bay at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Right Media assembled an impressive list of executives and innovators including John Battelle of Federated Media, David Rosenblatt of DoubleClick, Scott Howe … Continue reading →

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Gatekeepers need to stop calling themselves gatekeepers

Posted on April 11, 2007 by

Time business columnist Justin Fox questioned the success of the new media methods in a recent post “The reign of the enthusiasts“. He suggests the algorithms that proudly surface the deep dark corners of the Internet are actually just self-referential … Continue reading →

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Friday fun: The Daily Show on the Viacom vs YouTube dispute

Posted on March 23, 2007 by
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Copycat ad networks threaten Google’s stability

Posted on June 19, 2006 by

Any successful business model is going to have imitators.  Google knows this as well as anybody.   But now the stranglehold on the distributed ad model is feeling weaker than ever with new competitors every day. The magic formula = isolate … Continue reading →

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Why (and how) the online ad model needs to change

Posted on June 13, 2006 by

Somehow I keep expecting some company to break through and solve the problems with the Google AdSense model. As advertisers, buyers and media vehicles get smarter about efficiency, the holes in the system get bigger and bigger. AdSense revenues help … Continue reading →

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