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LinkBlitz: The Google Edition

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Have a look at some interesting Google-related articles.

An outspoken blogger (Isaac Mao) has written an “An Open Letter to Google Founders— to save Google in China and save Internet in China.”

Google has had an interesting relationship with Hollywood, and it appears that Hollywood Unhappy With Google (Again)

From the ‘say it isn’t so’ department, CrunchGear has gotten word that Microsoft might be working on what could potentially be a wireless device, with Google, Dell, HP, Intel and Philips.

A Googlian download of the day, the Google Reader Quick Links Greasemonkey script allows you to visit links embedded in Google Reader items directly from your keyboard.

Originally posted on February 12, 2007 @ 2:33 pm

Podcasting to Generate $400 Mil. in Ads by 2011

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Since the medium was first fully embraced by Apple and consequently became mainstream (well, that is a relative term), Podcasting has had more than its fair share of naysayers and detractors. Every once in a while someone accidentally runs into a magic lamp and a guru pops up telling us that Podcasting has already had its 15 minutes and is a fad that is ready to pass.

In spite of that, Podcasting has managed to stay relatively hot and according to a report by eMarketer, Podcasting advertising is set to quintuple (that is a 5 times increase folks) over the next 5 years, from a base of $80 million today to a $400 million market by 2011.

Despite the small base of users, podcasting represents an attractive medium, given its targeting, its low cost and its obsessive/passionate user base, says the report. “These people constitute an excellent media target,” Belcher said. “It’s a self-selecting medium. These people are into it, and they’re really into it.”

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Mediaweek has more.

Originally posted on February 12, 2007 @ 7:41 pm

Blog Unto Others

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Blogging doesn’t have to be about making money. It can be a purely selfless activity based on sharing your knowledge and building relationships with other people. Here are some ways that you too can give:

  1. Inform. Give the gift of information by sharing your knowledge with others.
  2. Advocate. Help others by advocating a good cause.
  3. Connect. Network with others and build beneficial and lasting relationships.
  4. Read. The easiest way to give to another is by being a part of the audience.
  5. Comment. Help further the conversation by providing your unique insight.
  6. Link. If you find value in someone’s content, helps spread it by linking to it.

Do you have more ways that you would like to share? Please practice #5 and comment below.

For more on these 6 reasons and 5 more, please visit Andrew.

Originally posted on February 9, 2007 @ 3:12 pm

Eroticr: Socially Extracted Erotica (dymyvtw)

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This article links to dymyvtw content.

A recently launched service called Eroticr extracts “soft porn” videos and pictures from YouTube and Flickr and aggregates them on one site. Members of the site can also manually import their files from the two sites or from their computers to Eroticr.

Obviously eroticr is being very careful here with regard to the DMCA and child porn: there are warnings about uploading copyrighted content, making sure that those in the images/videos are adults, and only adding “erotica” to the site, rather than “pornography”.

To sign up, use the code flickr-eroticr.

Mashable has more.

Originally posted on February 9, 2007 @ 3:01 pm

5 Reasons Why Your Web 2.0 Startup Will Fail

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Even though most people have a hard time explaining what Web 2.0 is, more people than ever are launching Web 2.0 companies daily. If you’re not cautious though, things may not turn out as you expect. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you launch that company whose name we probably won’t be able to pronounce.

  1. You need to have a viable business model. A great concept doesn’t mean much if it isn’t viable.
  2. Don’t just jump on the bandwagon. We have enough me-too companies.
  3. Know your audience and pay attention to marketing. Free is good but not always the best option.
  4. Make sure the people are ready for your service. If it is too revolutionary, i.e. ahead of its time, it may not succeed.
  5. Make sure the need you are addressing is sufficiently large.

Click here for more information on these 5 reasons.

For more tips on launching a successful Web 2.0 company, check out our previous coverage.

Originally posted on February 8, 2007 @ 2:52 pm