Twitter tastes the rainbow – the Skittles rainbow

I just caught this from Rex Hammock (thanks bud) on FriendFeed and it appears that the Skittles home page has been taken over. Yup Twitter search is beginning its monetization plan – taking over other web ... continue

A simple reason why Twitter search won’t be a money maker

The scramble is on in the blogosphere to try and figure out just how Twitter is going to make money following some recent statements by Todd Dagres, a VC with Sparks Capital which is a recent ... continue

Bartz gives backing to Yahoo-Newspaper Ad project

As I noted last night over on my home blog Carol Bartz is starting the process of stamping Yahoo into her mould of what she wants for the company and the in the trenches staff ... continue

Google wants to save content producers from malvertisements

Malvertisements you ask, while shaking your head – what the hell are malvertisments? Well it appear that there are some unscrupulous folks out there where scum bucket malware distributors attempt to place malicious ... continue

Advertising, it’s all in the presentation

Advertising, it's all in the presentation. No related posts. continue

IAC reports display ads could fall 50% this month

IAC CEO Barry Diller told an earnings call this morning that he expects display advertising across IAC sites, including College Humor, City Search, Vimeo and a range of other leading web brands to drop a whopping 50% ... continue

Online Ads Down 20%: Start of a Vicious Cycle Downwards?

AdAge has reported that CPM rates for websites are down 20% according to their sources, and sell rates have dropped from 60% of frontline inventory to 30%; the net effect there being that it's a 20% drop ... continue

Yes folks it’s the vagina spy cam

Uhm .. I’m not really sure how to take this but hey  I guess anything can be outfitted with a camera these days. It appears to be a video ad spot for some feminine ... continue

Purity of ethics – not just for bloggers

one of the big on-going arguments that happens within the tech blogosphere has to do with bloggers accepting advertising. Whether it be the simplest form of running AdSense in the sidebars to full fledged sponsored posts nothing ... continue

Don’t blink or you’ll miss that ad

Ad supported this and ad supported that. Ads on buses, ads on subway cars everywhere you turn these days advertising is stepping out in some of the weirdest places. bloggers get a lot of flack for running ... continue

How many ways can I tell you this is a f#@*ing bad idea

    I am a strong proponent for bloggers trying to monetize their work. There is a very fine line though, that we walk between reasonable advertising on blogs and RSS feeds and poisoning the well. It is all ... continue

TiVo set to spam paused shows

Just to set the record straight I don’t own a TiVo mainly because it’s a U.S. contraption that hasn’t made it to north of the 49th parallel. So while it doesn’t really bother me ... continue