A Good Time to Be a Publisher! Or Is It?
Over the last week some surprising publishers have been snapped up by larger companies for what appears to be some monetary victories for the publishers. I’m not sure why it’s surprising, beyond the...
View ArticlePanel Proposal for SXSW 2008
I’ve got a proposal in the panel picker for SXSW 2008 called “Maximizing Ad Revenue for Online Publishers“. The title explains it pretty well, but if it’s voted in as one of the panels at the...
View ArticlePublisher Success Story: WhateverLife.com
I love publisher success stories like this one in Fast Company about WhateverLife.com. Reading about how people succeed online always gets me excited about what is possible through the web, and how...
View ArticleFull RSS Feeds Please!
Over the last year as I’ve used a Blackberry at work and iPhone for personal use I realized I mostly do my RSS feed reading on my phones now while traveling. What this has primarily done, is taught me...
View ArticleMacRumors.com Publisher Success Story
I love publisher success stories. I think it’s part of the core of what I love about the business aspects of the web, and why I ended up building advertising tools that help them earn more money doing...
View ArticleBe Careful With Direct Ad Sales
Most publishers talk about the risks of getting dangerous or unwanted ad creatives from ad networks, but as Greg points out it looks as though they should also be careful with who they sell their...
View ArticleGood Examples of Ad Operations Disasters
Doug Wintz has a nice article about common ad operations disasters that can occur for publishers who are large enough to have sales and ad operations teams. Since this is usually one of the largest...
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Publisher Success Story: Plentyoffish at Inc.com
The story of Markus Frind and the success of Plentyoffish.com has been covered before and is pretty well known to those who follow the web publishing world closely. Inc.com goes a bit deeper though...
View ArticleYahoo! Starts Offering Rich Ads in Search
Cool announcement from my employer today, as they’ve announced the beta testing of “Rich Ads” in search results. There’s a few things I am liking about this: The addition of video, images, and form...
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Batch Is a Very Nice Photo Sharing App
I’ve tried out just about every iPhone photo sharing app, and many of them are quite good. I’ve mostly been attached to Instagram due to the ease of use, design, and the biggest user base means I have...
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