Advo skews towards local services
July 14, 2006
Valassis Will Acquire Advo to Create Co-op Mail Giant | www.dmnews.com
Consumers expect a certain type of offer in a ShopWise packet. Sure perhaps the sales teams can cross sell. But will the consumers respond? That's the question and determines if a higher multiple is justified.
Will Google Checkout survive without Ebay
July 13, 2006
Google Checkout Doesn't Pay on EBay | www.informationweek.com
Google Checkout is taking a direct stab at
Gateways such as Verisign, Authorize.net and Cybersource. It is also going after Big Merchant account processors such as first Data, and Finally Ebay from the perspective it could hurt their Shopping Comparison Engine Shopping.com.
All of these companies will be affected because Google Checkout will redirect the checkout process through them thus lowering volume on all the other players.
Can MSN ever catch up to Google?
May 18, 2006
Microsoft CEO: catching Yahoo, Google to take time | www.washingtonpost.com
This article is about an interview Steve Ballmer gave in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Ballmer never explained why it will take 5 years to catch his competitors. I’m going to give some insight to MSFT and their plan to catch Google.
May 8, 2006
GM Cuts Pickup, SUV Output | online.wsj.com
What is the value of a domain? Answer: what ever someone is willing to pay for it.
What people and companies are paying for these names has gone up thousands of percentages points in the last few years.
This article discusses how a new private fund is going around and buying generic domain names. There have been a few of these companies doing this. Marchex is the only public company buying large portfolio of domains.
February 7, 2012
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011