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October 27, 2011

TrafficDito brings traffic-monitoring to the crowd

Met one of the folks from TrafficDito yesterday where I was introduced to their new iPhone app. It’s like the MMDA app we showed you earlier but this one runs by crowd-sourcing it to drivers and commuters.

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Freewares
May 20, 2009

Does AyosDito have what it takes?

There’s a new player and town and it looks like it’s making a splash by dropping a wad of cash in advertising. People have been asking me about this new classified ad site called Ayos Dito.

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The Internet
October 05, 2008

Is problogging in recession?

Barely 3 months after we saw big blog networks re-balancing their budgets, there’s another one that’s just finished brewing headed by Gawker Media’s head-honcho himself, Nick Denton, with a self-leaked internal memo.

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Problogging
August 22, 2008

Could Yahoo! Buzz get bigger than Digg?

While some would already say that Yahoo! Buzz has already proven itself to bring more massive amounts of traffic to publishers, this has only been felt by a select few. This week though, Yahoo! Buzz was opened to the public and it made a bigger promise Digg never accomplished.

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Web 2.0, Yahoo
August 28, 2007

Interesting late night Tuesday round up!

Unlock iPhoneThere’s a plot to release the iPhone unlocking software into the wild, wild web. A prize of $100,000 is in the offing. Several individuals and companies have actually solved the AT&T unlocking dilemma but threats of lawsuits prevent them to move forward.

Reports say that unlocking the iPhone invites DMCA complaints from AT&T and Apple. As usual, Apple will fiercely try to lock this down to protect their contract with AT&T. But what if they can’t?

It’s all about the money…

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Blogosphere
June 21, 2007

Manila Bulletin features Domain Squatter

I don’t regularly read the newspapers (print) but once in a while, I’d skim through some copies in the hopes of getting some scoop. Who would imagine I’d stumble upon yet another editorial lapse with Manila Bulletin.

If you have a copy of the June 16, 2007 (Monday) edition of Manila Bulletin, go over the Technews section on page D5. At the top right corner of the page, you will see a website feature for Parents Preview (www.parentspreview.com). What actually got my attention was the uncanny familiarity of the website screen shot. It does look like a domain parking landing page. Being in the domains and web hosting business for years, I can spot these type of sites from a mile away.

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Curious
April 10, 2007

TLA announces Post Level Text Link Ads

I thought this was bound to happen on Text Link Ads as several other companies are already doing this (V7N Contentual Links and Text Link Brokers for example). So, when you upgrade your TLA WP plugin, you will also be able to serve up more link ads on your blogs, specifically on the post level:

With the growth of social networking news sites individual blog posts can be very valuable in terms of traffic and direct links to these specific posts. You can now sponsor these specific posts with our new Post Level Text Link Ads. Only one ad will be served at the bottom of the post and it will allow you to have a full 80 character title and 150 letter description.

- You will still have editorial control for each link purchased if you have opted for editorial control for your regular Text Link Ads.

- Pricing is set automatically and is lower on a per link basis then typical homepage placed Text Link Ads.

- No extra coding work for you, we sync all of your posts automatically with our new WP plugin.

- If you regular Text Link Ads are sold out you will now have new inventory to sell.

The pricing may be a little lower per link compared to that of your front page rates (due to low PR? But I reckon that the link is now more relevant than that of a frontpage link). This is more beneficial to those blogs that have already used up all 10 spots in their ad inventories.

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Problogging
June 16, 2006

AOL’s new Netscape is a Digg-killer?

The beta version of the new Netscape portal really looks like another Digg-clone. Techcrunch calls it “the massive digg-killer” noting that Netscape serves a whopping 811 million monthly page views – far more than Digg today. With that amount of existing traffic, Jason Calacanis (the head huncho for WeblogsINC and Netscape), is pretty excited that they could build something great with the so-called meta-journalism (or social journalism).

The main difference between the new Netscape and Digg is that the latter is 100% pure user-driven while Calacanis’ new one will have editors or moderators. This means that the news that gets on top of the frontpage are then followed-up by the paid meta-journalists by way of verification, interviews and further research. Basically, the users themselves will be the ones nominating which stories should be covered more.

Digg CEO Jay Adelson responds to Netscape challenge:

Finally, we are very proud of the fact that there have been thousands of clones of digg. Keep them coming! (Time Warner is the first billion dollar company to do it, but bring it on. Surprised they went for the look and feel too, though.)

Oh wait, any new social news and bookmarking site now becomes a clone of Digg? Besides, was Digg ever an original idea? Digg was just a mix and match of the best features of del.icio.us and Slashdot. At least at Netscape, any attack/criticism on their site still gets the frontpage. Last time I heard, any submissions to Digg that’s anti-Digg are buried to oblivion.

I like Digg, don’t get me wrong, but if the owners talk as if their ideas are original and any other group or individual trying to improve it by either cloning or innovating on the idea are just a mess isn’t a nice way to welcome a new player.

[tags]netscape, digg, newsvine, reddit, delicious, social bookmarking[/tags]

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Web 2.0
November 19, 2005

Blogs and Online Newspapers have similar readership density?

Was on a meeting with lawyer and Inq7.net columnist Rowena “Bing” Guanzon this afternoon on setting up her new blog and familiarizing her with WordPress, when we discussed something about the density of newspaper readership.

She opined that people seem to get bored with Philippine politics and mentioned that most of her columns in Inq7.net are at the end of the top 10 most read articles. I agreed adding that even political blogs are sharing the same dip in traffic compared to entertainment/showbiz-related blog. I showed her some of the data from PinoyTopBlogs and the discussion we had on this blog and on Divergent Poles.

When I got back home, I checked INQ7′s 10 most-read columns from Nov. 6-12 :

Listed below are the 10 most-read column articles on INQ7.net for the week of November 6 to November 12, 2005, based on server traffic statistics.

1. After Brussels win, Buboy awaits 3rd baby’s birth (Dollywood, November 09, 2005)

2. Jericho says ‘Panday’ is ‘breathtaking’ (Dollywood, November 08, 2005)

3. Daniel Radcliffe and a boy named Harry grow up (Only in Hollywood, November 05, 2005)

4. PBA surprise: Bald, and proud of it (In Huddle, November 08, 2005)

5. Is INC coddling a criminal? (On Target, November 07, 2005)

6. Haste makes humiliation (Editorial, November 09, 2005)

7. Foul play (Editorial, November 11, 2005)

8. Staying at the top (Viewfinder, November 09, 2005)

9. Back in business (Editorial, November 10, 2005)

10. Prejudice (Editorial, November 08, 2005)

The top 3 columns are all entertainment articles followed by a sports article while the rest are editorial and political commentaries.

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Blogosphere
November 17, 2005

MLQ on Open Source Media

Just wanted to share to everyone that Manolo Quezon’s blog is part of the newly launched Open Source Media (OSM), formerly known as Pajamas Media.

OSM™ – the new portal to the best of the blogosphere. Open Source Media, a venture designed to bring together top online writers, journalists and commentators under a single umbrella, officially debuts today with a launch event at the Rainbow Room in New York City’s Rockefeller Center.

OSM’s mission is to expand the influence of weblogs by finding and promoting the best of them, providing bloggers with a forum to meet and share resources, and the chance to join a for-profit network that will give them additional leverage to pursue knowledge wherever they may find it. From academics, professionals and decorated experts, to ordinary citizens sitting around the house opining in their pajamas, our community of bloggers are among the most widely read and influential citizen journalists out there, and our roster of will be expanding daily. We also plan to provide a bridge between old media and new, bringing bloggers and mainstream journalists—more and more of whom have started to blog—together in a debate-friendly forum.

They said to have been backed with a USD$3.5 Million in venture capital funding. OSM will link to individual blog postings and highlight the best contributions, chosen by OSM editors, in a special section. Bloggers will be paid undisclosed sums based on traffic they generate.

Kudos to MLQ! :)

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Blogosphere
August 19, 2005

A 100 Blogs in 100 Days.

The Blog Herald is inviting all bloggers out there to join his little marketing project. So, what is it all about?

While others bleat on about diversity in the blogosphere, I’m going to show over the next 100 days some of the wonderful cross-section of blogs out there that others may not have yet discovered (including myself). It’s also your chance to get a post here at the Blog Herald just about your blog, and its all very simple.

The Blog Herald is #157 on Feedster’s Top500 blogs. That is something already. So, if your blog is mentioned or featured on his blog, expect a sudden rush of traffic. If you have AdSense, it might also get you a couple of bucks (maybe more). It’s also good for your Google PR.

What do you need to be listed?

Email me at editor@blogherald.com with subject line of “100 blogs in 100 days” with your blogs details (name, url etc..). You also need to include up to, but no more than 100 words about your blog, what it does, what it’s about, or why the readers of the Blog Herald should visit it that will be published as part of the post. In return though I’ll be inviting Blog Herald readers to provide some feedback in the comments here on what they think about your blog.

What are you guys waiting for? See ah there! ;)

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