Here’s a sample of the Google ads that will run via AdSense (but not initially on Google itself). Not too obnoxious in my opinion. Thoughts? They don’t auto load which is so critical.
Business Week wrote about Best Buy’s increasing influence, which worries several major electronics companies (not the least of which are those formerly of Circuit City). Seems Best Buy’s influence is beginning to take a Walmart tone. “We used to call them the 800-pound gorilla,” says the executive of one company that sells televisions and other…
Hitwise recently released a report of the market share of online video websites between February and December 2006. Hitwise gets its data on the traffic of about 15MM U.S. surfers via ISP data. We see a huge jump for MySpace in March (believe that’s when they dropped YouTube and got their own player?) and another…
The good folks at Mentos were kind enough to sponsor my “Smuggling Mentos Into Movie Theater” video (see it on Revver here). Mentos provided modest funds to offset my time and production costs, and more importantly provided me with a big ol’ shipment of Mentos. I’m eating them at 9:35 a.m. as I type. They…
You know I’ve blogged got almost 3 years about online video. I used to check out the stats, and think about SEO. Now I just dig the informality and the little gang that’s formed around it. Since the typical ratio of views/comments is probably 95 and 5, I’m probably ignoring the needs of a few…
I tried Second Life last weekend, and was so perplexed I decided to spoof it in this video called “Drunk Naked Flying in Second Life.” The video viralinated (became a top video in the “Gadget and Games” section), and I started receiving dozens of friend invites from people (I’m named “Nalts Writer” on Second Life but…
Combine tech startups, Scoble (the Paul Revere of tech revolution), and a video camera. What do you get? Nearly two dozen videos of various tech startups. Stop Eating Shit, and check out Fooducate. Inspired by the discovery of glow-in-the-dark yogurt containing carcinogen. Send your pictures quickly to multiple social-media platforms via Photogram, an alternative to Instagram…