Category: Internet

NameMedia files for $172.5 mln IPO

Nov 2 (Reuters) – Name MediaNameMedia Inc filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $172.5 million in an initial public offering of common stock. Credit Suisse, Jefferies & Co Inc, Banc of America Securities and RBC Capital Markets are underwriting the IPO, the online media company told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a preliminary prospectus. The company plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol “NAME.” (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee in Bangalore)

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This was going to happen sooner or later. Large Domain Portfolio Companies going public. The net keeps on giving up the goods.

Google PR update Headaches Webmasters

After listing to WebmasterRadio.fm ‘s GoodKarma GoodKarma Logo Image(recorded 1/11/07)

  • Hosted by : Greg Niland , Vanessa Fox
  • Speaking about PageRank and Paid Links

During the last week of Oct 2007 Google did a very large page rank update. This left lots of Webmasters (myself included) what was going on? Word is out that the big “G” was/is trying to shake up the paid link industry. I have been hearing that lots of sites experienced a dropped if they were hosting paid links; this was later confirmed confirmed by Matt Cutts.This not only affects the site selling the links apparently, but has caused wide spread changes via a ripple effect. Staring from Host of said paid links to the other sites that have links on those same pages in a legit exchange of relational value. G is trying to get the real value of a vote to a quality web page/site. This doesn’t really seem the right way to handle it.

There have also been reports that YouTube (which is owned by Google) bounced from a PR8 – to PR3- then back to PR8 . Authoritative site “New York Post” has been dropped down to a 5 and this started two weeks before this big shift in the Google ranking system.Continue reading

Facebook and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance

Microsoft to take equity stake in Facebook; companies expand advertising deal to cover international markets.

PALO ALTO, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Facebook® and Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook’s next round of financing at a $15 billion valuation, and the companies will expand their existing advertising partnership. Under the expanded strategic alliance, Microsoft will be the exclusive third-party advertising platform partner for Facebook, and will begin to sell advertising for Facebook internationally in addition to the United States.

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Google Ads per page

Can I place more than one link unit on a page?

Yes, you may place up to three link units on a page, in addition to the three standard ad units and two search boxes you’re permitted to display. Just make sure the page complies with our program policies.

That seems ok, but when I read it again I see you can have 8 google outbound links+ads+search combined. WoW,  but then again say you have a really long page,I suppose you might be able to show some content spread around the page. But I’m sure we have all come across a page that is only screen size, has one paragraph of content and 8 google ads…… and people wonder how google is raking in the bucks.

Welcome To The Oregon Publishing Blog

A new month, a new year on the horizon and a new shinny blog added to OregonPublishing.com

This blog will try and keep up with what is going on with the Internet, Affiliate Marketing, Domaining, New Technology, and what the industry leaders of the fore mention are doing on the bleeding edge of cyberspace. I know that I can’t keep up with everything, but I sit in this chair all day and work and read, so I’m pretty hip with the trends and staying “on top of it”.  I will often post an exurpt  and a link out to the rest. Sometimes I’ll make a comment and give my take on it and where it might be heading, but other times not.

I am looking forward to working this blog.