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The Perfect Scam
What happens when you mix credit card fraud and click fraud? You get the perfect scam. It seems fraudsters have been hard at work at milking Google (NASDAQ GOOG) and other PPC networks such as Microsoft AdCenter (NASDAQ MSFT) and Yahoo (NASDAQ YHOO) out of valuable click traffic but what’s most shocking is that these […]
30Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 10 comments | Continued
Paypal More Successful Than American Express and Discover Combined
Okay, so it’s official. Bank of America (NYSE BAC) to buy Countrywide (NYSE CFC) for $4 Billion in stock. Whoopdy-doo. (finger-in-air) I mean, seriously, hasn’t everyone written off the housing market by now?
What I find more interesting is the rumor of eBay (NASDAQ EBAY) getting bought out by Yahoo (NASDAQ YHOO) And what I find […]
Bill Gates Loses Bet, Plans To Leave Microsoft in July
A lot of CES attendees today got to see a comical look at Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft (Nasdaq MSFT). He is planning to step down in July and pursue philanthropy. Good for him, the guy deserves a break from the 9-to-5 job. The big question is why did he really decide to step […]
7Jan2008 | James Blunts | 11 comments | Continued
Yahoo Overbilling Users, Part 1
We now have three separate users claiming that they have been overbilled by Yahoo Personals. While I respect Yahoo for its ability to weather through tough markets, Yahoo’s attempt to recover some of those lost revenues through overbillings is just wrong. To assume that it would be a mistake is one thing but I think […]
7Jan2008 | Riley Poole | 10 comments | Continued
Hollywood Dotcom–The Cast
Hollywood Dotcom: The Cast–in no particular order
(comparing companies and dotcoms to Hollywood counterparts)
apple, Google, iphone, lindsay lohan, madonna, microsoft, paris hilton, perez hilton,
30Dec2007 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued-
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First of all, this is a great forum...so thanks.
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Good post. You make some great points that most people do not fully understand.
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Google is trying to be a jack of all trades, their only success is their search and their advertising program. ...