Archive for September, 2006
Judge: TradeMarked Keywords Aren’t TradeMark Violations
A little sanity finally entered into the dispute over buying keywords which are trademarked names or phrases, when a judge sided with Google on Thursday by ruling that the act of selling the trademarked names does…
So, Who Will Be The Moron To Buy YouTube & Prove Cuban Wrong?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words on Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a “moron” would purchase the wildly popular start-up.
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BAAMC 6th Anniversary Dinner
Last night I had the pleasure to attend the Bay Area Affiliate Manager Coalition‘s 6th Anniversary Dinner in San Francisco. For those of you unfamiliar with the group, the BAAMC is one of the strongest regional groups around…
Update – New York Dismisses Warrant for Sportingbet Officer
Reuters is reporting that the arrest warrant for Peter Dicks that I reported on earlier, former chairman of Sportingbet, has been dismissed by a judge. The warrant was based on a “gambling by computer” charge filed in Louisiana.…
Screech Sex Tape Ready To Hit An Online Store Near You
As I was surfing the channels last night in between reruns of M.A.S.H on the Hallmark Channel, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the headline on CNN screaming… “Screech Sex Tape”.
Um, ok. you mean like…
TRUSTe- Fourteen Questions…Lots of Them Actually
TRUSTe says to bring on the questions, and I admire them for that- so here they are. In fairness some of these can take some time, so I have alloted at least twenty-four hours for Carolyn to answer in a…
Letter to TRUSTe- TRUSTe Will Answer Clarion Call!
Recently I sent an e-mail to the TRUSTe representative.
I am pleased to say Carolyn was gracious in accepting the challenge. Stay tuned.
A partial excerpt below *with a mispell or two corrected on my end*:
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ClickZ Notices Affiliate Marketing
It was nice to see an article in ClickZ from Heidi Cohen on the benefits of affiliate marketing. What is extra interesting about this is that Heidi normally writes about “Actionable Analysis”, where she normally covers ways of…
Collateral Damage and A Voice for Affiliates
I am sure that many of you have heard about the highly controversial panel that took place at SES San Jose on “Search Arbitrage” issues. If you haven’t, let me paint a quick picture of the scene and the players…
Studio 60′s Failed Parody
No matter what you think of Aaron Sorkin’s new show “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, you should check out the parody blog from the show: Defaker. Wait, you can’t. It was pulled after a ton of bad press and…
