Will Facebook Niche For Dollars Or Food?

May 7th, 2009

Ed Berrera contends that as Facebook advertising gets more niche, it will become less profitable to Facebook… methinks he be wrong. (And methinks further that writing like a pirate be good. Arrrh.)
Ed’s article confuses short term inefficiencies and arbitrage - eg, Facebook selling ads at higher rates to lazy advertisers - with long term profitability. […]

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Facebook: What I’d Do If I Ran Your Blog

December 19th, 2007

Posted by JaneCopland

I know exactly what you should do with your blog because it isn’t mine, I don’t have to implement any of the changes, and if my advice is bad, I don’t have to live with the consequences. This said, I’ve been poking around inside my favourite social networking site and I’m sure there is room for improvement when it comes to their blog.
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Whiteboard Friday - “Say It Ain’t Sullivan” Part I: Facebook Revolution?

December 1st, 2007

Posted by great scott!

We’ve got a doozie for you this week folks. Search Engine Land’s very own Danny Sullivan dropped by the Mozplex for a little Whiteboard Friday guest spot. Before I knew it, the camera batteries were running dry and he and Rand had talked for almost an hour, so this is going to be a multi-part Whiteboard extravaganza!
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How Yahoo (or Facebook) Could Really Kill Google

October 7th, 2007

Posted by shor

“Anything with a halfway interesting story about how an upstart like Facebook will beat Google will get listened to if for no other reason than to argue about it.” - Robert Scoble

To test Robert’s theory and to offer some belated support to his Google killers, we’re going to get this party started with the story of a little Korean website that could.
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Make Your Millions with Facebook Applications

September 16th, 2007

Posted by JaneCopland

… or not.

Rand, how on earth do you expect me to complete any solid keyword research when you assign me a task that involves Facebook? Luckily, you asked me to review the most successful Facebook applications. I’m one of those people who have shied away from adding applications to my Facebook account because I remember when Facebook was like a rented apartment where you couldn’t even move the furniture without incurring the rage of the landlord. I remember when they added photographs but forgot to make security measures to ensure that strangers couldn’t view each other’s pictures. That was really fun, in a creepy stalker type of way. I remember the days before status updates, SuperPoke and Ninja invitations.
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Facebook IPO Coming Soon

September 12th, 2007

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689686.post-7124522280855222082007-07-11T10:55:00.000-07:002007-07-11T11:03:25.582-07:00Facebook IPO Coming SoonAs Paul Kedrosky noted today in his blog it appears undeniable that Facebook is positioning itself for an initial public offering (IPO). When? Who knows but their Read the rest of this entry »

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