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Episode 4 {Wikis could help your business / Arni’s Charity Classic}
2006-07-09 23:36:00
Download Episode 4 Headlines According to a study by Outsell Inc., a leading marketing research firm, click fraud now costs online advertisers nearly $1 billion per year, with advertisers believing almost 15% of all paid click-throughs are fraudulent. Among the studie’s other findings, 75% of online advertisers claim they have been victims of click fraud. It is estimated that Google and Yahoo, the two major players in the pay-per-click market, have lost up to $500 million in revenue as a result of click fraud. The New York Times is reporting the results of a major SPAM study. The study found that Spam messages promoting pornography are 280 times as effective in getting recipients to click on them as messages advertising pharmaceutical drugs, which are the next most effective type of spam. The third most successful variety is spam advertising Rolex watches, with a 0.0075 percent click-through rate. Major analysis for the study was provided by CipherTrust, a large manufacturer of...
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Episode 3 {blogs and blogging, net neutrality, Janus Developmental}
2006-07-03 16:14:00
Download Episode 3 Blogs and Blogging In this episode, we cover lots of good information about blogs and blogging. If you want to follow along with the sites Tony is referencing, they are as follows: Think Progress MedicalInsuranceNow (main site) MedicalInsuranceNow Blog Now get blogging yourself!!! Net Neutrality - The internet freedom that big corporations are trying to take from us!! If you’ve never made a call to your Senator before, this is your day. If you’ve never emailed him or her, the time is now. Muster the energy and do it. The future of the incredible value-creation machine we know as the Internet is at stake. Put simply, the carriers wish to pick and choose the winners and losers among content providers: they, not you, will decide the next Google. They, not you, will decide which telephony service, which file-sharing software, which instant-messenger you will use. I can find no simpler way to put it: the carriers seek to turn the Internet into cable television. I...
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Episode 2 {Google Maps / Podcasting / Blogging}
2006-05-09 23:52:00
Download Episode 2 The gang was a bit tired today, but we managed to cover a few interesting topics: Google Maps can let you do amazing things: Plug in a zip code to see your neighbors’ campaign contributions This map plots all murders in New York City for a two-year period This is a Google Map mashup for world cup soccer A new kind of malware circulating on the Internet freezes a computer and then asks for a ransom paid through the Western Union Holdings money transfer service. Recently there have been many blog entries centered around the success of “Ugly Design” on the web. New Orleans uses Podcasting as a way to revitalize the economy and put real faces and voices to the rebuilding effort. Senator John Edwards meets with bloggers to test the waters. Podcast circulation is growing 20% per month
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Episode 1 {Smashing the Bottle on the USS Promethean}
2006-05-09 23:14:00
Download Episode 1 Join Tony Valle, Denver Abernathy and Becky Crane as we explore general goings-on at Promethius Consulting, LLC. Topics include: Our new podcasting studio is live Three new programmers join Promethius Consulting Review of the Promethean newsletter How cool is RSS? Tony uses Bloglines to manage his content feeds and keep current. Windows shortcuts can help you gain massive efficiency Tony is afraid of using macros, but shouldn’t be. Study shows using dual screen monitors adds 30% efficiency. Kris Arnold, Promethius Programmer, attends concert by former Gigi Alan band at Indianapolis’ Melody Inn.
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