Tag Archives: techcrunch
iHype & ePerks – How To Kill A Startup
iHype.com was due to launch today and it is my strong personal opinion that they will head straight to the Techcrunch deadpool, and if they get a mention on Techcrunch, it will purely be for the satisfaction of sending them there.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ben Behrouzi, deadpool, eperks, ihype, paid posts, paid reviews, real estate Comments closed
Google Double or Indented Listings
Whilst I gain tons of Google indented listings for money terms, and I can achieve them quite often in minutes, rather than days, they are almost always achieved using a few simple steps.
- Get one page indexed and ranking
- Write a second post linking to the first (which will also then trackback to the second page)
- Use the same primary keyword in both posts
- My post with the highest number of links on a topic will most likely rank well
- My tag page which leads to further posts on the topic will form the secondary listing
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blogging tips, marketing, news Also tagged Google, google double listings, google indented listings, mashable, Microsoft, msft, search engine optimization, SEO Blog, stompernet, yahoo, yhoo Comments closed
Linking To Differing Opinion
There is nothing wrong with having strong, even biased opinion about a product or service, as long as you provide a basis for that judgement, clear disclosure of any conflicts, and where possible links to differing opinion.
Links provide balance
Fred disagreed with what was written about 4 services on Techcrunch and VentureBeat, he provided some data to back that up, and clear disclosure. Techcrunch responded, defending their writers, again fair enough. Fred Wilson followed up with another post, linking through to the differing opinion, thus giving them equal limelight Mathew Ingram was following the story closely, and as a professional journalist who I know links out to conflicting opinion on a frequent basis, followed up with "Bloggers Need To Try Harder" Michael Arrington also linked through to Mathew from his post to give some additional balance. The only negative in all this is that Fred ends up with a reputation management potential problem with a post headline on Techcrunch "Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted" - probably a bit uncalled for considering how this all eventually worked out.Techcrunch Now Nofollow Sponsor Links
I would like to congratulate the Techcrunch team for finally coming to the realization that linking to sponsors within posts, without using nofollow on the links might be in violation of Google's Webmaster guidelines.
This was previously written about by Ted Murphy of Izea, and vehemently defended by Techcrunch, so it is surprising that they have made a significant change in their stance without also making a public statement about it.
I also wrote about this situation in a previous article on paid links and the PageRank update (round 5).
Here is their previous links to sponsors post from
Posted in Google, SEO Blog, blog monetization Also tagged izea, nofollow, paid links, paid posts, payperpost, sponsored reviews, sponsored_posts, sponsor_links Comments closed
Wrong Reaction From Techcrunch On Paid Links?
I think this is one possibly for the water cooler on Sphinn, because I find it comical in a sad kind of way.
Ted Murphy rightly questions Google quite openly to explain why PPP bloggers are being punished for not using nofollow on links, yet many prominent bloggers post quite blatant pagerank passing links to their advertisers every chance they get.
Not only do they mention their advertisers in "Thanks To Our Advertisers" posts, but they also name drop them every chance they get as a form of disclosure.
As an example, almost every time PayPerPost was discussed, either Text Link Ads
Posted in Google, blog monetization, blogging tips, marketing, web 2.0 Also tagged goog, Google, izea, pagerank, paid links, socialspark, techmeme Comments closed
Plausible Deniability Just Doesn’t Cut It Mr Arrington
I actually don't care about the facts in the current drama over Michael Arrington not attending 2 sessions where he was scheduled to speak, possibly because he didn't agree in person to speak.
Plausible deniability is the term given to the creation of loose and informal chains of command in governments and other large organizations. In the case that assassinations, false flag or black ops or any other illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any connection to or awareness of such act, or the agents used to carry
Posted in blogging tips, marketing, web 2.0 Also tagged blogworld, blogworld_expo, brad_feld, dan_rua, duncan_riley, izea, Michael_Arrington, payperpost, Plausible_Deniability, Rick_Calvert Comments closed
Open Social Web – Google + Feedburner Really Is Bad For RSS
I honestly laughed when I saw the new "Open Social Web" Bill of Rights launched yesterday, not because it isn't to some extent a useful idea, but because of one specific term…
Control of whether and how such personal information is shared with others
10 months ago I fired off a heated debate about RSS sharing, and how Google with it's easy to share feeds could be killing the future of RSS. Now I say I fired it off, but honestly it would have been a storm in a teacup without Robert Scoble taking part with one of his most
Posted in Google, blogging tips, marketing, news, web 2.0 Also tagged bill_of_rights, facebook, feedburner, Google, google reader, news, open_social_web, robert_scoble, rss Comments closed
PayPerPost Receives $7M Additional Funding & Launches Direct Marketplace
Just 2 weeks ago PayPerPost launched their PayPerPost Direct service and I wrote one of my typical in-depth reviews about why I believe that this new offering really changes the paid review landscape.
Read more on PayPerPost Receives $7M Additional Funding & Launches Direct Marketplace…
Posted in SEO Blog, blog monetization, blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged dan_rua, DFJ, dfj_gotham, Draper_Fisher_Jurvetson, Google, Inflexion_Partners, Josh_Stein, Michael_Arrington, Microsoft, paid posts, paid reviews, pay per post, payperpost, payperpost_direct, ted_murphy, village_ventures, yahoo Comments closed
Techcrunch RSS Subscriber Payola?
Maybe I should enter these lyrics into the SEO Lyrics contest
Payola makes the world go around
The world go around
The world go around
Payola makes the world go around
It makes the world go ’round.
Posted in blog monetization, blogging tips, web 2.0 Also tagged disclosure, google reader, payola, rss, RSS Reader, rss_subscribers, rss_subscription Comments closed
Disclosure Ethics and Pay Per Post
I have been offline for a few days, so time to play catchup.
Techcrunch and Pay Per Post seem to have a love/hate relationship. Who will Techcrunch write about now that Pay Per Post with their requirement of disclosure can no longer be pinpointed.
Posted in marketing Also tagged affiliate marketing, disclosure policy, disclosurepolicy, ethics, pay per post, payperpost Comments closed
FTC | Word of Mouth and Affiliates
I was honestly so caught up in other things over the last 36 hours, I totally missed this and it is highly relevant to my Disclosure Policy Plugin.
I am not a lawyer, thus any interpretation of the situation I am going to leave in the hands of lawyers who I have a great deal of respect for, and who themselves are involved in the internet marketing field.
Posted in Projects, marketing, plugins Also tagged affiliate, affiliate marketing, amazon, clickbank, Commission_Junction, disclosure, disclosure policy, Ebay, ftc, Google, Linkshare, pay per post, word_of_mouth Comments closed
Techcrunch and Disclosure Policy (picking straws)
Michael Arrinton has made quite an outburst regarding DisclosurePolicy.org, but I think he might be slightly blinkered in his analysis.
A disclosure policy is a much better option for a site that features affiliate links, or is Michael looking to encourage commission stealing?
Read more on Techcrunch and Disclosure Policy (picking straws)…
Brain Solis and Techcrunch Blatantly Wrong About The Consequences Of Sponsored Reviews With Google