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Online advertising: 5 key trends for ad-based startups

Andrew Chen expounds his theory about online advertising during recessionary times and summarizes the five key trends for ad-based startups. Of course, it includes some already known facts like acceleration more...
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Ad startup IntroNiche claims to be different

An ad marketplace is just what we were all missing. IntroNiche is claiming that its offering - a marketplace where small companies and entrepreneurs find the right partners to promote each other in the more...
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Spot Runner Raises Another $51M

Allen & Company, Battery Ventures, Capital Research and Management, CBS, Index Ventures, The Interpublic Group, Tudor Investment Corporation, and WPP were joined by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), more...
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Startup Pudding Media takes first funding

Pudding Media has pulled in $8 Million in its first round of funding from Opus Capital. It is trying to create a way where the advertisements will be entirely determined by the conversation at hand, and more...
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Mobile shopping start-up Digby bags BlackBerry deal

Just in time for the holiday shopping, the mobile shopping startup Digby which is based in Austin, Texas, has snagged a very good deal with the 800-pound gorilla of enterprise communication Blackberry more...
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AdBrite Raises $23M - Online advertising is hot

Adbrite raises $23 million from Sequoia Capital and Artis Management. This clearly goes to show that the online advertising is still hot on the Sandhill Road. more...
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Another Googler Moves On

Dominic Preuss, who’d been at Google for over three years running its local ad business, has moved on to the startup Meetup. With Meetup’s current sponsor program, ads are done in an ad hoc manner more...
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Facebook Unveils Ad Strategy - Users Become Marketers

The company's approach to advertising boils down to an attempt at conversational marketing, where users become product promoters and are encouraged to spread the word about things they buy and use among more...
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Facebook Beacons - say goodbye to Privacy

While it seems to be a clever idea, a quick review reveals that Beacon might turn out to be a privacy hairball for the company. Facebook announced that they will be delivering more targeted ads based on more...
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Highly targeted mobile advertising from AdInfuse

The race to become early leaders in the world of mobile advertising is on. AdInfuse now brings a fresh perspective. Companies like AdMob and Third Screen Media have also been working on their targeting more...
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