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Analysis: Why Some Web 2.0 Sites Will Never Attract Big Ad Dollars

Based on a informal analysis, my belief is that many online communities, bloggers, social networks will never attract a critical mass of advertisers because they are not set up properly to attract visitors more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

Wikinvest Closes $2.5 Million For Investment Wiki

Wikinvest is meant to be a research portal where anyone can contribute information on company profiles, investment concepts, or chart analysis. The site is a competitor with financial profiles and news more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

Playyoo Launches Game Contest in Mobile Casual Gaming Space

Casual gaming is hot and while I don't know if mobile casual gaming is hot, I can only imagine it will grow as the handhelds grow in their ability to play games. In my former life we built loads of casual more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Online Games  |  

The Number one Problem in Web Design

The number one problem on the Web today is a mismatch between the desired message and the actual message being delivered. Remember the game of telephone, the one where you sit in a circle and whisper a more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Should designers optimize the web sites for page views…or user experience?

An interesting quote from Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, when asked if Facebook’s news feed feature, which aggregates disparate profile information into a single view, reduces page views (and more...
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Facebook to let you 'group' friends

It hasn't happened yet, nor is there a timeline for it, but Facebook has stated that it's working on allowing its members to "organize that long list of friends into groups so you can decide more specifically more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Why Your Start-up Will Fail - unless you pay attention to these

This article is about the things you need to pay attention to and things you need to focus on if you want to see your startup not to fail. Most of the startups don't get to see the second birthday because more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

India to help build 2nd Silicon Valley in US

Top Indian IT companies and Indian commerce ministry are joining hands to plant the seed for Silicon Valley II on the east coast. New Jersy will be the new incubation center for startups. Read on.... more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Investment Trends  |