Bloglines; Modern Marketing

I decided to read an article about modern marketing, which was written in a blog by Collaborate PR and Marketing. Their blog can be found here. The name of the actual article was called, "From TV Ads To YouTube Anarchy," and can be found here.

The article brought up a great point; why is it that a professional video of a celebrity, say Kate Moss, be viewed only 75,000 times on YouTube, when a video of something insignificant, such as a baby giggling, be viewed over 8,000,000 times? Anyway, the people at 'Modern Marketing' are attempting to discover what it is that makes a certain video so popular. I hope that when they find the answer they will post the results, as I am curious myself.

Post's on Teammate's Blogs...

Blogger: Work In Progress - Post a Comment (Post about the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, on Dan Sefrin's blog)

Blogger: Jocelyn's Blog - Post a Comment (Post about Google's vanity search, on Jocelyn Mohr's blog)

Blogger: Kyle Garis - Post a Comment (Post about the Amazon price discrimination debacle, on Kyle Garis' blog)

Blogger: Kyle Garis - Post a Comment (Post about Wikipedia users and how they often are "uptight")

Blogger: Dan Sefrin's "Work in Progress" (its a tentative name, relax) - Post a Comment (Post about celebrity appearances on 'Entourage')

Blogger: Dan Sefrin's "Work in Progress" (its a tentative name, relax) - Post a Comment (Post about a response that I made on my page about one of Dan's blogs)

Nas (Wikipedia Edit #8)

For my second Wikipedia edit about Nas, I added a fact that I came across regarding Nas's new shoe line, 'The Disciples," which is expected to hit stores soon. It seems that every major rapper has decided to come out with their own shoe line, and Nas has finally decided to come out with his. The edit can be found here.

Hedge Funds (Wikipedia Edit #7)

I made my second edit regarding the Hedge Fund page on Wikipedia today. There was a section comparing hedge fund's to mutual funds, and being that I am somewhat knowledgable about mutual funds, I decided to add in my $.02. The edit can be found here, under the "Comparison to U.S. mutual funds section."

MIT Blackjack Team (Wikipedia Edit #6)

For my second edit on the MIT Blackjack Team on Wikipedia, I added information for the movie that is being released based on the New York Times best selling book, "Bringing Down the House." The edit can be found here: MIT Blackjack Team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under the "In the Media" section.

Phil Ivey (Wikipedia Edit #5)

Today I made a small edit to the Wikipedia page on Phil Ivey. Being an avid player on www.FullTiltpoker.com I have actually watched Phil play NL Hold 'em as well as PL Omaha Hi. Here is my edit, Phil Ivey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, which can be found under the "Other Poker" section.

Bloglines (John Battelle's Searchblog)

This week, I decided to check out John Battelle's Searchblog, from the required blogs list. I was amazed when I came across the opening of www.portfolio.com, a whopping $125 million start up website for Conde Nast. I knew that starting a website could potentially cost a lot of money, but $125 million? Clearly Conde Nast, feels that this site will increase the traffic for their business magazine tremendously. After reviewing comments on the website, people tend to agree that it is visually appearing, and is well designed, but I can't help but wonder if starting a website can truly increase your businesses revenues by that much money. The blog about this website can be found here: John Battelle's Searchblog: The $125 Million Website.

Dealcatcher.com (Class Speakers)

This past week in class, the founder of dealcatcher.com Tim Patton, came to discuss his successful internet business, and how he started it. Opening the site in his parents bedroom, Patton intended the site to simply be a hobby and had no serious direction. Shortly after the site started however, he realized that it had the potential to make large amounts of profit. Slowly but surely, the site became popular simply by word of mouth. The biggest boost to the business however, came when Wal-Mart threatened to sue them for leaking information. Although this was considered "negative press", alot of speculation about the company began, and it was even featured on CNN. Today, the page has up to 3 million viewings a month, and is considered one of the top- 10 websites for finding bargains online. Hearing Tim talk about his company, made me realize just how much potential there is for starting a business online.

Bloglines (Dana VanDen Heuvel)

I was browsing through some of my required blogs via bloglines, and came across an interesting blog on Dana VanDen Heuvel's page. The blog talked about how many businesses have not taken the liberty to put their URL, or update their business information, in Google. It seems that every business trys to do everything they can to stay ahead of the competition, which makes me wonder why they wouldn't update their company information. With the millions of people browsing the internet every day, clearly it is vital for a succesfull business to have the correct information about themselves on the Web.

Anyway, Dana's blog can be found here.

Comment on Teammate Dan Sefrin's Blog

Like my teammate Dan Sefrin, I am also an avid New York Giants fan. Although the Giants have found there last few seasons to be mediocre, I remain to be a big fan. I, like Mr. Sefrin, was raised in New York, and so regardless of how poor the Giants perform, I still find myself rooting for them. I can't understand however, why the organization hasn't gone after free agents in the offseason. I guess that will remain a mystery. I especially enjoyed Mr. Sefrin's revision on the Wikipedia article entitled, "Modern Era; 1994 - Present." Incase you wanted to check out Dan Sefrin's blog post, along with his wikipedia edit, his page can be found here.

Research Project (STIUQXELA)

The second half of this semester we are conducting a search engine experiment. Our Info. Tech. professor, and future Triple Crown winner, Alex Brown is in charge of this experiment. Check it out, at... stiuqxela or on the Google homepage at... stiuqxela research project - Google Search