Jeff Jarvis calls for Open Source advertising and metric solutions to help bring Advertisers and Bloggers together. A rather socialist suggestion from a right wing blogger I’d think. But I can’t help that think that maybe Jeff Jarvis doesn’t know enough about the advertising industry, because there is no way in hell that you are going to get ad execs to agree on open standards, particularly just for blogs. Some firms might, and good on them, but the industry as a whole? Very, very wishful thinking.
Category: General
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Lawsuit Brings Down Agency
The irony. An ad agency tries to sue a blogger who criticised on of it’s campaigns. 1 month later the ad agency folds.
From Media Post:
WARNER KREMER PAINO ADVERTISING, THE ad agency that last month filed a puzzling lawsuit against a blogger for having criticized the agency’s online ad efforts, has folded. After widespread media coverage, Warner Kremer Paino Advertising, or WKPA, withdrew its suit–though too late to escape near-universal derision.
Blogosphere 1, Stupid Moronic Advertising Executives 0.
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Crikey! Blogs are dying!
Trevor Cook refers to the latest subscriber email from Australian Sh*t sheet Crikey that concludes that blogs and blogging are dying:
What most realise is that blogging is the illusion of connection, publishing into a void and thus doubly isolating. Those blogs that survive will and are evolv(ing) into multi-person sites, some with collective and decentred ways of uploading, others with hierarchies essentially identical to paper editing.
Bizarre. Crikey criticises politicians for being out of touch. Me thinks that Stephen Mayne may be totally out of touch, or maybe it’s just in his interest to down play a threat to the business?
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Blog Plagiarism makes the MSM
Interesting story at Boston.com on Blog Plagiarism. Honestly I didn’t know it was a big problem, after all the real problem is just plain and simple content theft. Apparently though, some of these low lifes are getting crafty and changing names in posts. Personally I don’t see why they’d bother.
Tags: Blog Plagiarism
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Making money from your blog: TLA
I’ve held back on blogging topics here at duncanriley.com, because at the end of the day I don’t want to compete with my former site, The Blog Herald, or b5media’s Problogger, but I thought I might share a little money making advertiser I’m having great success with, both with my personal sites, and with b5media as well, at that’s Text Link Ads
Some of you would know I had great dealing with Adzaar back in the days. I’m not sure what went wrong with Adzaar, rumor had it that they are skint, but anyhow when I lost a lot of my contracts with these guys I gave Text Link Ads a try, and I’ve got to say I’m happy.
They don’t work on every site. But they do work well on high traffic sites and on decent PR sites. Nice ads, compatible with Adsense, give them a shot by clicking here
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Bobby is as rough as guts
As part of the impending Australia TV tour, while I’m in Sydney I feel obliged to go an jump around Martin Place with a large sign for Sunrise, as many American would do for the NBC Today Show.
But talking of Mel and Kochie, I also looked into attended Where are they Now, only because I’ve got an empty intinery so far, but the recording is the same time as The Chaser. Don’t know if anyone caught it last Sunday, but I saw a little bit of it during an ad break for Big Brother. They re-united the original Home and Away cast. Now Home and Away started in 88, the Bicentential Year, the year I started High School and Year 7. Nicole Dickson was on the show. Her character was “Bobby”. What can I say. With some people age is kind. With Nicole….jeeeeeeeeeeeeeezus. Rough as Guts. Perhaps it’s best I’m not there 🙂
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The Australian TV tour
Yep, I’m finally got my holiday booked. I couldn’t get a passport in time (then get the Visa’s and what not) so it’s totally domestic travel for me.
As much as I plan to spend some time laying on a beach, I’ve decided to go a bit quirky as well. It’s been a while since I’ve travelled (building houses and working for yourself sort of limits the budget) so I’m doing the highlight’s of Australian TV Tour.
Starting next Sunday I’m in Row 4 at the Big Brother Eviction Special at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast. I’ve also got tickets to the Cocktail Party before hand, so expect some pictures of me with D grade celebrities as well (Tilly and Elise anyone?? 🙂 ).
I’ll be spending a few days on the Gold Coast, before I jet down to Sydney later in the week (my old home town) where I’ve applied (but not yet confirmed) tickets to The Chasers War on Everything on Thursday. Then back to WA Saturday.
If any bloggers out there want to catch up for a bite to eat, or say gday in Sydney in particular, drop me a line. I’m only there 4 days, but it would be nice to meet some bloggers while I’m there.
Extra: I should have added, I really wanted to be in the audience for The Glass House but they are in Melbourne that week, and it’s too cold to go to Melbourne this time of year 🙂
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Expedia caught spamming Google
SEO Black Hat blog reports that Expedia is spamming Google’s search results for terms including Viagra.
I’m not sure exactly what the corporate structure is at Expedia these days, but the use to be owned by IAC Corp, the very same people that own Ask.com (previously Ask Jeeves) as well as other sites such as Hotwire.
Wonder if Google will take action?
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NBC report on Blogs, but you’ve got to have IE to watch it
The CBS Public Eye blog is reporting on a NBC news story on blogging….but if you want to watch it online, don’t bother unless you’ve got IE!
The story itself is pretty general….Im just annoyed that if you want to view NBC view online you have to use IE.
