“Is Madison Avenue about to get Googled?” March 1, 2006
Posted by Zack W. Handley in General Musings, Google, SEM, SEO, Search.add a comment
The leader of a new group within Publicis says no.
Rishad Tobaccowala a top executive in the media-buying division of Publicis,says in a eat my words quote:
“I think Google has overextended, like Napoleon opening up a Russian
front,” he said last week in an interview in London. “I think they are
a very amazing company that will take over nothing.”
I think Rishad and his ilk are about to see Google (or yahoo or MSN or ReachWest) take something from them they didn’t even know was up for grabs…..can’t even imagine…Marketing and Ecomm group managers in top corporations are sooo much more sophisticated than these firm give them credit.
They don’t need to be hand held.
They don’t need the floor to ceiling ocean views
They don’t need the cynicism and holier than thou attitude…
They don’t need the mark ups…
They NEED CRYSTAL CLEAR ROI ….new media firms are giving that to them…. Buh bye, Rishad.
Pandora – Fall in Love with Music Again March 1, 2006
Posted by Zack W. Handley in Best Stuff, VeryUseful.add a comment
Don’t think your friends already know about Pandora…They Dont. And they should. Every time I refer someone there, they always say neat, thats cool and I just created a _add song or band___ radio station.
Does it aways get it right. Nope. Bust Good Enough and no commercials….
OSTK = is this guy for Real??? Maybe March 1, 2006
Posted by Zack W. Handley in General Musings.add a comment
Patrick Byrne, This guy is the CEO of a company that has (stock price) been going down for years, he has been fighting some of the largest short selling hedge funds (Rocker Partners) in the world for the past year and is now extending the consipracy to CNBC….Well I don’t know how much credence I can put in these theories
HOWEVER,
Gradient has been taken to task by former analysts/writers for pressure to write very negative column about specific equities these former employees say were current shorts of Rocker Partners. These employees have testified under oath.
Rocker Partners, not exactly a posterchild for great, giving, charitable organiztion. They are a professional short selling fund, folks!
And now some of the most respected folks (Greenberg, Cramer) in Financial Reporting have now been served by the SEC. This guy could be a blowhard, or could be exhibiting a death-rattle that takes out all around him. I doubt Greenberg and Cramer are involved however, Cramer is a founder of the Street (Big Rocker Partners investment) and Greenberg used to write there.
Here is the wierd thing in my eyes…Follow Me: Now Cramer & Greenberg have resorted to discrediting Byrne instead of distancing themselves from Rocker and Gradient…That spells trouble.
EdgeIO, BlogBuy …edge aggregators dime a dozen March 1, 2006
Posted by Zack W. Handley in General Musings, Web 2.0.add a comment
I have long held that Edge Aggregators (edgeio ,inods,kritx) Have an interesting yet indefensible position in the ecomm-bloguverse. Many folks could not sit in the sidelines and wait for the right time so these companies have finally decided to dive in and launch….
UNfortunately for them there is always one BIG question: Who am I selling to, what is their REPUTATION.????
OH Wait, Who owns reputation? Ebay. As soon as this matters(which i don’t think will be soon), Ebay/PayPal will be in with a whole suite of services/products.
….These companies will have blown through their Series A & B educating folks on the tag: listing…(just writing that sentence makes me really realize how indefensible this market is! WOW!)
Because Ebay Owns reputation.
update: Nicholas Carr adds a funny line about a brothel and web2.0..very funny and cynical.
