Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. uh, hello!

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

However, it most likely still won’t provide revenue or a return on ad spend seen in traditional direct response channels, such as paid search. Wilson: "I feel that it’s very challenging for a company that has a great core product to expand into other areas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Search engines. If you web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. Paid search” will mitigate this to some extent, but is not a sustainable strategy. Key measurements should always include return on investment, and visibility to the targeted audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Search engines like Google are still the primary method for finding information on the Internet. If your web site is not optimized for search engines (SEO), all your online content and marketing efforts are wasted. Paid search” will mitigate this to some extent, but is not a sustainable strategy.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category. Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. Affiliates invest the up-front marketing expenses required to attract customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. So he launched a company with exclusively paid search. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

This was in direct response to the implosion of the tech bubble and the fall out of Enron, Worldcom and the questionable research produced by the investment banks in general and Blodget in particular. In 2003 Blodget struck a civil settlement deal with the SEC that cost him $4 million. Blodget also agreed never to work on the Street again.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

This was in direct response to the implosion of the tech bubble and the fall out of Enron, Worldcom and the questionable research produced by the investment banks in general and Blodget in particular. In 2003 Blodget struck a civil settlement deal with the SEC that cost him $4 million. Blodget also agreed never to work on the Street again.

Blogging 40

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

We sat down with Scott Morrow President of Curatemedia, to hear more about the firm's strategy and the thinking behind the acquisition and new investment in the firm. That's why we exist, and why we are a company, to help consumers figure out that fundamental question. There's a really important distinction there.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I applied to hundreds of jobs: low-level VC roles, startups jobs, even to big tech companies. Big companies rejected me outright or gave me a courtesy interview before rejecting me. And And after 30 years of Venture investing we still have a hard time articulating why. knew he would bring immense value to me and the company.

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