socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Encino-based SodaHead.com , the venture backed, online questions-and-answers site, has swizzled its web site, saying this week that it has redesigned its site to make it easier for its users to find topics. in June of last year.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 6, 2011

Wally Eater, one of our esteemed and longtime Executive Committee members, brought this Wall Street Journal article to my attention. It presents some excellent sites for entrepreneurs and is well worth a look. General Resources Startup entrepreneurs links resources sites'

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2011

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online business documents site headed by Jason Nazar, has quietly been ramping a video content effort at the site. Disclaimer: socalTECH has also contributed content to the new section.)

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2012

According to Virurl, it will pay users to share links to videos, articles, and games, awarding those users with points which can be redeemed for cash and prizes. The funding came from Tice Capital, the Los Angeles Syndicate of Technology, and angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2021

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. Online dating fraud rose by 150% percent in the last couple of years as scammers and hucksters turned up the false charm and predatory trolling, according to a recent article from the FTC. The honeymoon is over. Entry cost is very high. Social networks.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Calabasas-based online travel site CheapAir.com is taking issue with a study and article published by the Wall Street Journal yesterday, looking to pinpoint the best days to purchase an airline ticket.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! I also expanded the syndication of my articles to mainstream sites, such as TechCrunch, Inc. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. Are these the "best" articles I wrote last year? Article Title.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2009

Jason Calacanis, the high profile founder of Santa Monica-based search engine Mahalo , claims that it now has a number of writers who are making over $20,000 a year writing freelance articles for the site. Mahalo now has about 3,000 how to articles on the site. Mahalo now has about 3,000 how to articles on the site.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2016

The new site, created y Sameer and Malini Bhatia, said it is hoping to the online void between numerous dating, wedding, baby, and family websites. Los Angeles-based Marriage.com , a new startup and website focused on marriage advice, has launched, looking to help provide users with all kinds of advice about creating a healthy marriage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. It’s been a great ride, but it’s now time to dial it back a bit, and focus on some other priorities. A different message everywhere is no message.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online advice site owned by Demand Media , said this morning that it has further boosted its content efforts by launching a new video series. The site said tits new "Beauty Lab" video series is being hosted by beauty industry figure Tracy O'Connor, and will offer beauty tips and other information.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The company--one of the startups out of Santa Monica's MuckerLab--helps users find funny videos, articles, and more. Laffster is headed by Dan Altmann, who previously was involved with IAC and its CollegeHumor site. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 14, 2010

Our interview this morning is with Lolita Carrico, founder of Gloss Network for Women (www.mygloss.com), an online network of sites focused on women. Are sponsors interested in such highly targeted sites, rather than the broad reach? Do you find it's been more difficult to build up traffic for a more targeted site, or easier?

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2010

The paper said it will put in-text links to sites such as Amazon and TicketNetwork as part of the editorial in its Health, Image, Food, Travel, Books, Entertainment and Sports articles and photo galleries.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

Looking to attract more consumers interested in learning more about technology, Santa Monica-based eHow , the online how-to site run by Demand Media, said today that it has launched a new Tech Channel as part of the site. RadioShack is heavily represented on the channel as an advertiser and sponsor. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2010

The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost articles specifically to address that content. The San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com is providing information in its "Home Guides" section. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. It is no secret that Pinterest and other social commerce sites have begun to dial in the commerce equation. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Search Meets Social = Commerce.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 24, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. These articles have inspired readers to experiment with their own mouth-to-mouth campaigns, including the one described below by Hubba''s Emma Nemtin. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online question and answer site owned by Demand Media, has revealed a new site redesign today, saying it has launched a new look-and-feel plus additional site enhancements. eHow said the new organization makes the site more useful to advertisers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

paidContent , the online news site started in Los Angeles by Rafat Ali, is officially disappearing, according to current owner and publisher GigaOm. Rafat Ali--who is now running a New York travel news startup, Skift --had built an empire of news sites on the brand new concept--at the time--of blogging articles and news digitally.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

If you look at the articles on a site like CNN, and the 650 opinions you see after every article, your eyes just start to go crossed. The owners of a news site or blog can then install our plugins on their site, via all six lines of Javacript. We have about 50 political sites using the tool already.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

The new site offers educational articles and other information aboud HVAC services, and will generate leads for local businesses. The firm said the new site is part of a series of vertical, industry-specific sites it is launching to generate leads. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online information and answers site run by Demand Media , announced this morning that it has officially launched its eHow Food Channel with celebrity Rachael Ray. eHow said its visitors will have access to a new series, videos, articles, and blog posts from Ray and others on its food channel.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The company said its new INglibe offering will provide premium, in-view video ads, which rolls out a video player when people roll past an article. The company said its new advertising offering will reach over 100 million monthly impressions across its enthusiast sites. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online document sharing site headed by Jason Nazar, said Tuesday that it is rebranding the service to focus on small business owners and operators. The firm--which started as a place to share professional documents--said it is looking to become the "premier" online resource for small business owners.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Irvine-based Local Corporation has launched a new, local lead generation site today, called Insurancelow.net , which it says is the first in a series of lead generation websites being launched by the company. The new site offers a car insurance guide and details on choosing car insurance carriers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Mission Viejo-based Lifescript , which operates an online women's health site, claimed that it saw strong growth in 2012. The firm's site offers up articles on health, food, relationships, diet, and more. Actual financial details were not released by the company. Lifescript, which is led by Ron Caporale, says it now sees 11.5

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that I’m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. Wouldn’t it be nice if users could register on our site using these same mechanisms?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

They created a reason for their customers to aggregate on their site on a regular basis. They created inbound link juice on topics that drove more traffic to their site. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Mint.com is the second result.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I agree with every part of the article, but I was hoping for some discussion about inspiration in the idealism/activism sense, and less the charisma sense. I retweeted this article and get some people in Europe telling me it was unfair. Well the second sign I had on the wall of my first startup was SITE. It’s not.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. free weekly Infochachkie articles! I’ve checked out FindTheBest and I think it is a pretty incredible site, given how early stage they are.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

an article was accessed on our publication. Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. site in Texas, garnering some of the highest traffic this year on an article. As part of our.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Gabe Rivera wrote a post on why TechMeme is now using its editors to curate titles that appear on its site. His article is well worth reading anyways. Often you ask somebody, “Did you see that article on Google buying so and so?” I never saw it go out with a “tip @techmeme” on Twitter. Headlines matter.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 22, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Although it is difficult to directly track the impact of these sites, the expanded exposure from these sites has certainly augmented my overall traffic. Article Title. Generated > 500 Tweets, from Technorati, BusinessInsider and my site. I was not disappointed. All Time Rank.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

There's an awful lot of check-in sites out there. Why would someone want to use your site? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based entertainment trade publication Variety has decided to put the firm's content behind a pay wall, telling its readers today that it will start restricting access to its articles to print and digital subscribers, starting Thursday. The publication said the move is part of a revamp of its subscription structure.

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