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Local.com Relaunches Site, Brand

socalTECH

Among the big changes to the site is a new focus on coupon deals, which highlights deals from local companies; new content and articles; weekly circulars and grocery store ads; and a number of social tools. The new design is far more content rich and social. The firm has also changed its logo and branding. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Scott Morrow, Curatemedia

socalTECH

If I'm a woman, I might really be into fashion and beauty, and would be more apt to engage with content and community and engage in the shopping experience around that vertical, versus a horizontal brand across verticals. All those sites will crowdsource content through a passionate and engaged community around lifestyle categories.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. These are industries ripe to succeed in LA & NYC. Commerce: What is less known is just how important LA is as a commerce hub.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

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. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network). In fact, it is Overture 2.0. Because GoTo.com was his idea.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Some of the traffic-tactics we use involve good old fashioned payola: paid search, banner ads, affiliate programs, etc. The challenge, of course, partially lies in the definition of “good design&#.

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