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Savings.com: The California Internet Tax Law and Unintended Consequences

socalTECH

As part of that, Amazon.com, Overstock.com, and a large number of e-commerce retailers have cut off their California affiliates, saying that they will immediately stop paying them for referrals due to the move. However, if we were just providing clicks, using the CPC model, they wouldn't be affected. That might be what happens here.

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Docstoc's Jason Nazar Talks About DocStore

socalTECH

It's pretty typical in the life of a startup, where we've proven we have a product people like, and use and demand, and can scale, and we did a pretty effective job of learning about advertising and making revenues off high yielding, CPC advertising. I offered to bring in pizza and stay late one night to help, and was expecting 10-12 people.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. But I believe it’s a very comprehensive solution and our due diligence with large app developers confirmed as much. Optimization technology is not new.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

InfoChachkie

Unpaid Search – Never pay a consultant to help you achieve a higher search ranking. Cost Per Click (CPC) or Download (CPD) – As the name implies, advertisers pay only for clicks on its advertisements or when a user downloads its software, case study or whitepaper. Such Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is modern-day snake oil.

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