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JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. The gift accounts will cost $50, and allow recipients to gain access to the site's additional features. Geni allows users to create online, Web 2.0-style

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Geni is the online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web site headed up by former PayPal founder David Sacks; the firm is venture backed by Charles River Ventures and Founders Fund. READ MORE>>

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APRIL 24, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni said this week that the firm has improved the firm's site, which allows users to create family trees and network with family members. Geni's Web 2.0 Tags: geni genealogy family tree networking social web2. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Los Angeles-based genealogy and family networking site Geni has rolled out a new "Family Finder" feature, the firm said Friday, allowing users to import addresses from Microsoft Outlook, web email programs like Google's Gmail and Yahoo, or other sources. Geni operates a Web 2.0

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APRIL 9, 2009

West Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed, online family tree and networking site, said today that it has added a number of new features to its site, including the ability to search for similar profiles on the site, and improved access to popular features. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , an online site that allows users to share family trees and network with relatives and family, is the latest Web 2.0 site to add "pro" accounts to their services. According to Geni, its new pro accounts will cost $50.00 annually, or $4.95

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AUGUST 15, 2013

The 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web. “If There are 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web, in no weighted order they are: 1.) make sure your site is optimized for search engine traffic: 1.) Increase the production of your content.It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.The

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Calacanis has reportedly set the launch of his new site, Launch--as well as an associated, TechCrunch50-like event--for February. The new publication would not be a stretch for Calacanis--who, like Arrington, made his own fortune by selling his last company, blog network Weblogs, Inc. AOL was the buyer of TechCrunch.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Los Angeles-based Geni.com said today that the firm has enhanced its virtual gifts feature, the ability of the users of the family tree site to send each other birthday greetings and other gifts on the site. Geni runs a Web 2.0-style

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

There are 7 Ways to Get (unpaid) Traffic on the Web , in no weighted order they are: 1.) Search engines have the potential to drive millions of visitors to a given site. To make sure your site is optimized for search engine traffic: 1.) It’s a simple formula, go to Google and type in this query site:“ name of your site.com ”.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 Dion Hinchcliffe Get Enterprise Web 2.0

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. We're up to around 2 million users who have created 30 million profiles on the site, and it's growing very fast month over month.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). I then remember when Amazon started selling books on the web. That was a kerfuffle too.

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JUNE 30, 2009

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. We currently have data on 3900 counties, 1900 cities, including emails, web forms, web sites, telephones, faxes, you name it.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

We spoke with Raph Koster, the firm's CEO and founder, about the site and the new investment round. I believe that when you marry the web and technology out of the game industry, you can empower people to really exploit the potential that virtual worlds have to bring people together and socialize. Metaplace was formerly known as Areae.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And so it goes with social networking.

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MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

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JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. George Ruan: Users who sign in to our site see three boxes. Those three boxes are categorized.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. they released a new 2.0

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OCTOBER 2, 2008

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 Around that operating system, we developed a line of network attached storage, at a company called Procom Technology. They can come to the site, and identify where they can qualify for a loan.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

The existing space on Wilshire is heavily used by meetups, business networking groups, as well as local startups, and we thought we'd talk with Jerome to better understand what the whole idea is behind the space and coworking. We have Sometrics, which is kind of a search technology for Web 2.0, What's the idea behind coworking?

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JANUARY 18, 2011

What a sweet feeling it was last week to see the launch of the photo sharing site Pose , whose application targets shoppers of apparel. I am on record as saying that my opinion is that Web 2.0 I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. “And importantly Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 31, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Starting Point was best at searching the search engines and, as a result, we quickly became the 7th most popular site on the Internet. L90 (Startup 3.0) , my third company, was the "premium advertising network".

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Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. Against the odds, within a few years, adMonitor had become one of the most dominant advertising networks on the Internet, serving billions of ads each month for over 3,000 companies such as Microsoft, AT&T and Visa.

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Frank Addante

MAY 24, 2007

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. There is a lack of technology innovation available for website owners and publishers to most effectively monetize their sites through advertising. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2011

People are always asking me for an inside tip on Internet sites that will be “the next big thing.” Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Another important web 2.0 Here it is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2010

People are always asking me for an inside tip on Internet sites that will be “the next big thing.” Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia lists about 300 sites by name, which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. L90 was the premier advertising network on the Internet. One guy was the creator of Microsoft Excel and the other created the first network for IBM. (No, Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc. Acquirer 9.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. With the web, you can change things everyday because it is always in your control. With enterprise software, your product sits at the customer’s site. Startup 3.0: Be scrappy. ReaXions, Inc.

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