socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

In a major deal, search portal provider Yahoo and software giant Microsoft said that the two companies are in a deal where Yahoo will replace its own search engine technology with that of Microsoft--with potentially huge repercussions to Yahoo's Southern California search engine marketing operations.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

Content 171

Content Platform Paid Search OpenX 171

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

AUGUST 28, 2017

He introduced me to Wavemaker, also in LA, and also Halogen Ventures, which is led by Jessie Draper, which invests in women-run technology companies. Julie Novack: The number one lesson learned, maybe it's obvious, is you need to have your technology in house. What's the biggest lesson you have learned so far in starting this up?

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Metrics Startup 100

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2011

Additionally, they might do a lot of paid search advertising and as a result want to get better ROI on their paid search and see which keywords are generating phone calls and revenue for them. They understand performance marketing and want to spend more of their budget on it. Those are the two main criteria.

Marketing 209

Marketing Advertising Paid Search Startup 209

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In a recent book by business technologies guru Joe Wozny, “ The Digital Dollar: Sustainable Strategies for Online Success ,” I found a good summary of the top strategies, with some practical advice on how to implement them: Understand what’s in a name on the Internet. Search engines. like Google. Engage your audience with social media.

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Startup Social Media Content Paid Search 96

SoCal Delicious

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

technology heavyweights Avamar (sold to EMC), and EchoSign (sold to Adobe)--among others. Founded by a number of former executives of Overture.com, DataPop is using algorithms to drive automated, paid search advertising. Convertro is applying a heavy dose of algorithms and. Jeffrey Zwelling, the firm's CEO, has been involved in.

Southern California 66

Southern California Software Artificial Inteligence Company 66

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

But I’m working on a large team of people trying to figure out how to make micro improvements to a paid-search algorithm. Have the breakthrough technology. Aren’t they worth billions of dollars?” ” “Yeah, Ma. Fun stuff, I know, but it’s time for me to try something more stimulating.”

Startup 417

Startup Course Venture Capital Writing 417

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. Many other people over paid for Chemdex, VerticalNet, Pets.com, etc. Rumored: Digital Sky Technologies.

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If you compare that to comparison shopping service, who are basically arbitrage models--they leverage paid search to grow their distribution, buy traffic to arbitrage, and make money off each visit--all 3.3 There's a really important distinction there. One hundred percent of our traffic is organic.

Content 165

Content Demand Sites Media 165

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

The site also has the backing of some prominent technology investors including Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of Amazon, who just sunk $5 million into company and joins the likes of Mark Andreesen and Allen and Company as co-investors. Blodget was hand picked by BI’s founder Kevin Ryan who was also the founder of Double Click.

Blogging 45

Blogging News Journal Paid Search 45

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. CompStudy 2008 Report on Equity and Cash Compensation at Technology Startups.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 19, 2013

The site also has the backing of some prominent technology investors including Jeff Bezos the founder and CEO of Amazon, who just sunk $5 million into company and joins the likes of Mark Andreesen and Allen and Company as co-investors. Blodget was hand picked by BI’s founder Kevin Ryan who was also the founder of Double Click.

Blogging 40

Blogging News Journal Invest 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He invented the category of sponsored search. I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. He created GoTo.com (later renamed Overture) out of a frustration with search.

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