My question is simply this… Low marginal cost public relations opportunity or serious about participating in the auction?
Google Will Apply to Participate in the FCC Spectrum Mobile Auction
by David Dalka on November 30, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Google (GOOG), Mobile / Cell / LBS / SMS, Mobile Search Marketing
MashMeet Chicago: This Thursday
by David Dalka on November 28, 2007 in Chicago
The informal event will be hosted at Fulton Lounge on 955 West Fulton Market, Chicago, between the hours of 7:00 – 9:00 PM on Thursday, November 29th. More details.
Remember to 301 Redirect If You Own Your Domain Typos
by David Dalka on November 22, 2007 in Customer Experience
I typed in facebooks.com this morning by accident. Got a dead page. So I looked to see if it was registered and sure enough it was. I’m completely amazed they aren’t 301 redirecting the typos that they own for user experience and other purposes! Registrant: Facebook, Inc 156 University Ave, 3rd Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 US Domain name: FACEBOOKS.COM
Happy Thanksgiving 2007
by David Dalka on November 22, 2007 in Ask, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)
As always Rustybrick has a great holiday logo summary. My only add on is the following. Take a minute to read the full history of the holiday – it’s not about a day off and football.
The Meaning of is is
by David Dalka on November 21, 2007 in General
Michael Arrington ‘is contemplating the meaning of “is”.‘ As per a recent Facebook message change (that has now been changed back). This issue of the meaning of “is” seems to be a recurring problem in our society. You might recall this statement by former President Clinton: “It depends on what the meaning of the words [...]
The Future of Voice Broadcast and Voice Messaging
by David Dalka on November 19, 2007 in Branding/Buzz/Viral, Entrepreneurship
At the DMA conference a few weeks back, I met Dinesh Ravishanker. He runs a unique, effective voice broadcast offering called Callfire that allows micro-targeted opt-in outbound phone calls. It’s unique, user friendly and efficient in the demos he showed me. He was alot of fun to speak to and recently sent me the executive [...]
Ad Age Interviews IAC’s Barry Diller
by David Dalka on November 12, 2007 in Ask, Google (GOOG)
Last week, I wrote about the breakup of IAC by Barry Diller. At the time I stated: He’s quite animated and interesting to listen to, I wish he did loosely structured calls like this more often. Today Adage released an interview with Mr. Diller. In it he adds some sensibility to the Facebook valuation discussions, [...]
Email From Gmail Blocked As Spam on Many Networks
by David Dalka on November 7, 2007 in Google (GOOG)
I’ve had three different people state that Gmail that I’ve sent has found it’s way into spam folders this week. Since this is happening on multiple platforms now (Yahoo! Mail/Gmail), I have to ask the question, how is the email spam crisis going to resolve itself?
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