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Re: Amplify Wordpress with Lookery!

sawickipedia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:33:04 -0000

Awesome! Made my day without even realizing it!

Re: Space has a spokesman: Scott Maxwell

sawickipedia — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:37:24 -0000

Scott was great today at gnomedex. And I agree - he's got a bright future in the space business.

Re: betaworks

sawickipedia — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:14:47 -0000

Ads like that are some of the most effective CTR generators AND surprisingly LP converters on a CPA basis. The fact that they should be optimizing the LP based on what the user click's on is fairly obvious but I guess that less then 5% of all LP's are targeted/optimized in some fashion. Seems so obvious but so few folks have figured this out - even folks who know what they are doing don't yet take this step.

Re: Wesabe Gets Some Link Love

fredwilson — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:49:01 -0000

That's me!

Re: Wesabe Gets Some Link Love

sawickipedia — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:35:10 -0000

Tried wesabe earlier this year and found it wanting because if you're bank isn't in the in-crowd your stuck having to use plugins and hacks for importing your data. In the age of mashups and api's I much prefer Mint's solution. Yes Mint is using login's and scraping data ala Yahoo Money circa 2000, but as a user the point of these apps is that they automate and reduce my workload - not increase it.

On a personal note - interesting to see how bets are being placed amongst friends - David Cancel's on Geezeo's board and McClure's an investor/advisor to Mint. I just need an insider at Wesabe to complete the circle.

Re: Facebook and The Privacy Backlash

sawickipedia — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:53:41 -0000

@Fred - Thank goodness someone else is a fan of Beacon. In the end, Beacon is going to a huge hit and likely be the key to monetizing FB effectively. I just think the data they'll be feeding the news feed from third party sites will be much more interesting then seeing if you got poked yet again.

I grokked about it on my blog - http://www.sawickipedia.com/blog/2007/11/30/fac...