Archive for the 'Thoughts & Ideas' Category
June 26th,2007
It’s a USG World!
There’s lots and lots (and lots) of user-generated content such as blogs, Wikis, videos and personal Web sites being consumed and created these days but how big are both communities?
According to eMarketer, the number of user-generated content users will climb from 128-million in 2006 to 147.5-million in 2007 and 253.6-million by 2011.
Meanwhile, the number […]
June 26th,2007
Blog Search Start-Up Gets $3.3M
For all of Google’s dominance of the search market, the blog search world is still wide open for all kinds of different players to establish a foothold. An interesting start-up is Lijit, which recently received $3.3-million in second fund venture funding. Lijit lets people search your blog, bookmarks, blogroll, as well as your Flickr, Digg […]
June 21st,2007
Making a Living from Blogging
There’s been lots of attention these days on whether you can make a living from blogging.
First, it was the New York Times, which quoted Jeremy Wright, and now it’s USA Today, which has a story in today’s edition about blogging turning into a business from a hobby.
The story looks at Om Malik (GigaOm) and […]
June 21st,2007
Online Ad Market Expected to Boom
Some good news for companies such as b5media that generate revenue from online advertising.
According to JupiterResearch, online ad spending in the U.S. will nearly double to $35.4-billion by 2012 from $19.9-billion in 2007.
The biggest drivers will be “explosive growth in display inventory, increased paid click volume, and better targeting technology”.
April 4th,2007
Recovering Alcoholic Mark W Blogs About Addiction for b5media
Addiction. It makes some people hide themselves away, or at the very least, hide their self-destruction from the world. Mark W doesn’t hide. He’s an alcoholic who’s come forward at b5media Science and Health blog A Dozen Steps to share his experience with 12-step program Alcoholics Anonymous and support others who are also recovering alcoholics […]
December 11th,2006
The Perils of Design Theft
Earlier today one of our bloggers had their design stolen by … one of our bloggers. Brian Clark was the victim of the theft (per his post).
Brian has since removed all of the details from what happened. Either way, though, I still wanted to apologize. Personally and on behalf of b5.
First, the situation as […]
December 5th,2006
Kudos For Genetics and Health
Congratulations to Hsien Hsien Lei, whose Genetics and Health blog was named as “One of the 10 Health Blogs Worth a Click” by FoxNews. Fox also mentioned another one of Hsien’s blog, A Hearty Life.
November 30th,2006
Aaron on Techmeme
Aaron’s review of FeedBurner has popped up on Techmeme.com, which tracks the biggest stories in the high-tech industry. It’s not too surprising given the number of comments on his blog, as well as Feedburner’s strong growth in recent months - fueled, in part, by b5media. Congrats, Aaron.
November 29th,2006
Q&A with b5media’s Jeremy Wright
Hey, Jeremy’s turning into a media star. Check out an interview (and the suit/tie combination) that he did with Media Industry Professional Profiles.
October 18th,2006
Big Thanks to Sean Wise, for Helping with Funding
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. It takes a whole team to raise funding (see my personal blog for some examples). But some people stand above the rest because they continually stepped up and you just know that without their help you wouldn’t have landed the round.
For us, one of those […]
It’s a USG World!
There’s lots and lots (and lots) of user-generated content such as blogs, Wikis, videos and personal Web sites being consumed and created these days but how big are both communities?
According to eMarketer, the number of user-generated content users will climb from 128-million in 2006 to 147.5-million in 2007 and 253.6-million by 2011.
Meanwhile, the number […]
Blog Search Start-Up Gets $3.3M
For all of Google’s dominance of the search market, the blog search world is still wide open for all kinds of different players to establish a foothold. An interesting start-up is Lijit, which recently received $3.3-million in second fund venture funding. Lijit lets people search your blog, bookmarks, blogroll, as well as your Flickr, Digg […]
Making a Living from Blogging
There’s been lots of attention these days on whether you can make a living from blogging.
First, it was the New York Times, which quoted Jeremy Wright, and now it’s USA Today, which has a story in today’s edition about blogging turning into a business from a hobby.
The story looks at Om Malik (GigaOm) and […]
Online Ad Market Expected to Boom
Some good news for companies such as b5media that generate revenue from online advertising.
According to JupiterResearch, online ad spending in the U.S. will nearly double to $35.4-billion by 2012 from $19.9-billion in 2007.
The biggest drivers will be “explosive growth in display inventory, increased paid click volume, and better targeting technology”.
Recovering Alcoholic Mark W Blogs About Addiction for b5media
Addiction. It makes some people hide themselves away, or at the very least, hide their self-destruction from the world. Mark W doesn’t hide. He’s an alcoholic who’s come forward at b5media Science and Health blog A Dozen Steps to share his experience with 12-step program Alcoholics Anonymous and support others who are also recovering alcoholics […]
The Perils of Design Theft
Earlier today one of our bloggers had their design stolen by … one of our bloggers. Brian Clark was the victim of the theft (per his post).
Brian has since removed all of the details from what happened. Either way, though, I still wanted to apologize. Personally and on behalf of b5.
First, the situation as […]
Kudos For Genetics and Health
Congratulations to Hsien Hsien Lei, whose Genetics and Health blog was named as “One of the 10 Health Blogs Worth a Click” by FoxNews. Fox also mentioned another one of Hsien’s blog, A Hearty Life.
Aaron on Techmeme
Aaron’s review of FeedBurner has popped up on Techmeme.com, which tracks the biggest stories in the high-tech industry. It’s not too surprising given the number of comments on his blog, as well as Feedburner’s strong growth in recent months - fueled, in part, by b5media. Congrats, Aaron.
Q&A with b5media’s Jeremy Wright
Hey, Jeremy’s turning into a media star. Check out an interview (and the suit/tie combination) that he did with Media Industry Professional Profiles.
Big Thanks to Sean Wise, for Helping with Funding
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while. It takes a whole team to raise funding (see my personal blog for some examples). But some people stand above the rest because they continually stepped up and you just know that without their help you wouldn’t have landed the round.
For us, one of those […]
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