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The process is very simple, head over to Review My Web and add in the website you want analytics for and then also type in two competitors and then your email address. It normally only take up to five minutes for the report to then be sent to your email address, and its that simple.
Review My Web is a great free seo analysis tool, but it would also be great to see previous results and compare if everything is moving in the right direction.
In the last week or so we have been really taking a keen focus on music streaming service and even posted a specific review about MixTurtle. Today we have come across yet another music streaming service that might be worth a look. This new streaming service is called Just Hear It. Just Hear It has been created by two college students Nicolae Ivanescu and Cosmin Panait.
Just Hear It is very similar to MixTurtle, Seeqpod and Songza. It lets the user search for tracks that are online and add them to a playlist. Just Hear It claims to be completely legal, following DMCA guidelines, and paying royalties to all of the major performing-rights organizations, like ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC. In the future, Just Hear It aims to negotiate licenses to share revenue with labels.
After playing around with the site it still seems to have the same issues as Seeqpod and Songza, every now and then you will find the track that you want to listen to, but it simply wont play or the file is corrupted or incomplete. Im not really too sure if there is anything more annoying than setting up your playlist and half the songs playing.
However, because Just Hear It claims to be completely legal, I’m very curious to see how this business develops. They need to have a very strong business model and I’m guessing that will be based on advertising revenues.
NewsGator has announced today that they have launched a new product called AdBurner. AdBurner is a program that provides a turnkey advertising based solution for premium publishers, which helps them to optimise ad revenues around key web 2.0 technologies with no incremental effort.
AdBurner is aimed at optimizing the CPM for, and process of, inserting and managing advertising into NewsGator’s publisher products suite, including services as diverse as widgets, related content, and iPhone applications. The initiative is built around best of breed advertising partners Technorati, Admeld, Gigya, Medialets, and Tremor Media.
This is a very interesting moving from NewsGator and Im very keen to test the product for them. Currently, the new product doesnt seem available via their website, so would be great to hear from the NewsGator team.
TechCrunch has been a well known site for everything tech and media related. With millions of readers and followers, TechCrunch has done an amazing job in helping young fledgling startups get noticed. What began as TechCrunch 20, then 40, and now 50, it looks to once again be the opportunity that every startup is waiting for.
In just under a week the San Francisco Design Center Concourse will be transformed into a showcase floor for entrepreneurs, new technology, and VC’s looking for the “next big thing.” The DemoPit, where all the magic happens. Paired with this display are panels of speakers who will share their thoughts and expertise with the attendees, expected to be over 900 this year alone.
The event gives the startups an opportunity to share, explain, and possibly have their ideas funded. Companies have a high chance of being launched at this event, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Thanks to all the sponsors who help support and foster an event where these startups can find growth and a possible future!
Keep track of this event, and check back here for some of the highlights of the event.
TripTouch is a Tel Aviv startup that focuses on the travel industry. The site is built for independent travellers who want to make the most of their trips around the world. The site is a social network mixed with search facilities. They have partnered with Kayak to provide accommodation and travel search, which seems to mix in nicely with the overall look and feel of the site.
Everything on TripTouch is based around local feel, so once you select which town anywhere in the world you would like information on, then you will receive local photos, news, travel information, weather, currency information and the ability to search for flights and accommodation. Everything in one spot!
Additionally, they have added a social network in which also acts as information when searching locations. For example if I travel to Brisbane (AUS) and write a little comment about the place, then it will appear in the search results when someone else looks for the same location.
Currently, TripTouch is still in beta stage but it has the making of the one stop shop for travelling information.
The auction for the Edgeio assets has finished and Looksmart have walked away with all the assets for $280,000. Patrick Chapman talked to Mike Arrington about the purchase yesterday and said it still too early to know what Looksmart will do with the Edgeio assets.
I have read a lot of articles in the last few weeks about Edgeio and how there company was destined to fail (mainly from all the traffic coming from Techcrunch), but I think the technology is quite good and the idea was very sound but execution was quite poor. Im glad Looksmart has taken over the assets and im interested to see where they can fit them in to their portfolio.
I was read ShoeMoney yesterday and he reviewed a new advertising product that I had to mention on here.
Welcome to the Rubicon Project. The Rubicon Project is a new product that has already received $6 million in funding and is based around the very competitive market of online advertising. About a year ago I had an idea of starting an advertising network based around an open marketplace, since then this has been done several times over and it seems when someone comes up with a new idea it is only a month or so before there are 10 of them in the market.
The Rubicon Project however is a unique advertising model that actually has ties with over 300 ad networks, including the big boys like Google, Yahoo and ValueClick.
The Rubicon Project ensures your website is making as much money as possible by optimizing it for not only the highest paying advertising company but also for demographic/geographical data.
Now unlike a few selected people I am still waiting for my Invite to their private beta. However in the mean time make sure you head over to the Rubicon Project and have a look at their 3 min. video.
Guy Kawasaki posted a very interesting article on Monday, “Financial Models for Underachievers: Two Years of the Real Numbers of a Startup“.
The post is written by his friend Glenn Kelman who runs Redfin. Glenn decided he wanted to bare his financial soul so that other entrepreneurs could get greater insight into the witchcraft called financial modeling. The article is a two part posting in which he reveals his numbers and his lessons. It is very interesting for a young entrepreneur, so make sure you take a look!
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