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more about #valleywag more comments → Shadowlayer: 500M for a "company" nobody outside SF uses or even knows about... Thats it, google just went fucking retarded. more » Pope John Peeps II: Tech people seem to believe that the entire digital world is a brand new realm, whose laws and fiats they can cavalierly disregard, or invent to their... more » BowlingForDollars: This may sound lame, but I have Creative Commons on all of my material on Facebook. If they make it available in search, isn't that exploiting my "wor... more » Ogiri W Surie: Someday in the (hopefully) near future, all the assholes who pitch reality shows will find themselves on a Great Depression-like bread line, bitching ... more » CumaeanSibyl: A lot of times, when something that awful happens, it doesn't sink in all at once. You're numb, and your first instinct is to keep doing the things yo... more » Magister: Re: Penelope Trunk I'm not even bothering to fake the lie - The computer I'll be buying this Christmas will be for me, so that the kids can have the ... more » MyNameIsChris: Re: Avatar Is twittering reviews on films you didn't see the new blogging reviews about films you haven't seen? more » econdave: "Gilfriend"? She's a fish? more » Beau Nerd: When's the Gawker reality show coming out? more » FitnessMadeSimple: The above photo makes me think... ...I'd love to see a reality show about the staff of Cat Fancy. Think about it. more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: "Nominally married?" Is that like a barely civil union? more » sfBirdie: So we can watch people go on interviews instead of doing so ourself? And watch them get rejected too? Awesome! more » Spirit Fingers: I find it hard to be snarky when there are little fatted kitten tics lying about making me want to love them, and hug them, and squeeze them sooo tigh... more » blix: What did the cat major in? more » m4ximusprim3: I would so love to see a reality TV show where people compete with a cat to see how long they can lie face down in a pillow before they suffocate. The... more » -
#bloggingfordollars
Blogger Disclosure Tuesday a Small Storm of Sad
FTC regulations on blogger payola and freebies went into effect today, and bloggers have gotten busy disclosing their "material connections" to the people and companies they write about. Most of what's been disclosed is small-time, slapdash or downright stress inducing. More » -
#requestforinformation
Get Ready for Blogger Shameless Tuesday (And Help Us, Too)
Starting tomorrow, new FTC regulations require bloggers to disclose when they accept cash or freebies for posts. Appropriately enough, fameball queen Julia Allison is leading this coming wave of embarrassing confessionals, with a disclosure about her insides. More » -
#howthingswork
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More » -
#fieldguide
The Insanely Rich Young Mobile Ad Broker You've Never Heard Of
No one knows what Facebook and Twitter are really worth, sexy though the startups may be. But AdMob, an obscure company in Silicon Valley's hinterlands, has a very clear, solid value: $750 million in stock from acquirer Google. Yay boring! More » -
#onlineadvertising
How Google AdSense Could Make You Poorer
Not only does Google AdSense pay badly, it can wreck your unemployment benefits. The State of New York cut one woman's benefit checks and told her running the ads was "self employment." AdSense earned her $1.30 per day. [TechDirt] (Pic) -
#badvertising
Facebook's Unauthorized Jailbait Ad Models
How did pictures of scantily clad, apparently underaged girls end up used without permission in an ad campaign on Facebook? Blame affiliate advertising, and the limits of the social network's ad screening. More » -
#apocalypse
Landmark Dog-Cat Internet Pact Signals End of Days
Clearly, the online ad market is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Old Testament, wrath of God type stuff: Dogster and LOLcats-based I Can Has Cheezburger are now selling ads together, per a new agreement. Next up: Mass hysteria. -
#advertising
Steve Jobs, As Demonized By His Nemesis
DVD Jon is thumbing his nose at Apple once again. The hacker, who bought an anti-Apple billboard under the San Francisco Apple store, has thrown Steve Jobs' famous 1984 commercial back at the control-freak CEO, turning him into a dictator. More » -
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#badvertising
Host Your Own Awful Party For Windows 7
Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7, is available to the public Oct. 22. So why not host an awkward launch party for a perfectly diverse group of your friends? Microsoft made an unbearable video tutorial to get you going. More » -
#facebook
Facebook Dumps Beacon, Finds Nielsen Love
Rejoice, Internet masses! Godly website Facebook has been forced to abandon Beacon, an advertising program that also published "updates" on your page. Don't worry, though, because founder Mark Zuckerberg and company have a new revenue scheme. More » -
#jobs
Arianna's Knight in Khaki Armor
We always found it strange the Huffington Post was unprofitable, what with the Web juggernaut's traffic growth, editorial accomplishments and army of unpaid writers. It turns out HuffPo's investors thought that was weird too. Time for a new ad man. More » -
#badvertising
Free Affair and Bastard Child with Your Denmark Trip
Denmark's tourist board has taken an interesting approach: A viral internet campaign implies the country is full of hot, single blond women eager to get knocked up by anonymous foreigners. There's been something of a backlash, back home. More » -
#twitter
Will Twitter Jump the Revenue Gun?
Twitter's only recently become an international sensation, but, unlike some of its more slow-and-steady contemporaries, it's already looking to make a buck and this week hinted again at letting the ad revenue stream in. This may not end well. More » -
#badvertising
Larry Ellison Can't Be Bothered With the Facts
Here's how Oracle hypes its business software: Write an ad claiming it's exponentially better than the competition. Then, mold the facts to fit the hype. CEO Larry Ellison's done this for decades; today he got caught. Click through for evidence. More » -
#valleywag
Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous
Remember Evony, the online game whose banners epitomize the worst in online advertising? It turns out the company doesn't like people talking about its deceptive practices. More » -
#badvertising
AdSense Gone Wrong
"Pursue a certificate in terrorism!" Google's worst contextual ads, as collected by Business Insider. -
#advertising
The Upscaling of Julia Allison
Julia Allison has signed a yearlong deal to make commercials for Sony. Let there be no doubt: This is a major coup for the fame-hungry "lifecaster." There, we said it. More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
The Real Microsoft Future
The best thing about this satirical remix of a utopian Microsoft video is that you don't need to watch the original to appreciate it; anyone familiar with Microsoft software appreciates how frequently the company's grand visions go awry. More » -
#branding
CocoPerez: Perez Hilton's Sad Bid for Legitimacy
It's not officially launched, but Perez Hilton sporadically allowed access this morning to his new publication for discerning 26-year-old women. Intended to class up the internet cockroach's image, the new site looks like it will just dilute his sleazy reputation.
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#shills
Sell Your Twitter Soul for $100 Per Tweet
Shilling has never looked more attractive: Amid an old-media depression, "sponsored" blogging company Izea thinks it can get you around $1 per character to sell out on Twitter. More »
