Here is the latest from Ben Edelman. Some commentary on this here too. Hopefully Netflix and Blockbuster take notice.
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Shrek is a money making machine! I think the appeal of the movie is simple: it appeals to everyone. Young, old, black, white, American, European, it doesn’t seem to matter. Shrek must be setting even more records now. Watch for Shrek 4 next summer…
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Why don’t websites like ZipRealty.com and Redfin.com cut affiliates in on the home sales commissions? (rather than just pay on leads or whatever, as many real estate affiliate programs do) If an affiliate could make even 0.25% on the sale, that could be thousands of dollars on many home sales. ($1,250 on a $500k home) [...]

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Metallica doing Bob Segar’s “Turn The Page”.
My favorite band doing one of my favorite songs…turn it up!

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No checkout lines. I abandoned a shopping cart half-full of stuff earlier today at a “real” store because the lines were so ridiculous. Seriously, it was ridiculous. That does not happen online…true, online checkouts can have their problems, but at least there is no time wasted standing in line.
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I remember back when pagers were “cool”, a whole pager language rose out of nowhere. (I was pretty much a pager language pro.) That was only 10 years ago, and that language is totally insignifcant now. Cell phones killed the pagers. Here is a story from 10 years ago on pager language. Today, we have [...]

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Moniker has brokered the sale of the domain name Porn.com for $9.5M in cash. This is the largest all-cash domain sale ever reported. The most expensive domain name ever sold is also in the adult entertainment industry - sex.com. Sex.com sold for approximately $12M, but that price included equity.
News like this kind of makes you [...]

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Good move, Yahoo. I’ve been a loyal Gmail user for close to 3 years now (if I remember that correctly) and I really hope Google matches Yahoo on this one soon…if not, maybe I’ll give Yahoo a try. Isn’t it nice how competition works?
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Some expecting mothers are making sure they select a name for their baby that is uncommon in Google…is this baby naming SEO? Here’s a thought: wouldn’t it be safer for your child to have a more common name? (more difficult for weirdos to Google them)
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The world’s most powerful company is in a funk. Wal-Mart said April sales were down 3.5%. Analysts expected a 1.1% drop. It’s not just Wal-Mart though…so watch out. Record gas prices this summer might just bring more havoc, unless of course you’re getting 40 or 55 mpg.
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