Category Archives: Fred Wilson

Google’s A One Trick Pony I’ll Bet On Any Day

Looks like the blogosphere has jumped on Fred Wilson’s back-of-the-envelope financial analysis of Google, in light of Google’s apparent troubling click-fortunes (honestly, did anyone think we’d be having this discussion 6 months ago?).
He has a good point though: Google’s spending a fraction of its revenues on the one pony that’s actually making it cash money.  [...]

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Blog Marketing Rule #42: He Who Is The Most Controversial Wins (Bigger Bloggers Are Best)

Over a year ago, I had the opportunity to step into the rarified boots of Darren Rowse for a week while he was one vacation. During that week, one of my more popular posts was one called “how to market your blog in 2007“. While watching the nerd fight (albeit between two wealthy [...]

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Has Techmeme Stopped You From Reading RSS Feeds?

Interesting question posited by Fred Wilson on Techmeme as a curator of feeds.  That is, that it does such a good job at curating memes that he hasn’t read many (if any) news / blog feeds these days.  The problem, as he sees it, is that it can be “gamed” as any system can, which [...]

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When Slate Discusses It, They’re Wise and Prescient. When Fred Wilson Does It, He’s Just Ageist.

Oh, what the difference of a few months makes. Or, rather, perhaps its just the pull of a web magazine, like Slate. Most recently, Slate has come up with an article heralding the death of email, in the face of a generational shift in communication methods.
Translation: kidz luv IM.
And texting.
And yes, there’s a [...]

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Understanding The Real Nature Of “Conversational Marketing” (Its More Insidious Than PayPerPost)

Probably because the bloggers who are doing it aren’t aware of the kind of connections that are made.

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Is The Web2.0 Necessarily For The Young? No, But On Average, Almost Certainly Yes.

Of course you don’t need to be young — but it always helps when it comes to emerging technologies, mediums, movements or music.

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