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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream in the next few years (I actually have a bet on this with some college friends). After reading the wonderful blogpost on the BBC’s dynamic semantic publishing system , it reminded me that the Semantic Web has two audiences: the common web user (my mom) and developers.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. Users were outraged. “The Internet is free, you can’t make money off it! I know that it sounds weird to those that don’t remember those days but people were pissed off that the Internet was becoming commercialized. It’s for all of us.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

Both Sides of the Table

Mike believed that search was an essential part of the Internet experience, and he guessed that it would evolve towards commercial search. AdSonar’s advertising platform applied proprietary semantic algorithms to automatically serve the most relevant ads to each particular content page. How Quigo Went Head-to-Head With Google.

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The Worst Advice We’ve Heard For SEO Services

YoungUpstarts

The internet is an excellent resource for learning and acquiring knowledge. Since we believe that prevention is better than cure, here’s a lowdown on some of the worst SEO advice doing the rounds over the internet. As a wise man once said, “Don’t just blindly believe everything that you read on the internet.”. .

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Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning.

Steve Blank

It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. I do have a quick and dirty sample up on victusmedia.com.

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Hyperlocal Marketing: A Tried And True Method For Successful Online Marketing

YoungUpstarts

These companies that own these websites spend billions of dollars on advertising and are regularly visited by the most Internet users. Before television, radio, and the Internet, advertisements were placed in local newspapers and pinned to bulletin boards in shops around town and your county.