DNXpert is at it again! Another great contest!
Oct 31, 2008 Uncategorized
For those who may be domain flippers, DNXpert is probably a site you are familiar with. The have some great content, and I especially like two things about them.
First, their expired domain lists are great for snagging recently deceased domain names.
Second, their contests rule! And you know what? They have just started a new contest, giving away a ton of prizes (including cash). Personally, I’d like to win the cash so I can finally get a new laptop to replace my Pentium 133 beast that has a non-working battery and is incapable of making the wifi work.
I bet you’d like to know how to get in on the contest…first off, head over to the DNXpert contest page to read the rules (and the overwhelming list of prizes involved in this thing. Second, you will want to register for the DNXpert forum (which is free) and chat it up with other domain flippers/buyers/sellers (this will also help you in the contest).
C’mon! I know you like winning stuff…
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Tags: contest, dnxpert, domain names
BlogRush: Initiating Shut-Down Sequence
Oct 31, 2008 Blogging
BlogRush has decided to close up the shop and call it a day. From their website:
After careful consideration, we have decided to shutdown the BlogRush service. If you have the widget code on your blog you will need to remove it.
When BlogRush launched in late-2007 it spread like wildfire all over the Web. Thousands of bloggers were talking about it and the service exploded to become one of the fastest growing free services in the history of the Web. During the first year of the service it successfully served 3.4 Billion blog post headlines and the BlogRush widget could be found on blogs all over the world; even up until the moment we closed down the service.
BlogRush didn’t grow without its fair share of problems — from security issues to abusive users trying to ‘game’ the system to much lower click-rates than expected. We also had some problems with trying to fairly control the quality of the network, and in the process made many mistakes in deciding what blogs should stay or go. All of these issues, ultimately, limited the service’s full potential.
Our team worked very hard to try and build a service that would truly help bloggers of all sizes get free traffic to their blogs. This was our primary focus. Not once did we ever try to monetize the service with ads or anything else. BlogRush never made a single penny in revenue. We wanted to be able to help our users FIRST and then worry about monetizing the service later. Unfortunately, the service didn’t work out like we had hoped. (It happens.)
I want to say “Thank You” to all of the great bloggers that at least gave BlogRush a test to see if it would work for them. We sincerely appreciate you giving the service a try.
We have received several offers & inquiries about acquiring BlogRush, but we are choosing not to go that route. While many might think this is crazy, we truly feel it’s the ‘right’ thing to do for our users. Believe it or not, it’s not always about the money. In fact, BlogRush will have lost a small fortune when it’s all said and done, and it was by choice. There were many things we could have done to monetize the service but we wanted to make sure it was going to benefit our users first.
Last but not least I want to say that I hope the failure of this service doesn’t in any way discourage other entrepreneurs from coming up with crazy ideas at 4AM (like I did with this one) and from “going for it” to just try and see if something will work. Without trying there can be no success. And as we all know, ideas are worthless without action. The Web wouldn’t be what it is today without entrepreneurs trying all sorts of crazy ideas.
On behalf of the entire BlogRush team, we wish the best of luck to everyone with their own blogs, ideas, and crazy ventures.
Sincerely,
John Reese
http://twitter.com/johnreese
I was never able to get this blog accepted into BlogRush anyway, so I won’t be affected by this closure. Still, it seemed to be looming for some time.
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Happy Halloween!
Oct 31, 2008 YouTube
Now, you kids, all of you…calm down. That’s it, ok, everyone in your own seats…that’s good. OK?
Sing along if you know the words. And yes, we all know that EVERYBODY knows the words, so denying it is worthless. After all…it’s just a jump to the left…
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Technical Difficulties 3
Oct 30, 2008 Technical Difficulties
Last time, I decided to make a very slow snap decision. Boy was I wrong. For those of you who haven’t heard the stuff I talk about in this video, why not? It’s definitely worth the cash. And it’s really not that much cash either…so you don’t have very many excuses. Check it out…
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Tags: masters seminar, ross goldberg
MySpace Shows Off New Drag-and-Drop Profiles
Oct 27, 2008 Internet
From TechCrunch:
MySpace continues to clean up the look and feel of its site with the launch of a new profile and editor. It’s not ready for mainstream U.S. use yet, so they’ve unleashed it on Canadian users for testing (anyone can try it out though, see below).
This is the next stage in their ongoing effort to make the site more usable for people who aren’t comfortable with a no-rules, add-your-own-html interface. In June they launched the first part of MySpace 2.0, which reduced clutter on the site significantly.
The new changes give users much more control over their profile. Instead of having to add html and Javascript to the site directly, or using third party profile editors like SnapLayout, users can simply view their profile in a Flash tool that lets them set a variety of templates, drag and drop modules, and customize the site. Users can also set each specific module’s privacy so that only certain groups of friends see it, so work friends can see a different site than college buddies.
I’ve been trying out the new tool, you can see my MySpace page here.
You don’t have to be Canadian to try out the new profile and editor. Just visit MySpace Canada directly and sign in. You’ll see a link to try the new Profile 2.0 on the home page. Just a note - it won’t work with IE6.
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