5 Things Missing from CES 2010

The Griffin Technology folks as pictured on the CES blog Not making the trek out to Vegas this year for CES? You’re not alone. Here’s a list of five things missing from CES 2010. Cablecos and Telcos Despite the fact that we now live in a connected world, many of the providers that make our … Read more

PVRBlog.com eBayed for $12,110.00

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Matt Haughey recently unloaded his PVRBlog.com domain and content on ebay for $12,110.00 at the conclusion of a 7 day auction. As with most items that attract seasoned bidders, the reality was closer to a 20 minute event — during which time we saw PVRBlog‘s price more than double. However, the week-long listing provided plenty of time to mull over a purchase. And to be approached by a variety of folks looking to team.

But how do you value a website? In it’s heyday, PVRBlog held an amazing 9/10 Google PageRank. And despite hardly any new content (8 posts in 2009), the site still sees several hundred visitors a day. Perhaps most impressively, PVRBlog may have over 180,000 RSS subscribers thanks to some early Google promotion. Yet Matt says his revenue maxed out at $3,000 a month (and currently brings in about $100/mo). Given those top flight numbers, I would have expected significantly higher cashflow. I’m not entirely sure where the disconnect is, but it did give me pause.

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Meta-Blogging: The Fine Art of Outreach

We continue to receive as many questions on blogging and blogger outreach as we do on tech, so I wanted to share an unedited email (other than the removal of line breaks) we received from PR firm A & R Edelman yesterday: Hi Dave, I saw this morning’s posting by Mari Silbey about “Adobe’s Launch … Read more

Meta Blogging: Marketing with “Viral” Video

While we generally cover online video from a viewer’s perspective, today I’d like to make a few points on marketing with video after taking a gander at Lenovo’s latest project. As you probably know, for the last several years both Mari & I have guided a variety of tech companies in their online outreach strategies. … Read more

Meta Blogging: CntrStg @ CES

Unlike prior (and concurrent) socially-focused CES blogging events, CntrStg deserves a huge shout out for emphasizing tech blogger productivity. As not all bloggers are provided a double-wide trailer in the convention center promenade. Not only did the CntrStg team provide an exceptional workspace (in the Wynn) with an endless supply of food, drink, and high … Read more

Meta-Blogging: The Browser Wars

Following Kevin Tofel’s lead, I’ve taken a look at ZNF browser stats in honor of the (world-record breaking) Firefox 3 launch. The snapshot above represents the last 30 days and isn’t that different from the same period of time a year ago – the percent of Firefox readers is actually down a bit, while Safari … Read more

Meta-Blogging: Schmoozing in San Fran

I’m visiting our Bay Area office this week, which gives me a chance to get a healthy dose of schmoozing in. (Not much goes on in the DC area.) So Sunday night, I took a circuitous route from the Oakland airport to Foster City by way of downtown San Francisco and Davis Freeberg. I introduced … Read more

Meta-Blogging: Top ZNF RSS Readers

For those of you reading numerous sites, I sure hope you’re using RSS (“really simple syndication”) and some sort of aggregator. It’s really the most efficient way to stay up to date on the web. RSS is not just limited to blogs, and is utilized by all sorts of sites such as CNN and Flickr. … Read more