TechCrunch:
Last week Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that they would take steps to remove scammy advertising offers from their social games. There have been a couple of missteps since then, and Facebook responded by taking Zynga’s newest game, FishVille, offline.Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry. And today Pincu (Read More)
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Executives from Tudou—one of two companies left fighting it out to be the YouTube of China—were in San Francisco earlier this week to meet with investors and do a little schmoozing.I met up with CEO Gary Wang and COO Sam Lai, who already raised some $85 million from Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst Partners, and (Read More)
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Facebook published a long blog post today about their enforcement efforts around app advertising and offer scams. And while they didn’t mention all the negative press that has hit them this week, that’s the reason for the new communication.Facebook says that deceptive ads are a widespread problem on the Web (which is true), (Read More)
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With most online services, the idea behind advertising is to get people to come to your site to make some sort of transaction. Most of the time, that doesn’t happen. In fact, even if they click on an ad to come to your site, 98% of the time, those users will leave without buying anything, according to the advertising startu (Read More)
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Needless to say, AT&T's none too happy about Verizon's "Theres a Map for That" campaign. AT&T first complained about the ads back in October, saying they were misleading. Verizon responded by adding a few extra words and an itsy bitsy disclaimer - but that wasn't enough for AT&T. Early this morning, AT&T filed a false adver (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Anyone who doesn’t know how dirty the domain name business is just doesn’t know the domain name business. People pay exorbitant sums to acquire domain names, put Google or Yahoo ads on the parked pages, and collect the advertising fees. They often buy and sell individual domains and portfolios with other domain squatters. B (Read More)
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Credit Karma, a site that looks to help consumers understand, track, and improve their credit scores, has raised a $2.5 million Series A funding round led by QED Investors, with participation from SV Angel, Aydin Senku, and Founders Fund, via FF Angel. Credit Karma is a site that features free credit checks, educational gu (Read More)
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Our series of ScamVille posts on social gaming scams are nearly over. There have been some surprises along the way, like Zynga, RockYou and MySpace making quick policy changes to protect consumers. But we want to end this series with a glimmer of hope, and a proposed way for app developers to make a good living over the lon (Read More)
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We thought it was a little bizarre when Microsoft decided to sponsor a Family Guy special to promote Windows 7. Not only does Seth McFarlane’s cartoon creation skirt the line when it comes to show content and characters, but the show staff actually uses Macs. That’s why we weren’t exactly surprised when Microsoft got cold f (Read More)
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[Turkey] Following an investigation that lasted over a year, Turkish authorities are fining Internet giant Google a total of 71 million Turkish Lira (approx. €32 million or USD $47 million) for supposedly dodging the national tax system. Local media reports (links in Turkish) teach us that the Turkish government claims it i (Read More)
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The extensive collection of exclusive content and marketing we’ve seen on MySpace for the new Twilight movie – New Moon – seems to be exactly what the company has in mind with its new direction as an entertainment portal. Last month, the site was first to offer up free streaming of the soundtrack to the movie, and today, (Read More)
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