If you want to know a little bit more on the latest Lijit news,there is a short but good interview by Thord Daniel Hedegreen on the Blog Herald on it:
Lijit CEO Todd Vernon on Securing $7.1M, and the Search Ad Network
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Lijit Gets $7M more of funding, will open Ad Network
August 12th, 2008
Amazing what the improving and consolidation of idea with potential can bring:
Lijit, the company that develops search applications for online publishers and publisher networks, has just closed a $7.1 million Series C round of financing, led by Foundry Group. Existing investors Boulder Ventures and Colorado Fund I, managed by High Country Venture, have also participated in this round. Lijit has now raised more than $10 million in total
And they plan to bring in the money rolling in to make up for the $10 million dollars in funding they now got by launching a Ad Network. something that sounds indeed interesting. i would still like a better implementation of the search. something like the Live Search Widget so it can load faster. but the ad network is interesting and i think it should work out now they got enough footprint in blogs.
Lijit Raises Another $7M; Plans Ad Network Launch via Mashable
MySpace App Platform may catch up Facebook soon
August 10th, 2008
It was bound to happen. i always knew and said so that once MySpace had their App Platform rolling at 100% it was only a matter of time for it to catch to Facebook numbers and appeal. this is simple. MySpace got more volume. while it was reported that Facebook Global visitor numbers were a little higher than those of MySpace last month. those numbers are on the old MySpace. the one that had not been updated and not the new one.
There is a lot of MySpace movement.they usually increase dramatically during the summer and they now got a new design, newer features to come and updated to their subsidiaries yet to finalize. and the fact that facebook may have got more hits for a month before the new myspace still don`t diminish the fact myspace it is still twice as big on user registrations, twice as big in mediatic events, etc. on the MySpace App Platform side, there is also the fact that apps are now central to the new design and that developers now count with app invitations too. so we have to wait and see how this affects user engagement and widgets, Widget-apps and regular Myspace apps growth. on the meantime it is clear the allure for developer is getting higher if OfferPal, a Virtual Currency and rewards programs network is to be believed as reported by Silicon Valley Insider:
according to the ad network OfferPal, which provides virtual currency and rewards programs for about 350 apps on social networks — mostly Facebook and MySpace. The company tells us that their clients are seeing the same returns from apps on each network – about $75 per 1,000 daily active users and $150-$200 for the higher engagement applications. Matt McAllister, the marketing director for OfferPal, said this is a recent development – since June.
Nooked Shopping Ad Widgets
July 31st, 2008
Given the demand for good Ad Widgets or Widget Ads. and with things like WidgetBucks doing the round lately. the nooked Shopping Ad Widgets are the perfect fit as a alternative for those looking for some revenue generated from a widget.
The concept with nooked is to turn you into a Shopping Advertising Agent for them via Widgets. they take care of the rest. you simply choose a product you may like or that fits in with the theme of your blog and then generate a widget that can serve such product. you also get to choose what source you want use. that means from what online retailer the stuff will come from.
Only you have made your Nooked Ad Widget you can then proceed to put it in your blog once you have of course registered with them. but as a way to try out how the widget looks. nooked let you make a widget and ask for registration once you have finished to made your widget.
The Widget Editor is very straightforward and allows for a good integration in most blogs.
The only question would be if it works and they pay once you have generated some money out of it. but to answer that, i guess you will have to try it out.
Nooked
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