The web is an exchange platform. It is a technology that was designed to allow data to be exchanged between computers attached to the network. Therefore it should come as no surprise to discover that what works… what is indeed the king of the Web is the Exchange. This is what I tried to establish… [Read more…]
March 31, 2011
“Content is not just king, it’s the emperor of all things electronic [and] without content, these genius mobile products would be lifeless and the world’s large flat screens, e-readers, and tablets would be unloved and unsold.” – Rupert Murdoch Feb 2010 Same quote different post. Let’s begin by examining the veracity of the claim. How… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
“Content is not just king, it’s the emperor of all things electronic [and] without content, these genius mobile products would be lifeless and the world’s large flat screens, e-readers, and tablets would be unloved and unsold.” – Rupert Murdoch Feb 2010 Let’s continue on from the discussion I began this morning about why content never… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
Perhaps the key reason so many web start-ups – very large and very small – struggle to monetize their big ideas is simply because their ideas about media are so retro… and by retro I mean at least 1980′s, perhaps even 1970′s and 60′s. They either hook into the old school “Content is King” media… [Read more…]
March 29, 2011
After the success of yesterday’s Facebook vs TV infographic I couldn’t help but extend the idea one more step. Here then is a comparative graphic of YouTube vs TV viewing habits. Based on the Complete traffic data and the “time spent” data provided in yesterday’s Facebook presentation I estimate the total global YouTube viewing time… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
Spied a very simple infographic over at Information is Beautiful comparing the time spent watching TV in the US in 2010 to the time it has taken to create Wikipedia. It was inspired by Clay Shirky’s cognitive surplus presentation circa mid-2010. Anyway I thought I would mash this idea together with the stats released last month… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
Last week AdAge ran a piece on Do Campaign Failures, High-Profile Firings Signal the End of Social Media? It outlined how things haven’t really panned out as planned for the social media pioneers. Put simply social recognition isn’t translating into product sales or corporate profits. This of course will come as no surprise to long time followers… [Read more…]
March 28, 2011
We have explored this idea before in How important is the Internet to the US economy?, Let’s call it the Google and Some quick thoughts on what the fashion retailer of future may look like but I thought it was worth taking another look at it from a slightly different perspective. One of the most interesting things to… [Read more…]
March 25, 2011
I was looking at the traffic stats for MySpace the other day and like most commentators I couldn’t help but notice that the decline of the former market leader in the social networking appears to be accelerating. A little research into the history of social networks over the past 15 years suggests that they collapse far more… [Read more…]
March 23, 2011
Couldn’t help but notice the correlation between Google’s growth in revenues and Motorola’s loss of market share from the calculations in my last post. At the lower end of projections the estimated value of Motorola’s 18% loss of market share from 1998 to 2010 translates into a low-end estimate of $30 Billion in lost revenue in 2010. That… [Read more…]
March 31, 2011
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