What are you selling???
Posted on June 23, 2008
Filed Under: Link O' Rama, Work
Tagged: classifieds, domain names
Oops. Someone must have glossed over the fact that their domain name could be read as “retail the rape”.
[Found on http://realpeoplerealstuff.com, which offers an interesting twist on classified ads. Check it out.]
Another one bites the dust
Posted on June 20, 2008
Filed Under: Work
Tagged: advertising, classifieds, live expo, media, microsoft, video
It looks like Microsoft is finally giving up on its Live Expo classified ad service. They close the doors on July 31st of this year. I wrote about the launch back in March ‘06 and had this to say:
It’s a run of the mill classified site with a pinch of social networking thrown in for good measure - because you know...social apps are cool.
Microsoft has the same problem every other classified newcomer has ... gaining momentum. I just ran a search on “Events” within a 50 mile radius of Washington DC. Surely I’d expect to find something listed - but no. Nothing going on in the sleepy little area around the beltway.
This is where newspapers and companies like Oodle really leverage their strengths. They can launch a classified listing service right out of the gate complete with ads and therefore provide a good experience for the first time user of the service.
Companies like Craigslist, Oodle, Yahoo!, eBay continue to dominate the classifieds market. Microsoft (once again) came in too late with too little.
[linklove for videoisnow.com. Thanks for pointing me to that site Liz!]
Media notes
Posted on January 18, 2008
Filed Under: Work
Tagged: blogging, chicago tribune, classifieds, newspapers, nyt, seth godin
A couple of interesting links:
Chicago Tribune Eliminates Print Help-Wanted Ads On Weekdays
Editor and Publisher notes that the Chicago Tribune is eliminating help-wanted ads from the newspaper during the week. Marc Andreessen calls it the first step towards shutting down the print edition of the newspaper.
The NYT makes an effort at liveblogging Macworld
Kudos to the NYT for getting into the game but they fall way short of the mark. Techcrunch schools them on how it should be done.
Editors
Seth Godin talks about movies. Can the same case be made for newspapers? I think so. The Miami Herald actually considered outsourcing their editors to India. Fortunately that deal is off. Yelvington discusses it in more depth.