Comments on: The Portal is Dead – Long Live the Portal http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Bradley http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html/comment-page-1#comment-30833 Steven Bradley Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:49:58 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html#comment-30833 Could part of AOL's problem be that they are still seen as an ISP and not a portal? When I think AOL I think of the many CDs that used to arrive in my mailbox every week. While they were trying to sign me up I found other portals to start my internet journey. How many people associate AOl with a portal? Could part of AOL’s problem be that they are still seen as an ISP and not a portal? When I think AOL I think of the many CDs that used to arrive in my mailbox every week. While they were trying to sign me up I found other portals to start my internet journey.

How many people associate AOl with a portal?

]]> By: Jeff O'Connor http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html/comment-page-1#comment-30821 Jeff O'Connor Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:54:39 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html#comment-30821 Corporate America is living in a fantasy land. When did 16% growth become a problem? The unrealistic short-term expectations of shareholders have long been a problem for American manufacturing, and now that that sector has been bled white by a combination of shareholder greed, managerial incompetence, and a race to the bottom for labor wages, we're seeing it come home to roost in the tech and media sectors. These people need a swift kick in the ass. Corporate America is living in a fantasy land. When did 16% growth become a problem? The unrealistic short-term expectations of shareholders have long been a problem for American manufacturing, and now that that sector has been bled white by a combination of shareholder greed, managerial incompetence, and a race to the bottom for labor wages, we’re seeing it come home to roost in the tech and media sectors.

These people need a swift kick in the ass.

]]> By: Music Software http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html/comment-page-1#comment-30818 Music Software Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:38:34 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/portal-is-dead-long-live-the-portal.html#comment-30818 AOL and many other companies will face the brunt of a changing market scenario. Things are just not the same anymore with Web 2.0 and the vast difference in surfing habits. AOL and many other companies will face the brunt of a changing market scenario. Things are just not the same anymore with Web 2.0 and the vast difference in surfing habits.

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