Linky Goodness, April 4
Friday, April 4th, 2008;
-- Jordan McCollum |
Here’s some linky goodness to see you off into the weekend!
- Just in case you weren’t already jealous enough of Craig Newmark, Silicon Alley Insider values Craigslist at $5 Billion
- Those 300 DoubleClick employees that got laid off? They failed Google’s “entrance exam” (okay, well, application process).
- In case you had doubts, Comcast and Starcom commissioned a study to confirm that ad targeting works.
- Google Blogoscoped reports on a new middle-of-page Google Onebox type.
- Lisa Barone takes on the Pollara study. After all, only 23% of those surveyed were influenced by well-known bloggers in making purchasing decisions.
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April 4th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
the CL biz model is amazing. They only charge for services in already established markets. And charging for the job postings really legitimizes them as the premiere service for finding a job in the area and blocks the spam!
April 5th, 2008 at 1:38 am
A friend of mine just asked me the other day if Craig was worth anything. LOL
I figured a lot but not 5 bill. - that’s impressive
April 5th, 2008 at 11:53 am
CL is amazing…. I’ve sold a motorcycle, condo, seo services galore and DJ’ed for a couple (in San Francisco) that met on CL and chose every vendor for their wedding from CL.
I really admire Craig Newmark for sticking to his guns and not selling out - I would have sold years ago!
David
April 5th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Just only one blogger can influence a lot of people.
April 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Well, I think CL is amazing.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Wow, that sucks to be the Doubleclick workers. I realize that they probably had to get rid of some people, but it would be hard to do your job successfully for years and then suddenly have Google tell you that you’re not good enough to do it.
April 7th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Even with the high standards for hiring isn’t there still the “dumbest guy at Google”?
Google is obviously in a position to hire whomever they want but sometimes you need good soldiers who know how to get things done…even if they don’t have a 4.0 from an Ivy League. Some of the smartest people I know never went to college and some of the dumbest have MBAs from acclaimed colleges.
Just wonder when there might be a tipping point where Google looks at achievement in the real world over achievement in the classroom.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:21 am
By the way, there was an article on how Craigslist only charges for real estate posting fees in some geographies but not all. Which means that Craigslist can make so much more money but they just don’t care to. Isn’t that crazy!?