Jason K.
The Valley’s Next Source of Funding? Nigerian Scam Artists
With Venture Capitalist funds quickly drying up with the tightening economy, there’s one group of investors who are newly flush with cash and eager to help: Nigerian Scam Artists.
Nick Denton’s Evil Genius: No One Likes Humor in Tough Times
Nick Denton’s an absolute genius for folding Valleywag. There is absolutely no role for humor in an economic downturn. Who wants to laugh, or laugh at VC’s, billion dollar corporations, or internet celebrities, when their homes, their jobs and their sanity is on the line, anyway?
SEO’s Party Like Its 1999! (Inbound Linking No Longer Important?)
Google released its very first batch of SEO tips recently — and what was missing was any mention of the importance of inbound links, the real currency of importance with Google. SEO’s began celebrating, Calacanis weighed in as usual, and Matt Cutts denied it all (sort of).
Google Expands Tracking To HIV, Hepatitis, West African Fever
Google announced an expansion of its Google Flu tracking program to include HIV, Hepatitis, and West African fever. Never one to rest on their laurels, Google plans for new unconfirmed-symptom maps as well, including the “cerebral hemorrhage map” and the “ruptured appendix map”.
Researchers Nail Precise Number of Pathetic Losers on Internet
Recently, US researchers were able to replicate, and prove, that sending spam is profitable. They also discovered a little bit about the pathetic and gullible who fall for these unsolicited ads, confirming, among other things, the “double hill” hypothesis, and how many of said weak and wretched are indeed ordering in the first place.
Yahoo Girding Itself For Tsunami of Penis Enlargement Ads
With Google pulling out of their deal with Yahoo to serve ads in search results, fans of Yahoo are steeling themselves for an onslaught of spam, as spammers are celebrating with renewed campaigns for their favorite products.
Voter Suppression 2.0 — GOP Turning to Robo-Tweets
In a last ditch attempt at suppressing votes, the McCain campaign has hired a new group to use “Robo-Tweets” to scare off users of social media, 93% of whom have identified themselves as either “mostly”, or “totally” in the tank for Obama.
AOL to Google: “You’re Awesome … I Hate You!”
AOL unleashed another savagely passive aggressive note in its latest attempt at drawing attention to how old, stale, and pitiful its become.
Amidst Stock Downgrade Apple Seeks Partnerships With Wal-Mart and McDonalds
With Apple’s price plummeting almost 20% today on analyst downgrading their recommendations, Apple reached out to new partners in a move to create a “value” line of their popular desktops and laptop computers — Wal-Mart and McDonald’s.
Congress Delays Economic Bailout Package For “Real Emergency”
Congress halted all discussion on the economic bail out package upon receiving a telegram from a Tim Westergreen, alerting them to the real “Congressional Emergency.”
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