seth goldstein: “Internet ads and personal cookies are being traded like (unregulated) commodities on networks & exchanges. CTRs going down. Now what?” http://bit.ly/2QEe1F

Mike Hudack- “ad spend as a percentage of GDP is at its lowest percentage ever” http://bit.ly/2li5nn

In other words, marketing is fine, but make sure it’s prioritized correctly: Seth’s Blog: “Notice me” “Attention is fine, as long as you have a goal that is reached in exchange for all this effort.” http://bit.ly/4ihNJe

An opinion on the economics of iPhone apps. Naturally, it sounds very similar to the competition in online media:

“So what does the App Store Effect mean, right now? In the short term, we’ll get lower prices. This is great. But in the long term, it might not be sustainable. The promise that sales volume will make up for the rock-bottom prices you need to charge just to be seen in your app category seems increasingly hollow, and to put it bluntly, if developers don’t have a chance in hell of recouping their fees, they’ll stop trying. ” http://bit.ly/1P2kmR

Global strategy vs. multi domestic: Nokia Tries to Undo Blunders in U.S. – NYTimes.com “it mass produced devices shaped like candy bars for the global market to save on production costs.” http://bit.ly/QMOVe

Why Are Smartphones Stuck in the Dark Ages? “mobile is still largely a Web 1.0 world. ” http://bit.ly/1YPuuk

Took me a while to get behind this post: This is going to be BIG! – Comments on New York Tech Community, Startups, Venture Capital and Career Education “If a VC invests in a seed round, something has to go pretty wrong for them not to follow on.” http://bit.ly/5f3EV

That’s a drop of one third– huge: VC Funding On Pace For First Sub-$20B Year Since 1998 – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ http://bit.ly/3HXntG

Social media has a problem scaling because as soon as it starts to hit its stride, the incentives draw spammers. Geeking with Greg: An arms race in spamming social software ”

The same sort of thing is happening on Yahoo Answers…” http://bit.ly/4C7I5L

RT @venturehype: How a successful incubation program is run and determine whether starting one is right for you: http://bit.ly/1sYNAa