Rumors of a QuinStreet IPO have been swirling around the space on-again/off-again for years.
But wow it is official:
http://secwatch.com/filings/view.jsp?formid=2469864
I will probably circle back and add more color commentary when I have a few moments, but in the meantime, let me scream BRAVO and CONGRATULATIONS to CEO Doug Valenti and the rest of the QuinStreet team.
Just a [...]

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Google now provides mortgage rates to consumers and sells mortgage leads to originators.
https://www.google.com/comparisonads/mortgages#ti=0

I know this new development may be disruptive and concerning to many of our friends in the mortgage lead selling space.  For those of you outside of the mortgage industry, this event is just as important.  Google often tests products in a [...]

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I am pleased to share with you that we are going to be doing another webinar with our friends over at Leads360.
Both DoublePositive and Leads360 are value added partners that are a true extensions to the lead and the sales force. We work together on dozens of mutual mortgage clients and thought it would [...]

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Seriously.
I give credit to AIM for being the FIRST Social Network as we now have come understand the Internet-based term (perhaps the real credit should go to Ham Radio and CB Radio Operators, but that’s a topic for a separate blog post).
Then there was Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.
What did all three of these [...]

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I’m just sayin’.

SPF

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Dear GOOG:
This is not cool.
Stop changing your product based on my lens to your product (i.e. web browser).
As best I can tell, Google is now using a URL structure in their Chrome browser that breaks in IE, sending the user’s click to Google.com.  Deliberately, I have to presume. 
For example, paste the link below into [...]

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By blogosphere-standards, this is merely a Jonny-come-lately blog post.
To most others, WolframAlpha is new, and it is now live.
I’ve had many a Deep Thought in the past about SkyNet, The Matrix, and other forms of evolving A.I., so I was eager to see where we are now.
Below are my walk-throughs:
SPF
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Q:  How many roads must a [...]

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Whoa!
What is “Google Wave”?  I think it’s a communication object:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ
I’m one of the few non-developers who eagerly watched this video preview demo from Google I/O 2009.
Even after watching the entire video, I cannot tell you what Google Wave “is.”
I can, however, tell you what Google Wave “is like” using a business analogy.
Wave is to Google [...]

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I am predicting future Twitter Platform #tags here:

Twitter
Profit
Revenue
Pricing
Model
Price
Business
Tweet(s)
Click

Twitter business model will be OPM.  Actually, OP(b)M…
Other Peoples Money and Other People’s BUSINESS Model (zero risk for Twitter).
Rev Share with Others.
Little or no cost for API + Tech Integration (if necessary)
No COGS.
Brilliant.
Focus on the users — the rest is [...]

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DoublePositive and Leads360 are pleased to announce the industry’s first joint webinar.
Both DoublePositive and Leads360 are value added partners that are a true extension to the sales force. We work together on dozens of mutual accounts and thought it would be a great idea to host a webinar to go over [...]

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