04 Jan, 2007
Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Internet
Great Sadagopan article linking to an eBay presentation where the company discusses the challenges of growing its IT infrastructure over the years, to the point where they are able to deliver 1B page views per day.
For all geeks out there, the article also points out to details about the Google and Amazon architecture.
Via Denken Uber.
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My dearest videoblog RocketBoom has come up with an interesting way of selling ad space on its daily videoblog.
They have put one week’s worth of ad space up for auction at eBay
Interestinglly, RocketBoom will create the ads and will only run them AFTER the main video, decisions they see as part of their advertising philosophy:
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27 Nov, 2005
Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Internet
In the never-ending saga of Google announcements (do they have a company strategy other than innovation for innovation’s sake?) here comes the latest feature: Google Click-to-Call
As with many other Googel innovations, this one is still in beta phase, but the idea is to include this feature in the search results. The FAQ explains:
A free and [...]
27 Oct, 2005
Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Internet
Google Base, which can be best described as an open database where users can upload their own content, has received extensive blogosphere coverage (e.g. Internet News, Ars Technica and Business [...]
21 Oct, 2005
Posted by: Juan Lopez-Valcarcel In: Internet
The entrepreneurship process in the Web 2.0 environment is becoming commoditized. I have talked before about how easy it is these days to find business ideas, recruit the right team and secure online angel funding
Well, now if you don’t have the time to start a company from scratch you could also buy it off-the-shelf from [...]