Good news for Net Neutrality. This administration has shown that they are committed to the principals of Net Neutrality based on language in the rules recently released for the broadband stimulus funding. The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is offering grants…

Commission Junction released some data today that goes a long way to show that having an affiliate program helps you grow your business compared to competitors without programs. In the most recent Internet Retailer Top 500 guide, they look at…

The ad:tech exhibit hall was an interesting place. There was a booth filled with 2,000 plush purple octopi (that were all given away), a booth with (possibly - and intentionally) offensive t-shirts, and of course a ton of the usual…

After the first day of ad:tech I thought things were going pretty well for the industry.  Day two gave me time to make some more sessions (I live twittered them) and spend some time on the two levels of the…

ad:tech moved to Moscone West this year which I didn’t notice until I walked into RSA and worried that I had the wrong week for ad:tech. A short walk and I was Moscone West a new three story convention hall. …

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are aware of California (and other) states efforts to copy New York and collect sales tax on affiliate initiated transactions. Collection of sales tax is important, and states are right to…

This whole issue is one of doublespeak. Net Neutrality is really free and open access for all, yet the opposition calls it excessive regulation of the Internet. Senator Ted Stevens kicked this off back in 2006 when he said, “Until somebody tells me what net neutrality means, until they can give me a definition, I don’t want it in there. Right now, nobody knows what it means, so why put it in the bill?”

Really excited about keynote. Room has the DNA of what excites me. Know how to make money.

Too many people looking for a single when they have the talent for home runs. Swing for the fences.

Wants to open for Q&A. Of…

Just because we have a new administration that has been more supportive of Net Neutrality does not mean that the battles are over or that we need to stop paying attention.  The Telco shills are still at it, trying to…

Over the last week I was part of a spirited private debate about the death of banners and display advertising. Peter Figueredo even posted on this subject while I was composing this. It was all sparked by Procter & Gamble’s GM…