Archive for February, 2008
Getty Images Agrees to Multi Billion Dollar Buyout
Written by ForestGump
Thursday, 28 February 2008 10:15
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Getty LogoI have been contemplating listing my photos with Getty’s sub royalty-free photo company, istock for some time now. Here is some recent news that caught my attention. Getty Images Inc. agreed to a $2.1 billion buyout from the private equity group Hellman & Friedman LLC. The San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman offered $34 per share in cash for all of Getty’s shares, a 39 percent premium over

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Wal-Mart wants to be your SEO firm.
Written by ForestGump
Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:35
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Walmart sams logoWal-Mart sister company Sam’s club has teamed with Innuity to bring Search Engine Optimization to the masses. I discovered this disturbing news while reading an article by Scott Buresh of Medium Blue. I am not going to rehash all the gory details, but I do agree with his overall conclusion. What they are offering is a $25 per month service that allows you to input your business data into a simple form that then is submitted to several “local” search engines like Yahoo local, Yellow pages, Google local and some others. So they are not truly competing with a real full blown SEO company.

However shocking as it may seem, it is both good and bad for the industry.

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Valentines day restaurant guide
Written by ForestGump
Thursday, 14 February 2008 13:57
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valentinesfood.jpgFor those clueless guys like me who don’t know much about choosing a restaurant, here is a quick guide. Any place will do really, just let her know its the company not the place that makes it so special. Now the base cost of the restaurant can be quickly deduced from the title of the place. For example if the name cuisine appears in the description then its going to be an expensive place, if they use the word food, then it will only be moderately priced. However if it has the words Eats, you will save some money on food, but your possible medical bills may be quite high! :P Cheers, and good luck.

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