Many analysts now say the best way to gauge a Web company’s financial hardiness is to look not at page views or monthly unique visitors but at how much money it can generate from each user. Matthew Shanahan, senior vice-president of strategy for Web consulting firm Scout Analytics, says thriving digital ventures typically have a high ARPU (average revenue per user). Amazon.com (AMZN), for instance, makes on average $189 per unique user. Google (GOOG) takes in around $24. Web publishers, Shanahan says, tend to become reliably profitable at about $10 a user. Demand’s average revenue per user currently hovers around $1.60.
—Demand Media’s Planet of the Algorithms — www.businessweek.com — Readability
the best way to boost the CPM is to give more insight into the quality of the content.
Leaders and Bosses
Those who don’t know the difference between being a boss and being a leader are destined to be neither.
In any event, I see this as, if not a watershed moment for WebGL, at least a compelling reason why you might want to have it in your browser.
you don’t have to necessarily know how to install Apache or solder a chip. All you need is a desire to make something be a way that it should or can be.
—notes on “hackers” (thanks to @jayrosen_nyu)
“Tumblove”
I can get behind Tumbstruck…
“Reblogged (and It Feels So Good)”
“Tumbeau”
“Tumblust”
“Tumblr Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry”The Tumblrcrush: We can see the Times Style story now. In which case, send us your Tumblr love stories: nwktumblr (at) gmail
Once you start depending on metrics, it can become much harder to make intuitive decisions that can’t be measured.
Doesn’t Sound Like a “Hotel” to Me
“Her cell was 10 by 14 feet. It had no bed. The lights were always on. Neon lights. It was part of the torture.”—
Ramin Setoodeh, in a compelling narrative about the American hikers who’ve spent 775 days in Iran’s most notorious prison, accused of espionage. On Monday, Iran said the hikers would be released. Today they said the release is not imminent.
“Like staying in a hotel” is how the Iranian president characterized it. And It looks now like it might not happen.
