Twitter Moves to Murder Paid Tweet Services
In an update about the state of the Twitter platform on their blog today, Twitter has slipped in a section devoted to the demise of paid tweet services. These include the likes of Ad.ly, Magpie, Sponsored Tweets, and others. Many Twitter users are probably rejoicing at this announcement as paid tweets have been a point [...]
Read MoreMyLikes Gets $630,000 in Funding From Ex-Googlers
MyLikes, founded by two ex-Googlers—former Google Apps product lead Bindu Reddy and former AdSesne tech lead Arvind Sundararajan—took money totaling about $630k from 11 other ex-Googlers to fund the company. Those are the only people they took money from. People who also used to work for Google. If you recall, MyLikes is a service that [...]
Read MoreLikaholix Becomes MyLikes So You Can Get Paid
In a pretty slick move, the social media site Likaholix leveraged their existing user base and database of user likes and morphed into MyLikes. The difference between the two? With MyLikes, you can turn your preferences and opinions into cash. Your Likes have the potential to become targeted PPC ads that are actually relevant to [...]
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