Christopher Laudani

Reading Into the Viacom/Google Suit

Paul - I'm tired of all these, "you just don't get it" bits. I read the lawsuit and I don't think they will settle this. They can build their own websites with clips, they don't need YouTube. Viacoms content is valuable and they don't need a middle man to distribute their material directly to consumers.

Long Yahoo, Short Google: Why I Think This Contrarian Idea Will Work

Dan - This is a pretty good bet. I advertise my websites on both Yahoo and Google, but I get better results (more paying customers) with Yahoo. Yahoo seems better positioned to land the big national advertisers - the car advertisers, the burger guys, etc.

If Yahoo can get its act together, this idea will turn out to be a good bet.

Google Gets Guerrilla Marketing - Microsoft's Ballmer Does Not (GOOG, MSFT)

Hey Paul, Why bother listening to the call anyway? They don't give any useful information.