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from the fooled-me-once dept
Get-paid-to-surf schemes aren't the only artifact from the bubble we're seeing today. Another classic is misleading press release, usually put out by tiny company, that appears to suggest a relationship between it and a much larger company. For example, back when Amazon was the premier internet company, companies would tout the fact that they were part of its associate program, which any company could be part of. Now today, many companies advertise on Google, but not too many put out a press release about it with a cryptic headline stating that the company has "Renewed With Google Inc.". For a second, you might actually think that it had signed a deal with Google, until you read a little further to see that they are just continuing to buy more AdWords. Not too impressive, really. Of course, there is one major difference between the bubble and today. The stock of this company isn't doing much on the news; back in 1999 it might have jumped sharply.
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You forgot
the ticker symbol. should read....
Techdirt (DIRT) now available on the internet alongside Google (GOOG)....
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TD stock? im there
DO it.
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For immediate release
Techdirt and RantMax Inc. have successfully partnered via their renowned commenting services, part of their intelligence service, to make fun of some pale attempts at making impression by RFID Ltd.
Now please excuse me as I partner with McDonalds for my lunch and our city as I drink water.
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...heh heh nice. thx for the grin.
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Techdirt fights malaria
maybe Techdirt can join the fight against malaria by partnering with Skype to fight malaria.
www.MadnessAgainstMalaria.com/ScottSkype
Seriously we are looking for ways to use the web to fight malaria and spread the word about this tournament. maybe a team from Techdirt that partners with Google, Yahoo and Amazon.
BTW, in the three minutes it took me to write this 6 children under teh age of five died from malaria, which can be prevented by a five dollar bednet
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Partners
TEchdirt do partner with Google, and topix.net, and , if you felt like being a real tool from the bubble, Adobe, Mozilla Corporation, PErfectLover.com and anyone else who uses Google ads which appear on Techdirt
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