Webcology Podcast #152 – Linkbuilding and The Debut of the LinkedIn IPO
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Linkbuilding and The Debut of the LinkedIn IPO
Air Date: May 19, 2011
Jim and Dave discuss Linkbuilding, the debut of the LinkedIn IPO; Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog Closing May 31; The Google Search Team (Finally) Gets its Own Blog and How Facebook Is Changing Online Business.
Show Notes and Links:
Google opens large facility in Kitchener Waterloo
Proximity of University of Waterloo, RIM cited as factors in Google’s placement of new campus. – Mobile and Social
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/googles-big-bet-on-canada/article2027429/
Linked-In IPO – Opened at $45, closed near $100
(Tulips, Ostriches and Linked-in “OH MY”)
Is this an indicator of great market conditions for social media IPOs or is it the indicator of another bubble about to burst?
2010 profit: $3.4million on Revenues of $243million. Where is the value here? Was valued at about $4billion yesterday. Today is valued between $9 and $10billion!
source: NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/19/136453337/investors-snap-up-shares-in-linkedins-ipo
Birthdays
Kathy O’Reilly and Monte Baumgartner
US Secret Service Tweets Dislike of Fox News
“had to monitor Fox for a story. Can’t. Deal. With. The. Blathering. “ via Twitter for iPad
Will the Last one’s out please turn off the lights?
Yahoo Search Marketing Blog closing down May 31. Will 301 to Yahoo Advertising Blog
source: http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2011/05/02/yahoo-search-marketing-blog-closing-may-31/
Google Opens Search Blog
http://searchengineland.com/googles-search-team-finally-gets-its-own-blog-77857
Likeonomics: How Facebook Is Changing Online Business – Brian Carter (search engine journal)
We didn’t actually get to talk about this before running out of time but it’s a good article and worth the read.
source: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/likeonomics-how-facebook-is-changing-online-business/29780/
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