Comments on: Is Glam A Sham? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:59:23 -0800 hourly 1 By: petter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2592066 petter Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:01:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2592066 Yes you r right dude.... Yes you r right dude….

]]> By: Bubble 2.0: Glam turns down $1.3B - mathewingram.com/media http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2336070 Bubble 2.0: Glam turns down $1.3B - mathewingram.com/media Thu, 29 May 2008 15:52:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2336070 [...] — although as Mike Arrington has pointed out in the past, that figure is an aggregation of all the visitors who come to any of Glam’s partner sites. He also noted in that post that Glam owns a bunch of [...] [...] — although as Mike Arrington has pointed out in the past, that figure is an aggregation of all the visitors who come to any of Glam’s partner sites. He also noted in that post that Glam owns a bunch of [...]

]]> By: Bubble 2.0: Glam turns down $1.3B » mathewingram.com/work | http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2336026 Bubble 2.0: Glam turns down $1.3B » mathewingram.com/work | Thu, 29 May 2008 15:14:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2336026 [...] — although as Mike Arrington has pointed out in the past, that figure is an aggregation of all the visitors who come to any of Glam’s partner sites. He also noted in that post that Glam owns a bunch of [...] [...] — although as Mike Arrington has pointed out in the past, that figure is an aggregation of all the visitors who come to any of Glam’s partner sites. He also noted in that post that Glam owns a bunch of [...]

]]> By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Glam Makes Big Cuts In Publisher Payments - “Up To 80% Drop In Revenue” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2062521 www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Glam Makes Big Cuts In Publisher Payments - “Up To 80% Drop In Revenue” Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:12:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2062521 [...] they need to get costs down. Last year the company lost $3.7 million on $21 million in revenue. They’ve promised investors that 2008 would bring in $150 million in revenue with $40 million [...] [...] they need to get costs down. Last year the company lost $3.7 million on $21 million in revenue. They’ve promised investors that 2008 would bring in $150 million in revenue with $40 million [...]

]]> By: Glam Makes Big Cuts In Publisher Payments - “Up To 80% Drop In Revenue” http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2062393 Glam Makes Big Cuts In Publisher Payments - “Up To 80% Drop In Revenue” Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:19:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2062393 [...] they need to get costs down. Last year the company lost $3.7 million on $21 million in revenue. They’ve promised investors that 2008 would bring in $150 million in revenue with $40 million [...] [...] they need to get costs down. Last year the company lost $3.7 million on $21 million in revenue. They’ve promised investors that 2008 would bring in $150 million in revenue with $40 million [...]

]]> By: Publicidad online: marcas o tecnología http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2050179 Publicidad online: marcas o tecnología Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:30:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2050179 [...] su publicidad. Glam Media asegura llegar a 20 millones de usuarios únicos femeninos a base de agregar sitios de dudosa calidad. Otros anuncian nuevas redes, como Forbes y su nueva red de publicidad en blogs y sitios con [...] [...] su publicidad. Glam Media asegura llegar a 20 millones de usuarios únicos femeninos a base de agregar sitios de dudosa calidad. Otros anuncian nuevas redes, como Forbes y su nueva red de publicidad en blogs y sitios con [...]

]]> By: PR COUTURE » Blog Archive » The Future of Online Fashion Media - Are We on the Road to Selling Out? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2036399 PR COUTURE » Blog Archive » The Future of Online Fashion Media - Are We on the Road to Selling Out? Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:03:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2036399 [...] (via Folio). While there has been considerable controversy around Glam’s traffic assertions (is it a sham?), Hollywood Reporter reports that according to the omScore’s MediaMetrix, 44 million unique [...] [...] (via Folio). While there has been considerable controversy around Glam’s traffic assertions (is it a sham?), Hollywood Reporter reports that according to the omScore’s MediaMetrix, 44 million unique [...]

]]> By: Glam Media Raises $85 Million - Covering All That's Social All the Web http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2005166 Glam Media Raises $85 Million - Covering All That's Social All the Web Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:25:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2005166 [...] August, Mike Arrington asked if Glam is a big sham. Matt Marshall disagreed but also pointed out that the majority of [...] [...] August, Mike Arrington asked if Glam is a big sham. Matt Marshall disagreed but also pointed out that the majority of [...]

]]> By: Glam Raises $85 million In Equity + Debt Financing Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2004822 Glam Raises $85 million In Equity + Debt Financing Round Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:43:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2004822 [...] an $85 million round of financing, their fourth, today. We first reported that Glam was looking to raise as much as $200 million in August 2007. More rumors popped up in November [...] [...] an $85 million round of financing, their fourth, today. We first reported that Glam was looking to raise as much as $200 million in August 2007. More rumors popped up in November [...]

]]> By: Do you like the term SEO http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2001789 Do you like the term SEO Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:13:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2001789 [...] view of SEO and even use the services of Pronet, had an article describing a site as being a “pure SEO site” because it had little original content and wasn’t a high quality resource in their [...] [...] view of SEO and even use the services of Pronet, had an article describing a site as being a “pure SEO site” because it had little original content and wasn’t a high quality resource in their [...]

]]> By: Introducing The Most Advanced News Site On The Planet | TechJunkies http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-2000177 Introducing The Most Advanced News Site On The Planet | TechJunkies Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:06:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-2000177 [...] high, even a mild success is still seen as a dismal failure. Glam did it on a grand scale when they called themselves the “fastest growing web property in the United States” to justify a huge valuation. What they [...] [...] high, even a mild success is still seen as a dismal failure. Glam did it on a grand scale when they called themselves the “fastest growing web property in the United States” to justify a huge valuation. What they [...]

]]> By: More Misplaced Glam Exhuberance http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1753630 More Misplaced Glam Exhuberance Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:13:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1753630 [...] mentioned that they were raising money in an August post. In that post I heavily criticized the company for trying to claim it was the largest womens site [...] [...] mentioned that they were raising money in an August post. In that post I heavily criticized the company for trying to claim it was the largest womens site [...]

]]> By: Snapshot: current strategies in the consumer content and media space « Malaparte http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1666348 Snapshot: current strategies in the consumer content and media space « Malaparte Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:09:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1666348 [...] we see that Glam Media and Sugar Publishing have been/are going on acquisition sprees (examples 1 and 2), creating content verticals/blog networks (i.e., womens’ interests) that they are going to [...] [...] we see that Glam Media and Sugar Publishing have been/are going on acquisition sprees (examples 1 and 2), creating content verticals/blog networks (i.e., womens’ interests) that they are going to [...]

]]> By: Modeling » Comment on Is Glam A Sham? by Allison http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1657231 Modeling » Comment on Is Glam A Sham? by Allison Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:45:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1657231 [...] Eco Diva Allison wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI asked my stock buddy - here is what I found out - Yahoo is mostly content and supposed to generate 7B of revenue next year - with a market cap of 32B or 5 times revenue, Google with a network model will do 20B with a market cap of … [...] [...] Eco Diva Allison wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI asked my stock buddy – here is what I found out – Yahoo is mostly content and supposed to generate 7B of revenue next year – with a market cap of 32B or 5 times revenue, Google with a network model will do 20B with a market cap of … [...]

]]> By: Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1653784 Startup Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Entrepreneurship - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:21:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1653784 [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...] [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...]

]]> By: New Media Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on New Media - Powered by SocialRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1653773 New Media Signal - Today’s Top Blog Posts on New Media - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:08:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1653773 [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...] [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...]

]]> By: Apple Fever - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Apple - Powered by SocialRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1653714 Apple Fever - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Apple - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:10:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1653714 [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...] [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...]

]]> By: All Night Coder - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Programming - Powered by SocialRank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1653709 All Night Coder - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Programming - Powered by SocialRank Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:07:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1653709 [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...] [...] Is Glam A Sham? [...]

]]> By: Sugar Publishing Acquires ShopStyle http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1646411 Sugar Publishing Acquires ShopStyle Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:03:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1646411 [...] its name to Sugar Inc. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital and NBC Universal. See our recent coverage of Glam, a [...] [...] its name to Sugar Inc. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital and NBC Universal. See our recent coverage of Glam, a [...]

]]> By: GDI全球域名網賺互聯營銷居家致富系統 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1609916 GDI全球域名網賺互聯營銷居家致富系統 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:51:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1609916 [...] 部落客(TechCrunch、paidContent、The Next Net、The Deal)幾乎一致認為，Glam膨風嫌疑難免，泡沫即將發生！他們憤慨的戳破，Glam根本就是一個「空站」，它的主站Glam.com一個月只有65萬名不重覆使用者，而它Glam Media的幾個女性主題網站加起來的流量，一個月只有不到200萬名不重覆使用者，那，讓它變成所謂「全國第一女性網站」的1700萬不重覆使用者是怎麼來的？大部份來自Glam獨家代理其他網站的廣告版位，Glam並未擁有這些網站的內容，只有一張張「獨家代理」的合約。若要解約，最多只要一年通知即可切得乾乾淨淨。最受人爭議的是，Glam旗下許多所謂「子網站」如Free-beauty-tips.com，竟然都是沒什麼意義的SEO網站，讓它能順利在Google一些重點關鍵字如「美白小秘方」之類的得到冠軍的位置。有趣的是，部落客砲聲隆隆，其中提供最多資訊(顯然在女人網站中人脈很廣)的VentureBeat在他這篇落落長的文章之後卻提供一個意外的觀點，它雖然先戳破Glam目前有50%的流量是來自其中一個MyYearbook社群網站，另外像Meez、Dogster根本文不對題卻佔流量很大一部份，而且說Glam號稱目前CPM值高達$30美元也很可能是誇大其詞，不過，VentureBeat卻讚賞Glam這個能言善道的CEO Samir Arora本身成功創過幾家公司，在整合網站方面有其獨到之處，絕非等閒之輩，而且Glam買下大批的小型SEO網站的同時也買下了一堆SEO技術，瞬間讓它建立了難以超越的實力，再者競爭對手iVillage也照樣計入Sugar Publishing的這些尚不屬於它網絡的流量在濫竽充數等等。總之，這篇文章被VentureBeat一改再改，留言也一篇接一篇，篇篇皆冗長大論。 [...] [...] 部落客(TechCrunch、paidContent、The Next Net、The Deal)幾乎一致認為，Glam膨風嫌疑難免，泡沫即將發生！他們憤慨的戳破，Glam根本就是一個「空站」，它的主站Glam.com一個月只有65萬名不重覆使用者，而它Glam Media的幾個女性主題網站加起來的流量，一個月只有不到200萬名不重覆使用者，那，讓它變成所謂「全國第一女性網站」的1700萬不重覆使用者是怎麼來的？大部份來自Glam獨家代理其他網站的廣告版位，Glam並未擁有這些網站的內容，只有一張張「獨家代理」的合約。若要解約，最多只要一年通知即可切得乾乾淨淨。最受人爭議的是，Glam旗下許多所謂「子網站」如Free-beauty-tips.com，竟然都是沒什麼意義的SEO網站，讓它能順利在Google一些重點關鍵字如「美白小秘方」之類的得到冠軍的位置。有趣的是，部落客砲聲隆隆，其中提供最多資訊(顯然在女人網站中人脈很廣)的VentureBeat在他這篇落落長的文章之後卻提供一個意外的觀點，它雖然先戳破Glam目前有50%的流量是來自其中一個MyYearbook社群網站，另外像Meez、Dogster根本文不對題卻佔流量很大一部份，而且說Glam號稱目前CPM值高達$30美元也很可能是誇大其詞，不過，VentureBeat卻讚賞Glam這個能言善道的CEO Samir Arora本身成功創過幾家公司，在整合網站方面有其獨到之處，絕非等閒之輩，而且Glam買下大批的小型SEO網站的同時也買下了一堆SEO技術，瞬間讓它建立了難以超越的實力，再者競爭對手iVillage也照樣計入Sugar Publishing的這些尚不屬於它網絡的流量在濫竽充數等等。總之，這篇文章被VentureBeat一改再改，留言也一篇接一篇，篇篇皆冗長大論。 [...]

]]> By: Making It Rain With ComScore Optimization | Scoreboard Media Group http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1591299 Making It Rain With ComScore Optimization | Scoreboard Media Group Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:48:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1591299 [...] potentially resides in Comscore Optimization.  I mean, one only needs to look as far back as the Glam Media nonsense to realize how big a rather undisciplined campaign could [...] [...] potentially resides in Comscore Optimization.  I mean, one only needs to look as far back as the Glam Media nonsense to realize how big a rather undisciplined campaign could [...]

]]> By: softexpose.com » Blog Archive » Site or network? Own or join? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1579917 softexpose.com » Blog Archive » Site or network? Own or join? Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:04:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1579917 [...] TechCrunch, Mike Arrington ridicules Glam’s claims, saying: “A minimal amount of research into their business shows that the company is an ad [...] [...] TechCrunch, Mike Arrington ridicules Glam’s claims, saying: “A minimal amount of research into their business shows that the company is an ad [...]

]]> By: Ted Rheingold http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1560433 Ted Rheingold Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:13:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1560433 On our sites, Dogster.com and Catster.com, Glam Networks is reaching upwards of a million of their monthly uniques in a very visible manner, every single day of the year. It strikes me now that I've noticed our members refer to Glam as a women's network as often as they do an advertising network. I'm suspect that's because they have that full-featured, well editorialized community presence practically conjoined with the ad network. What I'm happy to report is their ad quality is consistently high and well above the drudgery of TribalFusion, Advertising.com, AdSense, etc. On our sites, Dogster.com and Catster.com, Glam Networks is reaching upwards of a million of their monthly uniques in a very visible manner, every single day of the year.

It strikes me now that I’ve noticed our members refer to Glam as a women’s network as often as they do an advertising network. I’m suspect that’s because they have that full-featured, well editorialized community presence practically conjoined with the ad network.

What I’m happy to report is their ad quality is consistently high and well above the drudgery of TribalFusion, Advertising.com, AdSense, etc.

]]> By: Scott Rafer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1560190 Scott Rafer Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:27:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1560190 In terms of US-ONLY uniques (which is all i think comscore provides as well, this is fairly instructive: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/popsugar.com+glam.com+ivillage.com?metric=uv I'm biased towards compete.com for any number of personal and financial reasons, but Sugar has a ton more sites than popsugar, so let's say 10x that number of global uniques and ditto for Glam. The published numbers look ok to me. MyBlogLog's widget was seeing 40 million global uniques a month (not accounting for cookie erasures, so discount that number by at most 25%) in Q4 last year before Yahoo acquired it, so there's absolutely no reason glam can't be doing the 19.1M. In terms of US-ONLY uniques (which is all i think comscore provides as well, this is fairly instructive:
http://siteanal...e.com?metric=uv

I’m biased towards compete.com for any number of personal and financial reasons, but Sugar has a ton more sites than popsugar, so let’s say 10x that number of global uniques and ditto for Glam. The published numbers look ok to me. MyBlogLog’s widget was seeing 40 million global uniques a month (not accounting for cookie erasures, so discount that number by at most 25%) in Q4 last year before Yahoo acquired it, so there’s absolutely no reason glam can’t be doing the 19.1M.

]]> By: Jo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/comment-page-4/#comment-1559346 Jo Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:40:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/12/is-glam-a-sham/#comment-1559346 Michael, I'm keen to do a piece on this for the paper but not sure how to contact you. What email can I get you on? Thanks in advance, Jo Michael,

I’m keen to do a piece on this for the paper but not sure how to contact you. What email can I get you on?

Thanks in advance,

Jo

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