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	<title>Comments on: Hungry Founder Puts Mowser In The Deadpool</title>
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		<title>By: WordPress As An E-Commerce Platform &#8211; Hits != $$$ &#124; At the End of the Day...</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-2/#comment-3041643</link>
		<dc:creator>WordPress As An E-Commerce Platform &#8211; Hits != $$$ &#124; At the End of the Day...</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] When selling through a WordPress platform, the metric used to measure success is the same as every other business; money. You can talk all you want about hits, visitors, page views, and conversion rates, but only the latter matters. You may be capable of presenting an online store front for basically no cost through free WordPress themes and plugins, but you still must pay for Internet access and bandwidth, domain names, hosting (be it self where you pay for electricity, hardware, licenses, etc. or remote), etc. The bottom line truly is the bottom line - revenue derived from your sales is the only thing that counts. It alone will keep you from eating buttered macaroni. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] When selling through a WordPress platform, the metric used to measure success is the same as every other business; money. You can talk all you want about hits, visitors, page views, and conversion rates, but only the latter matters. You may be capable of presenting an online store front for basically no cost through free WordPress themes and plugins, but you still must pay for Internet access and bandwidth, domain names, hosting (be it self where you pay for electricity, hardware, licenses, etc. or remote), etc. The bottom line truly is the bottom line &#8211; revenue derived from your sales is the only thing that counts. It alone will keep you from eating buttered macaroni. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: At the End of the Day&#8230; &#187; WordPress As An E-Commerce Platform &#8211; Hits != $$$</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-2/#comment-3012482</link>
		<dc:creator>At the End of the Day&#8230; &#187; WordPress As An E-Commerce Platform &#8211; Hits != $$$</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] line - revenue derived from your sales is the only thing that counts. It alone will keep you from eating buttered macaroni.The advice here is to pay more attention to your prospective customer base than your fan base. The [...]</description>
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		<title>By: ALOSO</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-2/#comment-2464426</link>
		<dc:creator>ALOSO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Customer,
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Customer,<br />
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<p>Our Bonanza are:<br />
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buy 5 units and get 2 unit free including shipping.<br />
our products are brand new ( mobiles are unlocked ) with complete accessories and it comes with 18 months international warranty and 8 months return policy.</p>
<p>For further Enquiry and Order Placement, Contact us as below :</p>
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		<title>By: Update: Mowser Assets Find a home at dotMobi</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2284955</link>
		<dc:creator>Update: Mowser Assets Find a home at dotMobi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] always a good idea to kill your startup in public. Russell Beattie did that last month with Mowser, a service that converts regular Web addresses into mobile-friendly ones, because he [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] always a good idea to kill your startup in public. Russell Beattie did that last month with Mowser, a service that converts regular Web addresses into mobile-friendly ones, because he [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Update: Mowser Assets Find a home at dotMobi</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2284954</link>
		<dc:creator>Update: Mowser Assets Find a home at dotMobi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] always a good idea to kill your startup in public. Russell Beattie did that last month with Mowser, a service that converts regular Web addresses into mobile-friendly ones, because he [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] always a good idea to kill your startup in public. Russell Beattie did that last month with Mowser, a service that converts regular Web addresses into mobile-friendly ones, because he [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Andy Moore</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2199603</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy Moore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s a shame to hear Mowser is going down the pan but it&#039;s not the mobile web, limited connections and small screens that&#039;s responsible for the demise of Mowser. I feel the business model and decision to not fully ad-support the service is the reason it doesn&#039;t reap the rewards expected.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a shame to hear Mowser is going down the pan but it&#8217;s not the mobile web, limited connections and small screens that&#8217;s responsible for the demise of Mowser. I feel the business model and decision to not fully ad-support the service is the reason it doesn&#8217;t reap the rewards expected.</p>
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		<title>By: El precio de la aventura at Linked</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2182733</link>
		<dc:creator>El precio de la aventura at Linked</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/#comment-2182733</guid>
		<description>[...] otras razones me puso de tan mal humor algunos comentarios estúpidos, arrogantes y prepotentes que apacieron en Techcrunch respecto a la noticia:  It sux I know and getting into debt to fund it sux too; but that’s [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] otras razones me puso de tan mal humor algunos comentarios estúpidos, arrogantes y prepotentes que apacieron en Techcrunch respecto a la noticia:  It sux I know and getting into debt to fund it sux too; but that’s [...]</p>
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		<title>By: James Whatley</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2182536</link>
		<dc:creator>James Whatley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://tinyurl.com/6yjw7v

Interesting comments ^</description>
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<p>Interesting comments ^</p>
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		<title>By: David Berube&#8217;s Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mowser is Dead, Not the Mobile Web Folks.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2181824</link>
		<dc:creator>David Berube&#8217;s Blog &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Mowser is Dead, Not the Mobile Web Folks.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] is dead – so the mobile web must be dead to. If you’re a reader of Read Write Web, TechCrunch and the others you would be lead to believe this as true. It’s the furthest thing from the [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] is dead – so the mobile web must be dead to. If you’re a reader of Read Write Web, TechCrunch and the others you would be lead to believe this as true. It’s the furthest thing from the [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Kontra</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2180936</link>
		<dc:creator>Kontra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. Beattie has had an extraordinarily weak appreciation of tech developments and trends. 

A classic example is when he declared &#039;game over&#039; for MS PlaysForSure *competitors* in 2005:

&quot;I&#039;ve been watching Microsoft&#039;s moves over the past few weeks and I can pretty much say that it&#039;s game over for a lot of Microsoft competitors, though they may not realize it yet.&quot;

http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008231.html

Another one is the leading comment he left at my blog recently, dismissing the impact of the iPhone:

&quot;The mobile market is huge and worldwide, and Apple is a minnow swimming among the sharks&quot;

Who can beat iPhone 2.0?
http://counternotions.com/2008/03/10/iphone2-competitors

It&#039;s always sad to see someone down at a personal level, but I always found the attention paid to his tech punditry inexplicable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Beattie has had an extraordinarily weak appreciation of tech developments and trends. </p>
<p>A classic example is when he declared &#8216;game over&#8217; for MS PlaysForSure *competitors* in 2005:</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been watching Microsoft&#8217;s moves over the past few weeks and I can pretty much say that it&#8217;s game over for a lot of Microsoft competitors, though they may not realize it yet.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008231.html" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008231.html'>http://www.russ...ok/1008231.html</a></p>
<p>Another one is the leading comment he left at my blog recently, dismissing the impact of the iPhone:</p>
<p>&#8220;The mobile market is huge and worldwide, and Apple is a minnow swimming among the sharks&#8221;</p>
<p>Who can beat iPhone 2.0?<br />
<a href="http://counternotions.com/2008/03/10/iphone2-competitors" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://counternotions.com/2008/03/10/iphone2-competitors'>http://countern...ne2-competitors</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s always sad to see someone down at a personal level, but I always found the attention paid to his tech punditry inexplicable.</p>
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		<title>By: DP</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2180461</link>
		<dc:creator>DP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that the mistake most of the mobile startups make is that they apply the same business and ecosystem model from the desktop web to mobile web.  Mobile web is NOT dead and continues to grow but unfortunately as a small startup, it is very difficult to generate a profit and stay in business.  One of the previous commenters listed a number of startups &quot;doing well&quot; but we have to be reminded that none of them are actually making any significant money from mobile.  Most of them are able to sustain themselves  and fight to stay relevant from the investment they raised.

I am convinced that for the time being, there only 2 kinds of companies that&#039;ll succeed in the mobile web space:
1.  A big desktop web company who can cover the losses with rev from the desktop or
2.  A startup that raises lots of money to cover their burn for the next 3 to 5 years. 

There&#039;s a lot of activity in this space but I do not believe that mobile web, in its current form, is in a state that can support lots of startups; especially those that depend on traffic.  Therefore, I believe that it is the big companies that will first see some success from monetizing the mobile web.  They will find that the mobile web will prove to be a business on its own or at least help their desktop business.

Only then will startups have a chance to thrive which is why they need to raise lots of money now.  If their current business plan calls for generating enough traffic in the next 2 years to stay in business, might as well close shop early because I do not believe this will happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that the mistake most of the mobile startups make is that they apply the same business and ecosystem model from the desktop web to mobile web.  Mobile web is NOT dead and continues to grow but unfortunately as a small startup, it is very difficult to generate a profit and stay in business.  One of the previous commenters listed a number of startups &#8220;doing well&#8221; but we have to be reminded that none of them are actually making any significant money from mobile.  Most of them are able to sustain themselves  and fight to stay relevant from the investment they raised.</p>
<p>I am convinced that for the time being, there only 2 kinds of companies that&#8217;ll succeed in the mobile web space:<br />
1.  A big desktop web company who can cover the losses with rev from the desktop or<br />
2.  A startup that raises lots of money to cover their burn for the next 3 to 5 years. </p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot of activity in this space but I do not believe that mobile web, in its current form, is in a state that can support lots of startups; especially those that depend on traffic.  Therefore, I believe that it is the big companies that will first see some success from monetizing the mobile web.  They will find that the mobile web will prove to be a business on its own or at least help their desktop business.</p>
<p>Only then will startups have a chance to thrive which is why they need to raise lots of money now.  If their current business plan calls for generating enough traffic in the next 2 years to stay in business, might as well close shop early because I do not believe this will happen.</p>
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		<title>By: tarekesber.com&#187; Blog Archive &#187; Russell Beatties iPhone Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2180309</link>
		<dc:creator>tarekesber.com&#187; Blog Archive &#187; Russell Beatties iPhone Effect</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] as the iPhone got people talking about the future of Mobile, Russells bold proclamation has got everyone talking about the future of the Mobile Web. Some agree with him, many don&#8217;t but [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] as the iPhone got people talking about the future of Mobile, Russells bold proclamation has got everyone talking about the future of the Mobile Web. Some agree with him, many don&#8217;t but [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Roy</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2179298</link>
		<dc:creator>Roy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>18: clever</description>
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		<title>By: Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178823</link>
		<dc:creator>Markus Göbel's Tech News Comments</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why I nearly never used the mowser? Because I didn&#039;t need to.

Most of mobile websites I read through Google&#039;s mobile RSS feedreader. It also strips away the unnecessary information and loads pages very fast. Or I use Opera Mini.

Why should I make a detour over the Mowser website?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why I nearly never used the mowser? Because I didn&#8217;t need to.</p>
<p>Most of mobile websites I read through Google&#8217;s mobile RSS feedreader. It also strips away the unnecessary information and loads pages very fast. Or I use Opera Mini.</p>
<p>Why should I make a detour over the Mowser website?</p>
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		<title>By: Mowser Founder Says Mobile Web Is Dead. It&#8217;s The Opposite</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178680</link>
		<dc:creator>Mowser Founder Says Mobile Web Is Dead. It&#8217;s The Opposite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/#comment-2178680</guid>
		<description>[...] entreprenuer Russell Beattie, and it&#8217;s time for him to deadpool Mowser. Read the details in Duncan&#8217;s post from earlier [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] entreprenuer Russell Beattie, and it&#8217;s time for him to deadpool Mowser. Read the details in Duncan&#8217;s post from earlier [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Ric Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178608</link>
		<dc:creator>Ric Johnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do not lose hope!
I started http://Free.TV eight years ago, and due to the dot Com Bomb, I had to call it quits.  I did not lose it all live most internet companies, but we did not eat steak for quite a while.
The good news: Tivoization of the web has finally happened
The bad news: I did not make any money.  I still believe that it will a LONG time before it actually pays off.  Yes, some VCs are smart and sold YouTube, but it is not a revenue model for Google (yet)
My advice to mowser: Get back in the saddle.  Learn the hard lessons and next time you will make it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do not lose hope!<br />
I started <a href="http://Free.TV" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://Free.TV'>http://Free.TV</a> eight years ago, and due to the dot Com Bomb, I had to call it quits.  I did not lose it all live most internet companies, but we did not eat steak for quite a while.<br />
The good news: Tivoization of the web has finally happened<br />
The bad news: I did not make any money.  I still believe that it will a LONG time before it actually pays off.  Yes, some VCs are smart and sold YouTube, but it is not a revenue model for Google (yet)<br />
My advice to mowser: Get back in the saddle.  Learn the hard lessons and next time you will make it</p>
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		<title>By: Luca Passani</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178531</link>
		<dc:creator>Luca Passani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am actually friends with the Mowser guys. I also understand the frustration when something you have worked very hard on doesn&#039;t work out as you hoped. So I won&#039;t be too hard on Russ when he writes:

&quot;I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I&#039;m tired of wasting my time.&quot;

I just want to say that the fact that someone has failed to succeed with the mobile web does not mean everyone else will. In fact, there are companies that bet on mobile and are actually successful. 
Of course, it takes a lot more to creating a successful start-up than being a good blogger. I would go as far as saying that being a blogger may actually be counter-productive: one may end up living in a virtual world of their own which is very disconnected from day-to-day reality.

Luca</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am actually friends with the Mowser guys. I also understand the frustration when something you have worked very hard on doesn&#8217;t work out as you hoped. So I won&#8217;t be too hard on Russ when he writes:</p>
<p>&#8220;I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I&#8217;m tired of wasting my time.&#8221;</p>
<p>I just want to say that the fact that someone has failed to succeed with the mobile web does not mean everyone else will. In fact, there are companies that bet on mobile and are actually successful.<br />
Of course, it takes a lot more to creating a successful start-up than being a good blogger. I would go as far as saying that being a blogger may actually be counter-productive: one may end up living in a virtual world of their own which is very disconnected from day-to-day reality.</p>
<p>Luca</p>
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		<title>By: Ist das mobile Web tot? &#124; Mobile2Null</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178201</link>
		<dc:creator>Ist das mobile Web tot? &#124; Mobile2Null</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Techcrunch  addthis_url = &#039;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile2null.com%2Fmobile-web%2Fist-das-mobile-web-tot&#039;; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Techcrunch  addthis_url = &#8216;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile2null.com%2Fmobile-web%2Fist-das-mobile-web-tot&#8217;; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Long</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178111</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Long</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too bad, mowser wat pretty good, now i&#039;ll have to go back to www.baresite.com and squeezer.com. why not just leave the site online?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too bad, mowser wat pretty good, now i&#8217;ll have to go back to <a href="http://www.baresite.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.baresite.com'>http://www.baresite.com</a> and squeezer.com. why not just leave the site online?</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178071</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>p.s. props to the dude for trying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>p.s. props to the dude for trying.</p>
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		<title>By: Ramen Noodles</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2178060</link>
		<dc:creator>Ramen Noodles</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Buttered macaroni is _so_ Web1.0.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buttered macaroni is _so_ Web1.0.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2177840</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The mobile web is dead! (Shut up, Scoble!)

Long live the iPhone!

and Android!

and Twitter!

and moblogging!

and lifecasting!

and GPS!

and music and media viewing and listing and buying and sharing!

and walking tours and tourism!

and gaming!

and hiking and biking and protest technology!

and just about everything useful and new and creative you might ever want to do in your life - all being done with your mobile phone!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mobile web is dead! (Shut up, Scoble!)</p>
<p>Long live the iPhone!</p>
<p>and Android!</p>
<p>and Twitter!</p>
<p>and moblogging!</p>
<p>and lifecasting!</p>
<p>and GPS!</p>
<p>and music and media viewing and listing and buying and sharing!</p>
<p>and walking tours and tourism!</p>
<p>and gaming!</p>
<p>and hiking and biking and protest technology!</p>
<p>and just about everything useful and new and creative you might ever want to do in your life &#8211; all being done with your mobile phone!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike D.</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2177724</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike D.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I found it a little odd that Russell&#039;s post didn&#039;t mention iPhone.  Speaking from personal experience, my time on the mobile web increased about 500% when I got my iPhone.  Russell, if you&#039;re reading this, did the iPhone have any impact, positive or negative, on Mowser?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found it a little odd that Russell&#8217;s post didn&#8217;t mention iPhone.  Speaking from personal experience, my time on the mobile web increased about 500% when I got my iPhone.  Russell, if you&#8217;re reading this, did the iPhone have any impact, positive or negative, on Mowser?</p>
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		<title>By: techno.blog("Dion")</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2177673</link>
		<dc:creator>techno.blog("Dion")</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;The future of the Mobile Web is strong...&lt;/strong&gt;


Russ Beattie has closed up shop for Mowser and people are rushing to declare the death of the mobile Web.
I like Russ, and was glad to see him back on the scene and blogging a storm, even if he can be a touch offensive from time to time ;)
But, just b...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The future of the Mobile Web is strong&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Russ Beattie has closed up shop for Mowser and people are rushing to declare the death of the mobile Web.<br />
I like Russ, and was glad to see him back on the scene and blogging a storm, even if he can be a touch offensive from time to time <img src='http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
But, just b&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/14/hungry-founder-puts-mowser-in-the-deadpool/comment-page-1/#comment-2177633</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>throwing away your savings for a web 2.0 company?  I really hope this is a wake up call to people who are thinking about doing the same thing.  

I wonder how the Koolaid tastes with his Mac and butter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>throwing away your savings for a web 2.0 company?  I really hope this is a wake up call to people who are thinking about doing the same thing.  </p>
<p>I wonder how the Koolaid tastes with his Mac and butter.</p>
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