Comments on: Contenture Wants To Fail Whale Your Ad Network http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:20:54 -0800 hourly 1 By: How Google Profiles SEO’s http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-3074032 How Google Profiles SEO’s Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:40:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-3074032 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: How Google Profiles SEO’s | SEO BizNiche http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2836259 How Google Profiles SEO’s | SEO BizNiche Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:33:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2836259 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: How Google Profiles SEO’s - Hoşgeldiniz http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2833649 How Google Profiles SEO’s - Hoşgeldiniz Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2833649 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: How Google Profiles SEO’s | GreyBlogs.com - Themes http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2810377 How Google Profiles SEO’s | GreyBlogs.com - Themes Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:09:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2810377 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: How Google Profiles SEO’s at SEO Pro http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2803279 How Google Profiles SEO’s at SEO Pro Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:14:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2803279 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: How Google Profiles SEO’s | seo cloak http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2791640 How Google Profiles SEO’s | seo cloak Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:41:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2791640 [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...] [...] link wasn’t influenced by the money”. When Matt asked TechCrunch Editors about this post featuring someone who was recently a paid sponsor on their blog they said it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: Google Paid Links Debate Over Android Ion Phone Giveaway | Internet Marketing Inc. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-2/#comment-2777454 Google Paid Links Debate Over Android Ion Phone Giveaway | Internet Marketing Inc. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2777454 [...] started when Michael was recently arguing that TechCrunch should NoFollow the Sponsor links using http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/ as an [...] [...] started when Michael was recently arguing that TechCrunch should NoFollow the Sponsor links using http://www.tech...our-ad-network/ as an [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="517713210">Trevor May</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2775167 Trevor May Sun, 31 May 2009 04:30:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2775167 I think its a great concept. Maybe not so much for more traditional content based sites, but for more service or "app" like sites that rely on heavy ajax, it could be very good. These types of sites don't have as many pageviews because of their asynchronous nature, so CPM ads don't work well. I am going to try Contenture on my new app'ish site http://politwitter.ca/ which I also didn't want to clutter up with ads. I have to say though, the Contenture "badge" banners are rather ugly, so I will be creating my own for sure. I think its a great concept. Maybe not so much for more traditional content based sites, but for more service or “app” like sites that rely on heavy ajax, it could be very good. These types of sites don’t have as many pageviews because of their asynchronous nature, so CPM ads don’t work well.

I am going to try Contenture on my new app’ish site http://politwitter.ca/ which I also didn’t want to clutter up with ads.

I have to say though, the Contenture “badge” banners are rather ugly, so I will be creating my own for sure.

]]> By: Monetize content without ads? Contenture offers easy subscriber micropayments, freemium content | Oregon Startup Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2768866 Monetize content without ads? Contenture offers easy subscriber micropayments, freemium content | Oregon Startup Blog Wed, 27 May 2009 18:12:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2768866 [...] as MG Siegler at TechCrunch put it: Contenture wants to sign up a bunch of sites to this model and have users pay one flat monthly fee [...] [...] as MG Siegler at TechCrunch put it: Contenture wants to sign up a bunch of sites to this model and have users pay one flat monthly fee [...]

]]> By: soweve http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2768468 soweve Wed, 27 May 2009 14:09:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2768468 I think ads will be handled in better and better ways by new and upcoming services. it is here way better to stick to your own creativity how you will present the user with the ad, if ads are necessarily to be your revenue model. I'd not be for any subscription model whatsoever. this can get easily be abused and one day we may end up with a nasty picture of the web, much different from the promising one today. Please let us remember that internet is democracy and its credo is from people to people. even if the above service is an opt-in one, we don't know where it ends once this seems to be opening up as a revenue door to many others. Pandora is one of my favourite services, unfortunately they are not available in the country I live now. I can clearly see the role of ad revenue in their model, and I think businesses need to find their own sensible and tolerable (at best creative and even entertaining) adaptation of ads to their services, in which case, as existing services like Pandora show, they will be tolerated by users. when new services surpass established ones in terms of everything in the name of quality, relevance and fun, advertising demands the same level of relevance. and a word here about targeting, it is not an answer, either. "you can fool some people some time, but you can't fool all the people all the time". so maybe the best way is starting by stopping trying to fool. I think ads will be handled in better and better ways by new and upcoming services. it is here way better to stick to your own creativity how you will present the user with the ad, if ads are necessarily to be your revenue model.

I’d not be for any subscription model whatsoever. this can get easily be abused and one day we may end up with a nasty picture of the web, much different from the promising one today. Please let us remember that internet is democracy and its credo is from people to people. even if the above service is an opt-in one, we don’t know where it ends once this seems to be opening up as a revenue door to many others.
Pandora is one of my favourite services, unfortunately they are not available in the country I live now. I can clearly see the role of ad revenue in their model, and I think businesses need to find their own sensible and tolerable (at best creative and even entertaining) adaptation of ads to their services, in which case, as existing services like Pandora show, they will be tolerated by users.
when new services surpass established ones in terms of everything in the name of quality, relevance and fun, advertising demands the same level of relevance. and a word here about targeting, it is not an answer, either. “you can fool some people some time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time”. so maybe the best way is starting by stopping trying to fool.

]]> By: Contentureがいよいよ立ち上げ. どんなサイトでも小額支払い方式のフリーミアムを設営できる（ただしユーザは使ってくれるかな？） http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2768320 Contentureがいよいよ立ち上げ. どんなサイトでも小額支払い方式のフリーミアムを設営できる（ただしユーザは使ってくれるかな？） Wed, 27 May 2009 10:55:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2768320 [...] 数週間前の本誌の記事で、小額支払いを収益化の軸とするサイトのための集金ネットワークContentureが近日中にロンチすると報じた。Webサイトの収益化といえば、従来のオンライン広告でうまくいくサイトもあれば、独自のやり方が必要なサイトもある。Contentureは、後者に対してサービスを提供する。本日（米国時間5/26）同社はそのサービスをロンチし、TechCrunch読者を特別に招待する。 [...] [...] 数週間前の本誌の記事で、小額支払いを収益化の軸とするサイトのための集金ネットワークContentureが近日中にロンチすると報じた。Webサイトの収益化といえば、従来のオンライン広告でうまくいくサイトもあれば、独自のやり方が必要なサイトもある。Contentureは、後者に対してサービスを提供する。本日（米国時間5/26）同社はそのサービスをロンチし、TechCrunch読者を特別に招待する。 [...]

]]> By: TumbleTech » Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767508 TumbleTech » Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767508 [...] Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) May 27th, 2009 A few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...] [...] Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) May 27th, 2009 A few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...]

]]> By: Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | Stoth http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767497 Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | Stoth Tue, 26 May 2009 23:20:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767497 [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...] [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...]

]]> By: Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | YoGoG.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767491 Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | YoGoG.com Tue, 26 May 2009 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767491 [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...] [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...]

]]> By: Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | Family Learning Center http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767465 Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) | Family Learning Center Tue, 26 May 2009 23:02:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767465 [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...] [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...]

]]> By: Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767420 Contenture Launches. Micropayment-Based Freemium Models For All. (If People Use It.) Tue, 26 May 2009 22:44:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767420 [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...] [...] few weeks ago, we wrote about the impending launch of Contenture, a monetization network for sites built around micropayments. [...]

]]> By: Monetize content without ads? Contenture offers easy subscriber micropayments, freemium content | Silicon Florist http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2767138 Monetize content without ads? Contenture offers easy subscriber micropayments, freemium content | Silicon Florist Tue, 26 May 2009 20:21:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2767138 [...] as MG Siegler at TechCrunch put it: Contenture wants to sign up a bunch of sites to this model and have users pay one flat monthly fee [...] [...] as MG Siegler at TechCrunch put it: Contenture wants to sign up a bunch of sites to this model and have users pay one flat monthly fee [...]

]]> By: Freemium « Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2764658 Freemium « Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking Mon, 25 May 2009 00:37:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2764658 [...] The freemium model is hardly a new idea. VC Fred Wilson has been talking about it since 2006 — though the name came a little later — but the model was around well before that also. The idea that you have a core set of features that are free to all users, and charge a fee to the smaller subset of users who will want more advanced features, makes a lot of sense. But now it’s easier than it has ever been for startups of all sizes to be able to take payments for such a structure, thanks to a number of companies and new platforms, like app stores. And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. [...] [...] The freemium model is hardly a new idea. VC Fred Wilson has been talking about it since 2006 — though the name came a little later — but the model was around well before that also. The idea that you have a core set of features that are free to all users, and charge a fee to the smaller subset of users who will want more advanced features, makes a lot of sense. But now it’s easier than it has ever been for startups of all sizes to be able to take payments for such a structure, thanks to a number of companies and new platforms, like app stores. And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 Business Revenue Planning | Blog YODspica Ltd http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2764626 Web 2.0 Business Revenue Planning | Blog YODspica Ltd Sun, 24 May 2009 23:56:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2764626 [...] The freemium model is hardly a new idea. VC Fred Wilson has been talking about it since 2006 — though the name came a little later — but the model was around well before that also. The idea that you have a core set of features that are free to all users, and charge a fee to the smaller subset of users who will want more advanced features, makes a lot of sense. But now it’s easier than it has ever been for startups of all sizes to be able to take payments for such a structure, thanks to a number of companies and new platforms, like app stores. And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. [...] [...] The freemium model is hardly a new idea. VC Fred Wilson has been talking about it since 2006 — though the name came a little later — but the model was around well before that also. The idea that you have a core set of features that are free to all users, and charge a fee to the smaller subset of users who will want more advanced features, makes a lot of sense. But now it’s easier than it has ever been for startups of all sizes to be able to take payments for such a structure, thanks to a number of companies and new platforms, like app stores. And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. [...]

]]> By: MIGHTYBIGMEDIA http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2764352 MIGHTYBIGMEDIA Sun, 24 May 2009 17:20:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2764352 I can't think of one app/site/service that I can't live without. There's always a free alternative. I don't mind ads, if they are tastefully done and don't take me out of the experience of the page I'm on. I think TechCrunch handles ads perfectly. They are non-obtrusive and relate to the general subject matter. I've clicked on several to get more information. What I can't stand are the moving flash and animated gif ads. That's when I let adblock take over. I can’t think of one app/site/service that I can’t live without. There’s always a free alternative. I don’t mind ads, if they are tastefully done and don’t take me out of the experience of the page I’m on. I think TechCrunch handles ads perfectly. They are non-obtrusive and relate to the general subject matter. I’ve clicked on several to get more information. What I can’t stand are the moving flash and animated gif ads. That’s when I let adblock take over.

]]> By: Free To Use. Pay To Play. | UpOff.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2763786 Free To Use. Pay To Play. | UpOff.com Sun, 24 May 2009 03:03:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2763786 [...] And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. But I think for the freemium model to work in today’s environment, it has be along the [...] [...] And there are plenty of startups popping up around this space to further help with this, like the soon-to-launch Contenture. But I think for the freemium model to work in today’s environment, it has be along the [...]

]]> By: Contenture To Launch 5 Day Late: May 26th | Techgeist http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2755943 Contenture To Launch 5 Day Late: May 26th | Techgeist Tue, 19 May 2009 16:02:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2755943 [...] trying to bring Freemium to the Internet, has changed its launch date. When Techcrunch posted it's article on the new company, Contenture had been planning on launching on May 21st. Then, when Alex Wilhelm [...] [...] trying to bring Freemium to the Internet, has changed its launch date. When Techcrunch posted it’s article on the new company, Contenture had been planning on launching on May 21st. Then, when Alex Wilhelm [...]

]]> By: Paid Subscriptions: The Next Great Trend In Online Advertising? ¦ Online Media Cultist http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2752404 Paid Subscriptions: The Next Great Trend In Online Advertising? ¦ Online Media Cultist Sun, 17 May 2009 04:11:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2752404 [...] MG Siegler points out a not-so-little secret about online display ads: most people couldn’t care less about them: The web is increasingly [...] [...] MG Siegler points out a not-so-little secret about online display ads: most people couldn’t care less about them: The web is increasingly [...]

]]> By: Freemium To The Masses - Welcome - Contenture http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2752080 Freemium To The Masses - Welcome - Contenture Sat, 16 May 2009 20:07:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2752080 [...] piece of the controls that website owners will have, and is not even mandatory. This came up in a few publications that covered Contenture a few days back, and we want to set the record straight. [...] [...] piece of the controls that website owners will have, and is not even mandatory. This came up in a few publications that covered Contenture a few days back, and we want to set the record straight. [...]

]]> By: Paid Subscriptions: The Next Great Trend In Online Advertising? http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/contenture-wants-to-fail-whale-your-ad-network/comment-page-1/#comment-2749850 Paid Subscriptions: The Next Great Trend In Online Advertising? Fri, 15 May 2009 06:15:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=64706#comment-2749850 [...] MG Siegler points out a not-so-little secret about online display ads: most people couldn’t care less about them: The web is increasingly [...] [...] MG Siegler points out a not-so-little secret about online display ads: most people couldn’t care less about them: The web is increasingly [...]

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