Comments on: Print piracy costs much more than music piracy…but its an opportunity

By: Tom T

Tom T — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

I am a media strategist for an online ad network and found your post interesting. Lots of people replied to you with the same ideas I had, but there are a couple points I wanted to mention. First, all of this linking would turn the SEO/”natural” search world upside down. The “popularity” of sites is a major factor in where they rank. The tricky part is that small sites would link to bigger sites because they got paid rather than because of the content’s relevancy. Second, nobody will prefer to push a user away from their own site, but they may try to balance a positive site experience with additional revenue. Folks trying to create “sticky” sites would be slow to adapt. But the arbitrage guys would love the idea in the same way all the current lead-generation sites buy traffic and sell leads.

By: Alan Eads

Alan Eads — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Ahh, your article basically describes an “affiliate program” for the newbs.

By: Eric Wright

Eric Wright — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Dont buy the Pirates. I have already seen what a owner with two teams does to one because he is trying to spread his available wealth in Tom Hicks. The Stars are alright but now all of a sudden he doesnt want to spend a dime on the Rangers. Just stick to the Mavs and bring a championship to us Mark. I would hate to have to cheer against one of your teams if you bought the Pirates and The Rangers pulled off a miracle and got good.

By: HORNETS

HORNETS — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Hey Mark-

What do you think of NO/OKC Hornets situation? Tell us the honest truth.

By: Lance Lockhart

Lance Lockhart — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Mark, I have come to read your blog a few times, and I appreciate the time you put into your ventures. It is so hard to find the balance, however it appears that you have found it. The ideas that you put your energies into are very thought inspiring. It is interesting as it very easy for those who do not want to earn, or work for success to lift it in any medium, including print or web publishing.

By: Copy Cat

Copy Cat — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Hey Moron (I mean Mark):

How would you like it if we showed up at your basketball games with free ‘promotional’ tickets?

How would you like it if we self produced as many such tickets as we saw fit?

So what, even if we ended up giving them free to your already paying customers?

Surely, some of us would end up paying for later games – providing the freebie was worth the money.

So there, I just made up your new revenue generting model. NOW, WASTE NO TIME INTEGRATING IT WITH THE REST OF YOUR BUSINESS MODEL … AND, DO TRY TO MAKE A PROFIT.

By: Copy Cat

Copy Cat — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Hey Moron (I mean Mark):

How would you like it if we showed up at your basketball games with free ‘promotional’ tickets?

How would you like it if we self produced as many such tickets as we saw fit?

So what, even if we ended up giving them free to your already paying customers?

Surely, some of us would end up paying for later games – providing the freebie was worth the money.

So there, I just made up your new revenue generting model. NOW, WASTE NO TIME INTEGRATING IT WITH THE REST OF YOUR BUSINESS MODEL … AND, DO TRY TO MAKE A PROFIT.

By: Arnaud Hubert

Arnaud Hubert — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Great comments, Mark. Hey, remember that post you made a few weeks back about needing some tune to replace Gary Glitter’s “Rock’n'Roll Part 2″? Well, there is an unsigned artist who I’m sure could come up with a really, really good tune the crowd might love: Brother Love (http://www.brotherloverocks.com/). He’s the most downloaded artist on the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com/), and you should give a listen to his album (also available on iTunes).
Think about how cool it would be to come up with a hot young unsigned artists out of left field (forgive the baseball metaphor).

By: Glenn Ford

Glenn Ford — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

There is actually something like this, sorta..

check out:
http://www.isedn.org/ – This is the ISEDN network, which is the Independent Search Engine and Directory Network.

http://store.exactseek.com/mostpopularsites.html – and my shameless plug to my landing page in that network.

By: plastic surgery satire

plastic surgery satire — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:00 +0000

Good points. I’m glad Google is cracking down on sites that steal content. Stealing isn’t worthwhile when the thief can’t get his/her site high in the search rankings.