Ryan Price and the Media

Why, Facebook?

"Social networks to date have been these big unmanageable messes. Facebook is addressing that by giving users a tool to consolidate the information they care about." -Fred Wilson, via Scripting News

"one user, one vote--that's the rule" say the top 5 digg users after Jay and Kevin promise to take the wieght off of top voter's diggs.

These sites are trying to make things easier for the mass of their users, not the top 1%. If they end up alienating people, someone else will fill in the gaps, because neither of these site's traffic is going to decrease anytime soon. There will always be more n00bs to step in (at least until the next hot thing comes along, and there isn't one yet).

Seriously. You as an individual are not most important. If you don't like it, use the fun preferences that Facebook gave you to turn off your river, or use one of the other million digg clones on the planet. Problem solved, end of bitch fest.

On Friday, Marc and I played on 91.5 FM WPRK's Marathon III. The broadcast wasn't so hot, so we decided to do a free show for our fans. You can only download it for the next couple of weeks.

Here is the link:
Marc with a C's Journal Page

Setlist:
When My Ship Comes In
Stuck With Me
Counting Down
Famous Painter
Shock Treatment
Every Single Friend
Hot Topic Kids
Brand New Key

It is super-fun. You have to know, and you have to listen. Limited time only. Really.

Who Googles for Google? My new friend from New York, that's who!

google turbocompliance - Google Search

This guy thought it would be good to type google in to google, like the search engine won't work without it...

Does that work for other things?

google cervosystems - Google Search

google ryanprice - Google Search

google zanzibar lounge - Google Search

This is some good SEO - maybe I should keep the secret to myself. Thanks, Christopher for revealing this strategy to me.

Either I am out of the loop or this is breaking news:

Dear Podcaster:

When promoting your podcast, it pays to provide a link to your podcast page in iTunes. Here's why:

1. Your podcast's rankings in the Top Podcasts lists and the podcast category pages are based largely on how many users click the “Subscribe” button on your podcast page. The higher your ranking is, the more people will see your podcast.  For more information on how to create links to your podcast page, see "Linking to Your Podcast" in the Technical Spec:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html

2. By joining the iTunes Affiliate program, you can earn a 5% commission when you drive traffic to your podcast page on iTunes and generate sales of music or video content during the same 24-hour user session.  You also have exclusive access to Apple-designed banners that you can use to promote content.  For more information on the program or to sign up today, please visit:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates

If you have additional questions on the iTunes Affiliate program, visit:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/faq.html

Best Regards,

The iTunes Podcasting Team

This just came across my email. Discuss.