"Many such queries are commercial in nature, and given Amazon's growing advertising business, sponsored recommendations should be part of the roadmap for making Echo an even greater profit driver."
This is very interesting, and something I hadn't though of. I suspect you are right. I could envision two price points for the Echo, just as Amazon sells the Kindle with "special offers" (aka ads) for a lower price.
But it would be very invasive to have ads blurted out to you throughout the day. Or to have your streaming music, which I pay for to avoid commercial interruptions (like on Pandora or regular radio) be interrupted by Amazon ads. So how could Amazon truly integrate such a feature into this device?
Personally I think Taboola is little more than a scam - it's traffic sources are very sketchy. I've used both Outrain and Taboola. With the former I had high quality sources of traffic like CNN, high time on site, etc. With Taboola, I had close to 100% bounce rate, "people" (more likely bots) leaving after only a few seconds on site, and the traffic sources were places I never heard of - sites of unrelated or questionable content, or no content at all. In one case, the top referring site was years out of date and had a post saying it was no longer in operation. Yet somehow it was consistently driving tens of thousands of hits on a daily basis. It was a complete waste of money.
Either Taboola is a fraud or they allow fraudulent partners to send you traffic which will actually hurt your metrics. If they do indeed have an IPO, I would highly recommend staying away!
Mr. Snyder, it disgusts me that Walmart does this. But what can I do about it? You imply we shouldn't shop at Walmart to punish them, but then go on to say that they are far from the only company that exhibits this behavior. So where does that leave me to shop?
Perhaps the solution is not for me to stop giving Walmart my business, but for its employees to no longer work for such little pay. When they can't find workers willing to work for such low wages, they'll be forced to offer more.
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"Many such queries are commercial in nature, and given Amazon's growing advertising business, sponsored recommendations should be part of the roadmap for making Echo an even greater profit driver."
This is very interesting, and something I hadn't though of. I suspect you are right. I could envision two price points for the Echo, just as Amazon sells the Kindle with "special offers" (aka ads) for a lower price.
But it would be very invasive to have ads blurted out to you throughout the day. Or to have your streaming music, which I pay for to avoid commercial interruptions (like on Pandora or regular radio) be interrupted by Amazon ads. So how could Amazon truly integrate such a feature into this device?
What Do Your Trading Rules Say How To Handle This Situation?
Maybe it's a bullish flag.. My rules say stay away. It's choppy
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Personally I think Taboola is little more than a scam - it's traffic sources are very sketchy. I've used both Outrain and Taboola. With the former I had high quality sources of traffic like CNN, high time on site, etc. With Taboola, I had close to 100% bounce rate, "people" (more likely bots) leaving after only a few seconds on site, and the traffic sources were places I never heard of - sites of unrelated or questionable content, or no content at all. In one case, the top referring site was years out of date and had a post saying it was no longer in operation. Yet somehow it was consistently driving tens of thousands of hits on a daily basis. It was a complete waste of money.
Either Taboola is a fraud or they allow fraudulent partners to send you traffic which will actually hurt your metrics. If they do indeed have an IPO, I would highly recommend staying away!
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Some good ideas here, thanks. Added a few new stocks to my portfolio.
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In fairness, Cramer said if you can buy it no higher than in the $18-19 range
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Shipping is cheap.
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Crashed Like This
How about a link?
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Yeah, it's hard to find reliable articles on this. And not many contributors here are covering it yet..
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Mr. Snyder, it disgusts me that Walmart does this. But what can I do about it? You imply we shouldn't shop at Walmart to punish them, but then go on to say that they are far from the only company that exhibits this behavior. So where does that leave me to shop?
Perhaps the solution is not for me to stop giving Walmart my business, but for its employees to no longer work for such little pay. When they can't find workers willing to work for such low wages, they'll be forced to offer more.
Anyone That Believes That Collapsing Oil Prices Are Good For The Economy Is Crazy
Great post, thanks for sharing.