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  1. Re:Comcast by phillymjs · · Score: 1 · on Excite@Home May Have To Call It Quits

    Judging by their past history of acquisitions, Comcast would definitely pick up the pieces if Excite@Home goes bye-bye, and I'm willing to bet that Microsoft would step in and up the $1B stake they've had in Comcast since 1997 if the need arose in order to make this happen.

    ~Philly

  2. Web Ad Product Placement by tenzig_112 · · Score: 5 · on An Experiment in Micro-Advertising
    It seems that ad revenue plummits even as web usage rises. What to do? At some of the sites I work with, we've been slowly introducing "sneaky" advertising like product placement.

    Here's a sample of what your average 'blog will look like by the end of the Summer:

    8/20/01:
    Just sitting here at my new Dell Dimension sipping a Jolt and I began to wonder about the future of the Internet. I mean, my Comcast @ Home service is wicked-fast. But what's next? I want to be able to stream the new LOTR trailer and snag the demo for Half-Life 2 without a long download.

    I can't imagine sites pimping misleading links. But it could happen.