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The lies Republicans tell about Health Care, the dip... The lies Republicans tell about Health Care, the dipshits who believe them, and the truth about Health Care. Pay attention RepubliCLOWNS. (more)
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+4 raves Airport and its bag of crap sequel Airport 1975; and further Airport ‘77 The Andromeda Strain (a... Airport and its bag of crap sequel Airport 1975; and further Airport ‘77
The Andromeda Strain (a classic!)
Duel Really interesting scenery
The Omega Man
The Doomsday Machine
The Poseidon Adventure; God I still have the hots for
Carol Lynley (as she looked then, not now)
Flood!
Heat Wave! (it sucked)
Towering Inferno
Followed by that bag of crap:
Terror on the 40th Floor
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End of the World
Fire in the Sky (yawn)
Blackout (you needed to have lived through the real blackout in 1966 to know about this one)
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+6 raves Because my wife would use this on me. Because my wife would use this on me.
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+2 raves Virginia Woolf. Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an Engl... Virginia Woolf. Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
After completing the manuscript of her last (posthumously published) novel, Between the Acts, Woolf fell victim to a depression similar to that which she had earlier experienced. The onset of World War II, the destruction of her London home during the Blitz, and the cool reception given to her biography of her late friend Roger Fry all worsened her condition until she was unable to work.
On 28 March 1941, Woolf committed suicide. She put on her overcoat, filled its pockets with stones, then walked into the River Ouse near her home and drowned herself. Woolf's body was not found until 18 April. Her husband buried her cremated remains under a tree in the garden of their house in Rodmell, Sussex. wiki
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+4 raves Well, I am really old. I have the cash for the flights and we could blow some major weed. But,... Well, I am really old. I have the cash for the flights and we could blow some major weed. But, you would have to convince my wife to let me go.
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+6 raves Its complete bullshit. It is a natural fluctuation of sunspot activity. The push by governments t... Its complete bullshit. It is a natural fluctuation of sunspot activity. The push by governments to adopt a "response," to this global warming menace is to create a control over energy consumption by the use of a new tax code called "cap and trade." Once they get it in place, they will be able to vary the consumption (and thus perhaps conserve at some times and allow more -- like TVA does with the water supply); however, it is all about "control" of energy not the sacred preservation of our dear planet.
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Does Sodahead allow - perhaps even ENCOURAGE - hate-... Does Sodahead allow - perhaps even ENCOURAGE - hate-filled polls and blogs to ensure revenue? (more)
+22 raves “SodaHead relies on provocative questions in its display ads to drive traffic to its site.” Stee... “SodaHead relies on provocative questions in its display ads to drive traffic to its site.” Steel, Emily, Staff Writer, Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2008.
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Provocative Queries Win SodaHead Fans
Proportion of Those Who Click Through to the Site From Its Online Ads Tops Industry Average
Wall Street Journal Dec 19, 2008
Politics, religion and race -- taboo topics in many social circles -- are key ingredients in one company's online-advertising strategy.
SodaHead.com, an online community that lets visitors create and participate in opinion polls, is drawing an audience with an ad strategy that capitalizes on its own freewheeling survey format.
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SodaHead relies on provocative questions in its display ads to drive traffic to its site. Above, one of the top response getters this year.
Typically, only a fraction of a percent of the viewers shown an online ad will click through to the advertiser's destination. But SodaHead ads enjoy click and conversion rates of as much as 10 times the industry average. The conversion rate is the percentage of visitors who click on an ad and take the action the marketer desires, such as registering, or participating in a poll.
Among the ads that generated the highest response this year was one that ran after the Nov. 4 election, which asked, "Did Obama buy the election?"
The ads have been such standout performers that Google invited SodaHead -- whose tag line is "What's bubbling in your head? -- to speak at an advertiser meeting it held recently to highlight some of the most successful campaigns on its network.
SodaHead is doing a good job figuring out what its users are interested in and using that information to attract a wider audience, says Deanna Yick, a Google spokeswoman.
Soon after SodaHead was launched in 2007, it started driving traffic to its site with ads that asked fairly straightforward questions. When former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was arrested on dog-fighting charges, SodaHead whipped up an ad that asked if he should go to jail.
The questions grew more provocative -- and achieved a higher response rate -- during this year's presidential election. Ads featured questions such as: "Who is more likely to cheat on their spouse, McCain or Obama?" and "Is Sarah Palin the Messiah for McCain?"
"Brain science it's really not," says Michael Glazer, the former investment banker who is president of SodaHead. "The advantage that we have is we listen to our users. We see what they talk about, and what is getting a lot of traction."
SodaHead.com, was founded by Mr. Glazer and former MySpace executive Jason Feffer, who have been friends since kindergarten. The site has raised $12.7 million in financing, recently completing an $8.4 million round led by Mission Ventures.
In addition to its ads, the site attracts visitors through friend referrals, links in search results and partnerships with other sites that use its polling technologies. It drew 1.8 million unique U.S. visitors in November, more than nine times as many as in November 2007, says Web tracker comScore.
Other Web sites have begun to replicate SodaHead's advertising model. During the election, news site Newsmax.com started running ads with questions such as "Is it over for Obama?"
But SodaHead's strategy has stirred debate among bloggers, some of whom have accused it of being a front for Republican ideology and "push polling," or phrasing its questions in a way that skews the responses. That hasn't stopped some of the same bloggers from accepting SodaHead ads. "Do we want to take their advertising money?? Maybe so (never hurts to do Robin-hood kinda stuff...)," wrote a commenter on the site Democratic Underground.
SodaHead says that it isn't partisan and its ads highlight discussions already occurring on its site. "We know we are doing it right when we have the left-wingers saying that we are run by a bunch of right-wing conservatives, and the right-wing conservatives saying we are run by liberal people," Mr. Glazer says.
Now that SodaHead has figured out how to attract visitors, it is grappling with the same issue facing larger rivals: how to make money on social networks.
The 22-person company is looking for ways to target ads to its users, based on information they disclose about themselves on its site. That's similar to a model that social-networking sites like MySpace and Facebook are testing. (MySpace is owned by News Corp., which also publishes The Wall Street Journal.)
SodaHead says it plans to unveil a site redesign in coming weeks to place even more emphasis on hot-button issues that stir debate across the Web, and to announce partnerships with large media companies to share their most-discussed content.
Write to Emily Steel at emily.steel@wsj.com
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Polls are popular on the Web because they are interactive without requiring too much effort. They are also a good way to collect a lot of data from users across the Web. SodaHead, a startup founded by former MySpace executives Jason Feffer and Michael Glazer, announced an $8.4 million series B investment today. The round was led by Mission Ventures and Mohr Davidow. (The company previously raised $4.25 million from Mohr Davidow, Ron Conway, and Tech Coast Angels in January, 2007).
Since the site launched last September, it has attracted 600,000 registered members who have submitted three million answers. SodaHead competes with PollDaddy, SurveyMonkey, and Vizu, although it is targeted more at the MySpace crowd. And you can add songs, videos,and images to the polls. Think Yahoo Answers meets PollDaddy. The company says it is really going after Yahoo Answers. Says Glazer;
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Polling Startup SodaHead Raises $8.4 Million
by Erick Schonfeld on June 25, 2008
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We are the "dupes," on SodaHead. MIndReader.
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In 6,000 Years Of Recorded Male-Dominated Human Hist... In 6,000 Years Of Recorded Male-Dominated Human History Not A Day Has Gone By That There Wasn't At Least One Armed Conflict Somewhere In The World. Clearly, Men Have Made A Total Mess Of Things. Should Women Take Charge And Run The Next 6,000 Years? (more)
+11 raves The Premise of the Question is false. See, Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of England In... The Premise of the Question is false. See,
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Pilot Tapes Getting Oral Sex In Air: Should his lice... Pilot Tapes Getting Oral Sex In Air: Should his license be revoked? (more)
+4 raves Revoked? He should get a medal. Wish I could get one at 2,000 feet. What chopper airlines fly... Revoked? He should get a medal. Wish I could get one at 2,000 feet. What chopper airlines flying the "friendly skys," was that by the way?
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Shonny
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