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Below is an e-mail I received today from GreenZap Inc., please take a moment to read it.

Jon,

We recently called you regarding GreenZap’s WebCash for stock program, which will allow you to exchange your WebCash for GreenZap stock. Out of almost 700,000 GreenZap members, you are one of only 2% who have been approved for this program.

The program will allow you to exchange up to $3,000 in WebCash for GreenZap stock.

As a condition of the exchange, we ask that you purchase a minimum of $1,000 worth of WebCash. By purchasing the WebCash, you will receive a matching bonus of $1,000 in WebCash, giving you a total of $2,000. You may then exchange the $2,000 in WebCash, along with any other WebCash you have (up to $3,000) towards the exchange for GreenZap stock, or use it towards GreenZap store purchases.

As an approved member, we will allow you to spread the WebCash purchase over a period of 10 months, making it just $100 per month. Following is the bank account we have on file for you:

Bank: ————–
Account Number: xxxxxxxxXXXX

If have any questions please e-mail me back, otherwise, the first payment of $100 will be deducted from your account on Monday, February 20, 2006. A response is not required to accept the offer.

We are excited to have you as part of our community and look forward sharing the rewards of the company’s success.

Sincerely,

GreenZap - Member Relations
ted@greenzap.com

As a follow-up to this, I expressed my choice and will not let this happen. I was in favor of GreenZap before, but I have had less than positive experiences with them thus far. I can’t be sure to say that I’m quite happy with the results, but I can’t say I’m disappointed quite yet. They have a long ways to go before becoming quite popular or useful, in my opinion.

over at SI.com, Kobe was reported to have scored 81 points against the Raptors which puts him at the second highest record of scoring points. Still ahead of him is Chamberlain with 100 points back in 1962. That’s quite a feat that Kobe has accomplished and I have no doubts that he will continue his journey.

I’m hoping Wordpress 1.6 will be released soon, lots of fun new features!

I recently launched a new music website, check it out! Sound Grid

Google Analytics were released a few weeks ago and they have been proving to be VERY good. Another good job by Google.

Since I felt I needed a place to report everything about Google, I started up a site dedicated to Google news, rumors, and updates. Definitely go over and check it out to see what’s going on with Google. Lots of good things happening!

So yeah, I haven’t really posted here in a while, but I thought this would be a good one to post.

Google teamed up with Firefox and are now spreading the word together. I personally have been using Firefox for almost 2 years now, it’s the wave of the future.

I have recently setup some discounts for everyone because I feel the wealth should be shared. The follow options are available…

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ValueClick, FastClick Post Strong Results

I believe that this is a good move by ValueClick. As many of you know, I work for a child company of ValueClick right now, Commission Junction. I pass by FastClick’s offices everyday driving to work, so having their offices so close to ours will prove to be a benefit I think.

FastClick’s business model and current client list will help improve the infrastructure of ValueClick and give it more credibility in the industry. ValueClick, and all of its child companies, now own more than 50% of the Affiliate Marketing and general Marketing industry. ValueClick has become the primary player in the industry.

Who are ValueClick’s competitors? Google (AdSense), the newly founded PPC platform by Yahoo, DoubleClick.net, Linkshare, ShareASale, and many other smaller companies. ValueClick now is the dominant player and I think that they have a solid foundation to move on with in this industry.

ValueClick reported strong results for the second quarter, exceeding its guidance for revenue and net income. Revenue grew to $54.6 million, an increase of 58 percent from $34.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Net income for the quarter was $8.1 million, or $0.10 per share, compared to $5.5 million, or $0.07 per share, for the second quarter of 2004.

Revenue growth was led by ValueClick’s media properties, which gained 89 percent year-to-year, while its affiliate marketing business grew by 37 percent. According to James Zarley, ValueClick’s chairman and CEO, the affiliate business grew because of the addition of quality merchants like Buy.com.

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