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For those who are fans of Guy Kawasaki, there is a phenomenon he is fond of calling "Guy's golden touch."  It is his own trademark reversal of a well known saying, where he likes to note that "everything that turns to gold is what Guy touches." 

A YouTube video featuring Australian models talking quantum physics turned out to have plagiarized Scott Aaronson's lecture on "Quantum Computing Since Democritus," and he has reached a settlement over this usage.

Via TC, I discovered IBM released a report on how the they think the $550 billion global ad market might change in the coming years. The predictions look bleak for most ad agencies and traditional media gatekeepers, but good for niche publishers who have a solid stream of attention:

MySpace and Ford Models Inc. have formed a partnership to create an online destination for "Ford Models Supermodel of the World".

Today's Web startups are not entirely unlike their dot.com predecessors when it comes to the way they are thinking about making money.

I do think that it is entirely possible for an SEO and client to work out a pay for performance pricing structure that is fair to both. Logistically, though the tracking involved to this would add additional layers to the total process of ranking and reporting.

Amid all the noise and hype on the Internet today, not many people realize that all the ideas and techniques you can find are petty much useless if you don't first understand your business model. In other words, even the most amazing Internet marketing technique will not work if you don't understand how to apply it to YOUR business.

The debate rages all over Eastern and Central Europe, in countries in transition as well as in Western Europe. It raged in Britain during the 80s.