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elzr

More options Mar 29, 7:57 pm

From: elzr <ely.pa...@gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:57:44 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Sat, Mar 29 2008 7:57 pm

Subject: Re: YubNub monetization idea

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Brian, why do you think redirections won't be enough?

I've been thinking about this some more and it makes a lot of sense
for all parties involved. Command aggregators are the next software
abstraction step (witness Quicksilver, YubNub, Enso, Wundrbar) and
with affiliate programs they may even have a sensible revenue model!

On Mar 22, 8:40 am, Brian <armkne...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's an interesting idea. It seems like the search results would have
> to be on a Yubnub page for it to work, instead of just redirecting to
> a Google or Yahoo search.

> On Feb 26, 10:15 am, elzr <ely.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I've heard Firefox makes some good money through the (Google) search
> > options it provides (homepage, search box,...) [link:http://
> > blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6715]. Today I came across this green website
> > [http://friendsgreen.com/] that is merely a skin atop Google
> > (currently Yahoo!) and which claims to give the proceeds from your
> > searches to green causes.

> > So I wonder if YubNub could benefit from a similar setup in search
> > commands such as g, y, or am. My thinking is there's a lot of search
> > money out there that could be rightfully claimed and I would love for
> > it to go to Jon, YubNub, and YubNub's further development.

> > What do you think?

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