Web 2.0

Official Launch: bt.gd Goes Live!

by Jeff Weisbein December 24, 2009

Roslyn, New York – December 24th, 2009 – BestTechie Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce the official launch of bt.gd. The launch of bt.gd marks BestTechie’s first full web service. The bt.gd project started as a private shortener for BestTechie.net. After a few months, Jeff Weisbein realized the growing need for short URLs. In November [...]

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It Seems Almost Impossible to Make it Big on the Internet

by Jeff Weisbein December 14, 2009

Let me preface this post by stating a few things: I’m well-aware that no one is entitled to anything on the Internet. I know that these industry blogs (e.g. TechCrunch, Mashable, etc.) probably receive several hundred of emails per day with tips, news, and attempts for press coverage. I also know that decisions with regard [...]

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What Happens When Short URL’s Are No Longer Short?

by Jeff Weisbein November 13, 2009

In a place where every character counts, URL Shortening services such as bit.ly have been gaining a lot of popularity. Web services such as Twitter which limit you to 140 characters of text per tweet (including spaces) have helped the development of these URL Shortening services. For example, TinyURL which was once just a simple [...]

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TechCrunch’s Super Secret Spy Subdomain

by Jeff Weisbein August 8, 2009

Earlier today, TechCrunch Co-editor, Erick Schonfeld made a blog post about his issues with Firefox 3.5. However, in that blog post, he posted a screenshot (see below) which included a tab labeled “TechCrunch Spy”. Purposely or not, it stirred some discussion in the comments. Thinking it would be too obvious (I tried it anyway), and [...]

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Digg Launches Digg Ads But Will They Be Dugg?

by Jeff Weisbein August 6, 2009

Digg Ads have been much anticipated (at least for Digg) for quite some time now and today Digg has rolled out the initial beta of their new ad platform. The way the system works according to the Digg blog is very similar to that of organic content submitted to Digg. As Mike Maser of Digg [...]

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Open Letter: Attention All Search Engine Startups

by Jeff Weisbein June 17, 2009

Dear Search Engine Startups, I realize that I may only be 19 years old and lack a lot of the experience that a lot of big name (or just older) entrepreneurs may have acquired throughout their years in the industry but it doesn’t mean that the advice I provide in this open letter should be [...]

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Chirpio Attempts To Stop Twitter Spam

by Jeff Weisbein May 22, 2009

Chirpio is a new web service which is aiming to stop the twitter spam problem. The idea behind the service is to allow twitter users to rate the people they follow or just mark them as spam completely. It uses the twitter authorization API to allow access to your account so they are not storing [...]

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