links for 2007-07-20

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  Customer Ratings and Reviews - Feature - Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart adds customer reviews: if they start to add social features, it could actually mean something.
  (tags: social+commerce user+reviews wal-mart pointer:andy+sernovitz)


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  Pageflakes will be back, same time, same channel!
  Blizzard launch — pageflakes social network — leads to the servers crashing?
  (tags: pageflakes social+networks start+pages blizzard)


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  Tech Trader Daily - Barron’s Online : Facebook Backlash: What If They Can’t Sell Any Ads? (Updated)
  “There’s a growing counter theory to the snowballing buzz on Facebook. The contrary view is that the company, rather than having a potential value in the billions, might really be worth next to nothing.” The backlash is starting…
  (tags: facebook social+networks barrons+online)


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  Mythbusting: Why Facebook isn’t the reincarnation of Google - Valleywag
  Nick Denton joins the facebook nay-sayers: “Just because a company has no idea how it will make money, doesn’t mean that there is always an answer. Even for a site as hugely popular as Facebook. Google’s discovery of its search goldmine should be seen as
  (tags: nick+denton facebook social+networks valleywag)


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  24/7 Wall St.: Why Facebook Is Worth $0
  Douglas McIntyre believes “social network sites deliver an audience that its almost useless to online marketers.” More Facebook detractors.
  (tags: social+networks facebook douglas+mcintyre)


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  10 MPH }{ Segway roadtrip across America }{ A Documentary Film
  Documentary about two guys who dump their dilbertesque jobs and film their exodus across country on segways.
  (tags: movies documentary 10mph)