Comments on: Sphere It: I Appeared on the Wall Street Journal http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/ I Make Money Online by Simply Failing at It! Read my mistakes so you don\'t have to do them! A online blog of mistakes and successes. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-5052 Elizabeth Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:01:37 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-5052 Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District. It is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange; over time Wall Street became the name of the surrounding geographic neighborhood. Wall Street is also shorthand (or a metonym) for the "influential financial interests" of the American financial industry, which is centered in the New York City area. Several major U.S. stock and other exchanges remain headquartered on Wall Street and in the Financial District, including the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYMEX, and NYBOT. Bernard Madoff is not a popular man. Bernard Madoff, once the Wall Street wizard that sat atop the NASDAQ exchange, has pled guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $50 billion. He refused to accept a plea bargain that would have forced him to reveal anyone who assisted him, but he wasnâ??t interested, which lead some to believe he is protecting his wife, Ruth Madoff. Regardless of his motivation for not accepting a plea deal, or if he did act alone which is unlikely, prosecutors are seeking a sentence of up to 150 years in prison. There is a high degree of probability that <a href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/03/12/madoff-pleads-guilty/">Bernard Madoff</a> will not end his days in the comfort and opulence that his grand theft afforded him. Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District. It is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange; over time Wall Street became the name of the surrounding geographic neighborhood. Wall Street is also shorthand (or a metonym) for the “influential financial interests” of the American financial industry, which is centered in the New York City area. Several major U.S. stock and other exchanges remain headquartered on Wall Street and in the Financial District, including the NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYMEX, and NYBOT. Bernard Madoff is not a popular man. Bernard Madoff, once the Wall Street wizard that sat atop the NASDAQ exchange, has pled guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $50 billion. He refused to accept a plea bargain that would have forced him to reveal anyone who assisted him, but he wasnâ??t interested, which lead some to believe he is protecting his wife, Ruth Madoff. Regardless of his motivation for not accepting a plea deal, or if he did act alone which is unlikely, prosecutors are seeking a sentence of up to 150 years in prison. There is a high degree of probability that Bernard Madoff will not end his days in the comfort and opulence that his grand theft afforded him.

]]> By: SOG knives http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-3510 SOG knives Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:34:46 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-3510 <strong>SOG knives...</strong> Interesting ideas... I wonder how the Hollywood media would portray this?... SOG knives…

Interesting ideas… I wonder how the Hollywood media would portray this?…

]]> By: Desty http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Desty Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:25:10 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-763 I admit, I hadn't seen very many articles about pings. Everytime I find one, I copy all the addresses and add any new ones. Glad I could help! I admit, I hadn’t seen very many articles about pings. Everytime I find one, I copy all the addresses and add any new ones. Glad I could help!

]]> By: Ian http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Ian Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:07:28 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-754 > desty wow that is great! that is a lot of ping services that I was trying to find, wonder why my google search never showed this up, THANKS! > desty

wow that is great! that is a lot of ping services that I was trying to find, wonder why my google search never showed this up, THANKS!

]]> By: Desty http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Desty Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:08:53 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-745 Before your article, I had never heard of Sphere. All I ever did was post my articles, submit a few to various blog carnivals or Netscape. But, I do use as many pings as possible. Here is a good article about pings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_%28blogging%29 I'm constantly on the look out for new ping addresses I can add. Before your article, I had never heard of Sphere. All I ever did was post my articles, submit a few to various blog carnivals or Netscape. But, I do use as many pings as possible. Here is a good article about pings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_%28blogging%29

I’m constantly on the look out for new ping addresses I can add.

]]> By: Ian http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Ian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:34:36 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-723 > desty congrats! pings? may you explain in depth? > tony this is a great system that you have created and I hope to appear to more popular posts! thanks again! > desty
congrats! pings? may you explain in depth?

> tony
this is a great system that you have created and I hope to appear to more popular posts! thanks again!

]]> By: tony conrad http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-722 tony conrad Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:18:43 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-722 Hi Ian - thanks for posting about Sphere, much appreciated. We get notes every day from bloggers who get links from big media sites. Sphere Related Content is displayed on over 1 Billion article pages across the web. You can find our icon at the bottom of articles on most of the leading publisher sites like Wall Street Journal, CNN, TIME, New York Times, etc as well as many of the leading blog sites like TechCrunch, GigaOM, Real Clear Politics, All Things D, etc as well as lots of WordPress.org blogs (we have a plug-in - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sphere-related-content/) and through a Feedburner FeedFlare (http://sphere.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/sphere-related-content-launches-via-feedburner-feedflare/) We've developed some algorithms to match high quality blog posts to articles. The ranking mechanism is part of our secret sauce so we don't talk about it openly b/c it could lead to gaming the system and that wouldn't be good for real bloggers such as you. Our mission to is connect the voice of blogs to that of mainstream media, resulting in a more informed dialog. So far, we've been really fortunate to have partnered with a number of very progressive media sites who embrace the value of the blogosphere. Thanks again for your kind post and I do hope you'll add Sphere Related Content to your site too! Best, Tony Conrad CEO & Founder, Sphere Hi Ian – thanks for posting about Sphere, much appreciated.

We get notes every day from bloggers who get links from big media sites. Sphere Related Content is displayed on over 1 Billion article pages across the web. You can find our icon at the bottom of articles on most of the leading publisher sites like Wall Street Journal, CNN, TIME, New York Times, etc as well as many of the leading blog sites like TechCrunch, GigaOM, Real Clear Politics, All Things D, etc as well as lots of WordPress.org blogs (we have a plug-in – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sphere-related-content/) and through a Feedburner FeedFlare (http://sphere.wordpress.com/2007/06/01/sphere-related-content-launches-via-feedburner-feedflare/)

We’ve developed some algorithms to match high quality blog posts to articles. The ranking mechanism is part of our secret sauce so we don’t talk about it openly b/c it could lead to gaming the system and that wouldn’t be good for real bloggers such as you.

Our mission to is connect the voice of blogs to that of mainstream media, resulting in a more informed dialog. So far, we’ve been really fortunate to have partnered with a number of very progressive media sites who embrace the value of the blogosphere.

Thanks again for your kind post and I do hope you’ll add Sphere Related Content to your site too!

Best,

Tony Conrad
CEO & Founder, Sphere

]]> By: Desty http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Desty Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.ianfernando.com/2007/sphere-it-i-appeared-on-the-wall-street-journal/#comment-716 I don't have any experience with Sphere, but I did also get linked to by the Wall Street Journal. It was a technical piece, so I didn't get much traffic, but it was nice! I think I got my exposure from the pings I have set-up. I don’t have any experience with Sphere, but I did also get linked to by the Wall Street Journal. It was a technical piece, so I didn’t get much traffic, but it was nice! I think I got my exposure from the pings I have set-up.

]]>