It's not that we are speaking different languages. We are not even communicating. We should start out with a standard before we get too far into this thing. Many businesses prefer focusing on their core business rather than on technology issues. Our decision was that we are experts in providing a unique portal to do e-commerce and content delivery and therefore we wanted ease of use of information for our users.
Content is billed on a monthly basis.
Apparently, this idea is catching on. Joel Maske, iSyndicate's CEO claims that the company represents more than 800 content providers, with more than 4,000 different products and distribution to 170,000 Web sites. Even with all the activity among publishers, it will still take some time for syndication to fully materialize. Aram Sinnreich, an analyst at Jupiter, sees a shakeout among content providers and destination sites, with the survivors more profitable and with more disposable income for content. ICE lets publishers determine the content sent to Web sites, set a schedule for transmissions, customize content selection for each site, and automatically reformat the content according to customer requirements, such as adding company logos and changing links.