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Industry News

Updated throughout the day, everyday, the Digital Moses Industry News is a constant source of breaking news and discussion relevant to the world of advertising and marketing.

Make sure to check back frequently to catch all the
updates and commentary.

05/16/2008

What's Microsoft's Play in Icahn-Yahoo Spat?

Can the software giant be lured back to the negotiating table? Does it even care?

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05/16/2008

Yahoo, WPP in Multiyear Partnership on Ad Trading

The Web portal and ad agency to to develop joint platform.

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05/16/2008

Execs & Accounts: Jumpstart, Euro RSCG, TBWA

Hires at Jumpstart and Adconion; Euro RSCG and TBWA Launch for Dos Equis and Nissan.

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05/16/2008

Waterfront Poaches About.com's Head of Health

Health content authority Marjorie Martin is leaving at About.com for health publisher Waterfront Media.

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05/16/2008

DC Kills Superman (Again)

Some in Metropolis will use eBay for evil—like selling one's wife*—but in the heart of the heart of the city, a charitable and well-intentioned soul battles two great forces at once: cancer and DC Comics.

Superman's not allowed to help

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05/16/2008

Yahoo, WPP Partner

Perhaps this deal has been scheduled for months, but it seems that a little pressure has once again worked (semi-) wonders.  As letters to and from Carl Icahn sail around, Yahoo announced a partnership with ad giant WPP this morning.

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05/16/2008

Now Available to YouTube Advertisers: Age, Sex and Location-Based Targeting

Google has added a demographics tab to YouTube Insight, its YouTube analytics tool. Advertisers and publishers may now review the age, gender and geographical location of video audiences. Clients may...

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05/16/2008

Yahoo Responds to Icahn While Constructing Google Deal

Yahoo has issued a formal response to investor Carl Icahn, who announced his intent to oust the company's board. The search company attracted Icahn's mad eye when it rejected Microsoft's takeover...

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08/10/2006

Looking For A Math Lover With A Natural Talent For Statistics

Established and growing software company is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic person heavily steeped in math and statistics to personally manage a yearly budget of $1M US based in pay-per-click (PPC) systems.

As the PPC campaign manager / ROI genius you will proactively develop the business contribution generated via pay-per-click channels in a profitable way while increasing our brand visibility online.

The Ideal Numbers Freak:
Experienced online marketing professionals may apply, but we’re looking for the eager “I love Math” T-Shirt wearing type who wanted to make a big impact in business. We will teach you everything you need to know about online marketing.

You will be responsible for managing our portfolio of pay-per-click partners, ensuring we maximize bookings and gross margin while taking into account the needs of different parts of the business (lead generation, consumer sites, service and product sales). You will also be responsible for identifying new players across geographies, testing their offering and developing win-win relationships with them. Alongside the marketing team, you will increase the visibility of our brand online and convey the right messages associated with it.

A self-described “numbers freak” you will be able to deliver ROI statistics that represent the absolute and concrete fruition of your efforts. While the success of the role will ultimately be measured by the PPC profit & loss, the successful candidate will also integrate with the rest of the business, prove an excellent team-player and contribute to the overall marketing strategy.

Required Skills:

  • Love of math/statistics since childhood
  • Strong analytical & Excel skills
  • Experience in financial and/or market sectors a plus
  • Sweet nunchaku and/or Bo-staff skills

  • What You Get:
    You will ultimately find success in this position if you are calm working under pressure with large budgets, and find fulfillment in increased margins (and your paycheck) through adjusting numbers. In your new world, the minutiae will have a HUGE impact.

    To be considered for an interview this week:

    Send us a resume, together with a paragraph description as to why you would be the absolute finest math / statistics guru we could ever find! Tell us why you fit the profile above, and how having you as part of our team would just make us want to sing your praises all day long.

    We are a mid sized (50+ sharp, hard working folk) web technology company located in the West Loop. Please send resumes to:
    CCarter@norvax.com

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    10/25/2005

    Gratis Internet Climbs to #18 in Inc. Magazine's Fastest-Growing Companies in the U.S.

    After another year of explosive growth, and with annual revenues in excess of $20.5 million, Washington D.C.-based online marketing firm Gratis Internet skyrocketed up 77 places to be named the eighteenth fastest growing company in the U.S. in Inc. Magazine's prestigious 2005 Inc. 500 ranking. Last year, Gratis was ranked 95th in the Inc. 500. biz.yahoo.com

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    10/06/2005

    Reach

    You know those people skipping TV ads? Well, they're also more likely to be frequenting Internet forums to create and respond to consumer-generated media (CGM).clickz.com

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    10/06/2005

    Online Ad Revenues Continue Climb

    Advertising revenues for the first half of 2005 are up 26 percent over the first half of last year clickz.com

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    10/06/2005

    Yahoo! Testing New Branding Metrics for Search

    As part of its effort to make search marketing more appealing to brand marketers and other traditional marketers, Yahoo! has begun offering its larger advertiser and agency partners more advanced tools for choosing keywords. clickz.com

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    10/06/2005

    Top 50 Advertisers by Media Value in August, 2005

    The top Internet advertisers by media value. The data are provided by TNS Media Intelligence. clicz.com

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    09/27/2005

    Online Advertising Hits $5.8B for First Half of 2005

    NEW YORK -- Online advertising revenue for the first six months of 2005 touched $5.8 billion, setting a record and resulting in a 26 percent jump over the same period in 2004. dmnews.com

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    09/27/2005

    MSN Launches AdCenter Overseas

    NEW YORK - Microsoft's MSN has launched its paid search service in France and Singapore, according to the portal's SVP Yusuf Mehdi. clickz.com

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    09/27/2005

    Think Partnership Cleans House at WebSourced

    Think Partnership has fired two vice presidents at its WebSourced search marketing subsidiary amidst a full-scale housecleaning initiated there last month. clickz.com

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    09/27/2005

    Yahoo Unveils Smart Search Features

    Yahoo's new search features aim to give users a smarter search, predicting what they are searching for to provide better results. dmnews.com

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    09/27/2005

    The Butler Didn't Do It for Diller

    Jeeves is dead. Barry Diller told investors on Wednesday that Ask Jeeves, recently acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp, would drop the butler and go forward with the Ask brand. clickz.com

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    09/27/2005

    Classifieds dominate local ads growth online

    Online local ad spending in the U.S. is expected to see steady growth in 2005, but will be dominated by classifieds, a new study has shown. news.com.com

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    09/27/2005

    Mozilla Under Fire

    As allegations of malicious code and heightened insecurity swirl around, Mozilla has updated its Firefox Web browser in what is being termed, "a security and stability release." internetnews.com

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    09/27/2005

    End Of Size Wars?

    Today, Google is dropping from its home page the famous count of pages in its index while simultaneously claiming it has the most comprehensive collection of web documents available to searchers. searchenginewatch.com

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    09/27/2005

    AOL Rolls Out New Spyware Killer

    AOL is rolling out new spyware-killing software to its users in an effort to combat the daily deluge of intrusive code. The service is being made available to AOL members at no additional cost. internetnews.com

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    09/26/2005

    Microsoft plans to sell search ads of its own

    Microsoft will unveil Monday its own system for selling Web advertising as it struggles to compete with Google and Yahoo in the expanding Web search business. The system, to be used by MSN, is meant to improve on those of Microsoft's rivals by allowing marketers to aim ads on Web search pages to users based on their sex, age or location. news.com

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    09/26/2005

    Search Marketing Spend IncrSearch Marketing Spend Increasing at a Healthy Clipeasing at a Healthy Clip

    A new survey from Marketing Sherpa reports on current and projected spend for search engine optimization and paid search campaigns. blog.searchenginewatch.com

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    09/26/2005

    UK affiliate marketers to generate more than £1bn in sales in 2005

    Sales generated for e-commerce organisations by UK affiliates in 2005 are expected to double compared with 2004, according to a new E-consultancy report theretailbulletin.com

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    09/21/2005

    Paid Search Expected to Outpace Display By 2010

    Paid search revenues are set to outpace display advertising by 2010, according to a JupiterResearch report forecasting the next five years in the U.S. paid search market. clickz.com

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    09/21/2005

    Can Microsoft Land AOL?

    An MSN-AOL linkup could benefit both sides. But Gates & Co., eager to catch Net giant Google, may have the most to gain from teaming up businessweek.com

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    09/21/2005

    Google to bid on AOL?

    Google could try to bid for America Online to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover and protect the $380 million in revenue Google gets from its biggest partner, according to an analyst. news.com.com

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    09/21/2005

    Microsoft in Trouble With EU Again?

    UPDATED: The European Commission may bring a fresh round of competition charges against an already embattled Microsoft (Quote, Chart) after it received several complaints recently about the software giant. internetnews.com

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    09/21/2005

    Google Securing Your Wi-Fi

    Reuters and other sources this morning are pointing to pages found on Google.com indicating plans afoot for the search engine giant to offer a Wi-Fi VPN software tool called "Google Secure Access." As of this writing, the tool is found at the URL WiFi.Google.com/download.html wi-fiplanet.com

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    09/20/2005

    Google prepares to launch WiFi service

    LONDON (Reuters) - Online search leader Google is preparing to launch a wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's Web site on Tuesday. news.yahoo.com

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    09/20/2005

    Baidu.com to Appeal Court Verdict

    SHANGHAI, China - Chinese search engine Baidu.com plans to appeal a court verdict ruling it violated copyrights held by a local affiliate of global music giant EMI, Baidu's lawyer said Tuesday. news.yahoo.com

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    09/18/2005

    The Big Battle Over Ad Budgets

    A new eMarketer report tracks the flow of advertising dollars to the Internet — and how much of that gain is coming from traditional media. emarketer.com

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    09/18/2005

    Ill Winds for Consumer Spending?

    With Katrina pushing up joblessness as well as gas prices, many economists and investors fear Americans are ready to give in businessweek.com

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    09/18/2005

    Study: Retailers Not Fully Leveraging Power of E-mail

    Many e-mail marketers are still treating e-mail like traditional print ads. That's the conclusion of a study of the content of retail e-mail messages conducted by e-mail service provider Silverpop. clickz.com

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    09/18/2005

    AOL, Microsoft in Talks

    The world's largest software maker Microsoft (Quote, Chart) and media titan Time Warner (Quote, Chart) are exploring the possibility of merging the MSN Internet portal with the America Online unit of Time Warner, according to a source familiar with the talks. internetnews.com

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    09/18/2005

    AOL May Chuck Google Search, Use Microsoft's

    As Microsoft considers taking a stake in America Online, the world's biggest internet service provider, AOL may end up replacing Google's search engine with Microsoft's, reports Bloomberg, citing an unnamed source familiar with the agreement that the two companies are discussing. AOL and Microsoft have also talked about making their instant messaging services compatible and jointly selling online advertising, the person said. marketingvox.com

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    09/17/2005

    Retailers Skip Branding, Personalization in E-Mails

    Retailers need to intensify branding and personalization in e-mails to snare more customers, according to a study released at Shop.org conference in Las Vegas this week. dmnews.com

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    09/14/2005

    Analysts Bid Adieu to Baidu

    Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in 1999 anymore. In a move that would have been unheard of back in the heyday of the Internet bubble, two underwriters of Baidu.com's (Quote, Chart) red-hot IPO came out and said the stock has come too far too fast. internetnews.com

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    09/14/2005

    Atlas Identifies Optimal Dayparts for Advertisers

    Advertising that appears during the lunchtime and primetime dayparts grabs the highest conversions, according to a study by aQuantive's Atlas Institute. clickz.com

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    09/14/2005

    convergence fulfilled

    IN 2015, today's media and entertainment conglomerates will still be purveyors of branded content and services, but their business models, revenue streams, creative dynamics and key relations with global advertisers, consumers and competitors will be dramatically different — and they will no longer own the space. insidebrandedentertainment.com

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    09/14/2005

    Time Warner to Consolidate Financial Sites

    Time Warner will consolidate four of its business and financial Web sites under the CNNMoney.com brand, which will re-launch in January. clickz.com

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    09/14/2005

    Advertisers Follow the Audience to Video Games

    Ad spending will shift from broadcast television to other media channels in 2006, according to a forecast by media guru Jack Myers. Video games will experience the largest growth, seconded by online advertising, the report concludes. clickz.com

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    09/14/2005

    eBay to Acquire Skype For $2.6 Billion

    Online auction giant eBay (Quote, Chart) is expanding its communications services with a $2.6 billion cash and stock deal to acquire Voice over IP (define) darling Skype Technologies. < a href="http://internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3547741">internetnews.com

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    09/14/2005

    Epsilon Acquires Bigfoot Interactive for $120 Million

    Relationship marketing company Epsilon, a division of Alliance Data Systems Corp., Dallas, said yesterday that it will buy Bigfoot Interactive for $120 million in cash. dmnews.com

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    09/14/2005

    eBay Rules Sponsored Links

    In its first report on the number of ad impressions delivered via sponsored links, Nielsen//NetRatings ' AdRelevance unit declares eBay the king of such ad units. clickz.com

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    09/14/2005

    Study: Most Marketers Not Measuring Right SEM Results

    Most companies are not using the appropriate metrics to evaluate the success of their search marketing employees -- and thus their search marketing programs -- according to a study commissioned by Isobar's iProspect and conducted by JupiterResearch. clickz.com

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    09/14/2005

    24/7 Real Media, Dentsu Ink Search Deal

    NEW YORK 24/7 Real Media said it struck a deal with Japanese ad giant Dentsu to form a search advertising joint venture. adweek.com

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    09/14/2005

    Yahoo 'helped jail China writer'

    Internet giant Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to China which led to the jailing of a journalist for "divulging state secrets". news.bbc.co.uk

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    09/14/2005

    News Corporation to Acquire IGN Entertainment, Inc.

    Acquisition Includes IGN's Popular GameWeb Properties, as well as Planet Network, Rotten Tomatoes and AskMen.com biz.yahoo.com

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    09/14/2005

    Chasing Search Engine Algorithms: Wisdom or Folly?

    Properly optimized web sites can achieve top rankings in web search results. But when search engines change, should you follow suit? Even the experts disagree. searchenginewatch.com

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    09/14/2005

    Google Launches Industrial Strength Blog Search

    Google has introduced its long awaited blog search service, becoming the first major search engine to offer full-blown blog and feed search capabilities. searchenginewatch.com

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    09/14/2005

    Microsoft, Google, Have Different Spins On Lee Case

    The Dr. Kai-Fu Lee Case has been an interesting one to follow, especially since the two giants can't even agree on who won in court today. Google says the judge ruled in their favor. Microsoft says Ha! I told you we'd win this thing! Who's right? Maybe both. webpronews.com

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    09/14/2005

    Gates on Apple, Google -- and Microsoft's future

    LOS ANGELES -- Microsoft Corp. is grappling with "a lot of smart competitors," including Google and Apple, who are ahead of the Redmond company in some key markets, Bill Gates acknowledges. seattlepi.nwsource.com

    1126703541

    09/08/2005

    Study: Search Marketers Are Not Making Business Case

    Most companies evaluate search marketers' performance on campaign results, such as search engine ranking, rather than actual business results such as sales volume or return on investment, according to a study released yesterday. dmnews.com

    1126177648

    09/07/2005

    Wikipedia overtaking major news sites

    The Wikipedia, which has surged this year to become the most popular reference site on the Web, is fast overtaking several major news sites as the place where people swarm for context on breaking events. money.cnn.com

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    09/07/2005

    eBay's 10-year rise to world fame

    Ten years ago, a French-born software engineer living in California took time out from his Silicon Valley day-job to create a new kind of online trading system. bbc.co.uk

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    09/07/2005

    Rights group says Yahoo helped China jail journalist

    BEIJING — A French media watchdog said Tuesday that information provided by Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. helped Chinese authorities convict and jail a writer who had penned an e-mail about press restrictions. www.usatoday.com

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    09/07/2005

    TNS: Media Advertising Rose 4.5% in Fist-Half 2005

    Although several advertising categories decreased spending in the first half of the year, advertising overall increased 4.5 percent to $70.5 billion, according to figures released Tuesday by TNS Media Intelligence, which reported estimates for 17 media. mediaweek.com

    1126146366

    09/07/2005

    Mobile Marketing: Europe Offers Inspiration and Ideas

    In the U.S., mobile marketing is nascent. Activities such as the BMW 3 series promotion are largely experimental. Here in Europe, however, the practice is increasingly widespread and sophisticated. clickz.com

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    09/07/2005

    LinkShare to be Acquired by Japanese Portal

    Japanese Internet portal Rakuten has agreed to acquire affiliate marketing firm LinkShare for $425 million in cash. clickz.com

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    09/07/2005

    Microsoft-Google battle heats up

    Microsoft's chief executive vowed to "kill Google" in an expletive-laden tirade against the firm, according to US court documents filed by Google. bbc.co.uk

    1126146152

    09/07/2005

    New Ways to Drive Home the Message

    New technologies that give viewers more control over how they watch TV could spell the end of the classic 30-second commercial. But fear not—advertising is not going away. newsweek.com

    1126146044

    09/07/2005

    Online advertisers turning to pay-per-call

    DALLAS — Personal-injury lawyer Frank Frasier wants the world to know about his business but didn't think much of the search-based Internet advertising that's all the rage these days. Potential clients wouldn't learn much about him through it, he figured, and he really can't tell if they have a case without speaking with them directly. usatoday.com

    1126145957

    09/07/2005

    GSD&M Creates PSAs for Ad Council's Hand to Red Cross

    The Advertising Council is partnering with the American Red Cross to introduce a series of national public service ads to direct traffic to the charity's Web site in response to the aftermath from Hurricane Katrina. dmnews.com

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    09/07/2005

    Yahoo Funding Spyware?

    UPDATED: An independent spyware analyst is accusing Yahoo (Quote, Chart)of supporting spyware companies by distributing Yahoo Search Marketing ads to them. internetnews.com

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    09/07/2005

    Gap closes two popular Internet stores

    AUG. 31 10:02 P.M. ET Already mired in a sales slump, Gap Inc. has closed its two most popular Internet stores so the clothing retailer can upgrade its online operations before the pivotal holiday shopping season. businessweek.com

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    09/07/2005

    Red Cross Seeks Donations of Online Ad Space

    The Red Cross has issued a call for donations of online ad inventory to support fundraising for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. clickz.com

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    09/07/2005

    Google Dabbling in Print Ad Brokerage

    Not content with leading the online advertising realm, Google has begun experimenting with brokering print ads. clickz.com

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    09/07/2005

    Experian Buys Online Consumer Research Company

    Experian Marketing Services strengthened its consumer intelligence portfolio with the acquisition of Vente Inc., a supplier of online consumer research. dmnews.com

    1126119945

    09/07/2005

    Traffix Announces Official Launch of RocketProfit.com

    PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2005--Traffix, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRFX), a premier interactive media company, announced today the official launch of its new affiliate marketing site, RocketProfit (http://www.rocketprofit.com). Combined with its interactive performance marketing and search marketing groups, the affiliate network enables Traffix to offer an end-to-end media solution to its network of advertisers and advertising agencies home.businesswire.com

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    09/07/2005

    New Rules for Using E-Mail Correctly

    The U.S. Department of Commerce reports online sales increased 29 percent in the first quarter of 2005 over the same period last year. As online commerce continues to grow, marketers need to begin operating by a new set of rules. dmnews.com

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    09/06/2005

    $1bn pirates

    THE music industry will push for more than $1 billion in damages after its landmark court victory over internet music pirates Kazaa. dailytelegraph.news.com.au

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    09/06/2005

    Australian Court Rules Kazaa Has Violated Copyrights

    An Australian court ruled on Monday that the popular file-sharing network Kazaa violated Australian music copyrights and ordered the company to modify its software to help prevent it. nytimes.com

    1126016977

    09/06/2005

    Rakuten, Leading Japanese E-Commerce Portal, to Acquire LinkShare

    TOKYO and NEW YORK, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LinkShare Corporation, a privately held New York-based performance- based marketing firm, for a cash purchase price of approximately $425 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed within four to six weeks biz.yahoo.com

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    08/31/2005

    Google takes ad sales to print

    Google is expanding its lucrative Internet advertising network into the print world in a bold attempt to capture traditional ad dollars. news.com.com

    1125531927

    08/31/2005

    Baidu, Google dominate Net search in China

    A new report claims China's search engine market is dominated by Baidu.com and Google, with Baidu attracting more users in the country's major cities. news.com.com

    1125531862

    08/31/2005

    Nielsen: Spanish, Cable TV Ads Up in 2005

    WASHINGTON Despite a slowdown in prescription drug and pharmaceutical spending, advertising for the first half of the year across 14 media reported by Nielsen Monitor-Plus increased 5.7 percent to $59.5 billion, compared to the same period last year. adweek.com

    1125531783

    08/31/2005

    Bob Dylan and Starbucks: A Sign of the Changin' Times

    In the Age of Ringtones and iPods, Some Artists Must Find Different Ways to Sell Music go.com

    1125531714

    08/31/2005

    GATES VS. GOOGLE Search and Destroy

    Bill Gates is on a mission to build a Google killer. What got him so riled? The darling of search is moving into software—and that's Microsoft's turf. fortune.com

    1125531494

    08/31/2005

    Online dating shows some gray

    Marge Roberts looks forward to dinner and flowers every Tuesday from the fellow she affectionately refers to as Yahoo! Boy. usatoday.com

    1125529663

    08/31/2005

    Internet Mergers: Who's Next?

    As the Web matures, the pace of deals is picking up again, spurred by reasonable price tags on some of the smaller outfits businessweek.com

    1125529519

    08/31/2005

    Google Techs, Entrepreneurs Match Wits

    Efforts to outsmart Google gall some webmasters such as Shari Thurow, who believes the best way to increase a site's search engine ranking is to offer valuable content and products. She describes the Black Hats as "pathetic algoholics" because they are so obsessed with trying to figure out Google's algorithms. ecommercetimes.com

    1125529460

    08/31/2005

    Report: Adware Less Prevalent, Harder To Remove

    THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT the biggest adware companies are making strides toward ensuring that their ad-serving software isn't installed without users' knowledge. But the bad news is that some smaller players now illicitly install ad-serving programs that are proving far more difficult to remove than in the past mediapost.com

    1125529090

    08/31/2005

    Studios mine P2P logs to sue swappers

    Hollywood studios filed a new round of lawsuits against file swappers on Thursday, for the first time using peer-to-peer companies' own data to track down individuals accused of trading movies online. news.com.com

    1125529014

    08/31/2005

    Maturing net growing more slowly

    After years of huge increases, the rate at which net traffic is growing is slowing down, say analysts news.bbc.co.uk

    1125528954

    08/31/2005

    General Community Sites Up Most in June Online Advertising

    GENERAL COMMUNITY SITES UP MOST in June Online Advertising Nielsen//NetRatings, and its AdRelevance service, reporting June 2005 estimated online advertising revenue and spending, found that:: mediapost.com

    1125528904

    08/31/2005

    NET AD SALES BOOM

    August 26, 2005 -- With more and more advertising dollars chasing the Internet, sellers of online ad space are suddenly confronting soaring prices and growing competition for premium inventory. nypost.com

    1125528852

    08/31/2005

    Broadband Market Boom Opening Doors for Portal Web Sites

    Broadband use has reached a critical mass, giving portals and content Web sites a chance to gain market share, according to research released Tuesday. techweb.com

    1125528752

    08/31/2005

    Claria Shakes Up Management

    NEW YORK Claria has named a new management team, as the adware company continues to try to morph into a personalization and behavioral advertising firm. www.adweek.com

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    08/31/2005

    Now, Google Is Tackling Talk

    The search giant will launch instant-messaging and Net-telephony products that promise to work with existing services -- if AOL and others agree www.businessweek.com

    1125528629

    08/31/2005

    Relax, Bill Gates; It's Google's Turn as the Villain

    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 - For years, Silicon Valley hungered for a company mighty enough to best Microsoft. Now it has one such contender: the phenomenally successful Google. nytimes.com

    1125528567

    08/31/2005

    The Super Network

    Returning home after a vacation in 2004, Andy Volk dumped his luggage in the hallway and settled into an armchair for an evening of his favorite shows: The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Streets of San Francisco. But when he called up the Now Playing menu on his TiVo, he discovered a couple of things he'd never seen next to the usual items. wired.com

    1125528445

    08/31/2005

    Yahoo! Offers Cars for Content

    In an effort to improve the quality of its local search results, Yahoo! has kicked off a contest offering users a chance to win a car, a vacation, or other prizes for rating and reviewing local establishments. clickz.com

    1125528315

    08/31/2005

    Verizon, Yahoo To Offer Cut-Rate DSL

    Verizon (Quote, Chart) and Yahoo (Quote, Chart) will offer a low-cost broadband service, a move sure to put pressure on cable broadband providers. internetnews.com

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    08/31/2005

    Lycos Names New CEO; Continues Revamp

    Lycos this week officially named Alfred Tolle as its new CEO, though he quietly took the reins in late February or early March. It's the most significant executive change the company has made since it was acquired by Daum Communications last year. clickz.com

    1125528159

    08/31/2005

    Google changes irk advertisers, please publishers

    Publishers who have seen a bump in revenue through Google's advertising program are heaping praise on recent changes, while some advertisers complain of increased costs. news.com.com

    1125528110

    08/31/2005

    Newspapers See Online Ad Growth

    Newspapers saw double-digit growth in their online advertising revenues in the second quarter of 2005, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). The group said online ad spending rose to $500.7 million -- 28.6 percent higher than the same period a year ago clickz.com

    1125527964

    08/31/2005

    Google revamps desktop search program

    AUG. 22 12:52 A.M. ET Google Inc. updated its software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user's Web surfing habits. businessweek.com

    1125527837

    08/31/2005

    Anti-porn spam laws to shield kids backfire

    SAN FRANCISCO — Laws in two states to shield children from objectionable e-mail are having a chilling effect on nearly everyone but the spammers they were intended for. usatoday.com

    1125527716

    08/31/2005

    Google Faces New Rivals in Contextual Ads

    Google is finding out what it feels like to be the Establishment. A recent flurry of activity in the contextual advertising space--those short, text-based ads that appear alongside content--indicates not only heightened interest among publishers and advertisers, but also increased pressure on category leader Google. mediaweek.com

    1125527651

    08/31/2005

    Google Tests "Commercial" Results In Organic Listings

    Google is testing interspersing alternate listings that appear to be commercial in nature into its natural, or organic, search results clickz.com

    1125527344

    08/31/2005

    Firefox Losing Its Grip?

    For nearly two years The Mozilla Foundation has enjoyed continued success after releasing its revolutionary browser, Firefox. And much of that success was squarely on the underdog's ability to eat into Microsoft's Internet Explorer's(IE) market share. internetnews.com

    1125527192

    08/31/2005

    Contextual Network War Starts With a Blog

    Google has launched a blog explaining the ins and outs of its AdSense program to publishers. clickz.com

    1125527100

    08/31/2005

    Contextual Network War Starts With a Blog

    Google has launched a blog explaining the ins and outs of its AdSense program to publishers. clickz.com

    1125527025

    08/31/2005

    Google to Sell $4.2 Bln of Shares a Year After IPO

    Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the world's most-used Internet search engine, plans to sell as many as 14.8 million shares in a $4.2 billion transaction a year after its initial public offering. quote.bloomberg.com

    1125526976

    08/31/2005

    Jupiter: Personal, Targeted E-Mails Get Better Results

    Marketers recognize that personalized e-mails targeting their customers throughout the buying and follow-up process produce better results than blast e-mails, yet most don't use these types of campaigns, according to a report released by JupiterResearch yesterday. dmnews.com

    1125526878

    08/31/2005

    Google Enhances Desktop Search

    Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool, offering features such as integration with Outlook, a sidebar with nifty widgets to display photos, headlines and much more. searchenginewatch.com

    1125526776

    08/31/2005

    New Google Talk Offers Instant Messaging & Voice Chat

    As widely expected, Google waded into the instant messaging space today with the debut of Google Talk, an IM client that also offers the ability to make voice calls between computers. searchenginewatch.com

    1125526722

    08/31/2005

    Answers.com Gears Up for the School Year

    Reference search service Answers.com has developed a "Teacher's Toolkit" to lure an audience of educators and their students to the ad-supported resource. The new site feature will launch with a multi-channel back-to-school campaign. clickz.com

    1125526407

    08/31/2005

    Google Extends Book Scanning Operation

    Google (Quote, Chart) isn't backing down from its plan to scan every book in the world. internetnews.com

    1125526348

    08/31/2005

    I Phone for iTunes

    Apple (Quote, Chart) is set to announce a Cingular mobile phone loaded with special iTunes software, Ovum analyst Roger Entner confirmed for internetnews.com. internetnews.com

    1125526269

    08/24/2005

    Now, You're Google-Talking on IM

    Google (Quote, Chart) ended a year of speculation on Wednesday, announcing a VoIP-enabled (define) instant messaging client. internetnews.com

    1124912051

    08/24/2005

    Lycos Names New CEO; Continues Revamp

    A new CEO surfaces at Lycos; the company plans to refocus the portal-turned-social-networking site -- again. clickz.com

    1124903008

    08/24/2005

    VoIP Equipment Overtakes Traditional Lines

    In-Stat's research says cites comfort level with VoIP and converging voice and data departments for the move from traditional telephone networks to digital. internetnews.com

    1124903007

    08/24/2005

    Expert Advice on Search Engine Marketing

    The carrier and Internet portal will offer $14.95 service to pressure dial-up and cable providers.internetnews.com

    1124903006

    08/24/2005

    Size Less Important Than User Utility

    Last week saw the resumption of the search engine size wars in which one major search engine claims to be larger than its rivals, prompting those rivals to rapidly upsize themselves. webpronews.com

    1124903005

    08/24/2005

    Google Tests "Commercial" Results In Organic Listings

    Google is testing interspersing alternate listings that appear to be commercial in nature into organic search results. clickz.com

    1124903003

    08/24/2005

    IE7: Built for Feeds

    RSS integration in next version of the browser could fuel mainstream adoption. internetnews.com

    1124903002

    08/24/2005

    Expert Advice on Search Engine Marketing

    Want your Web site to pop up on the first page of search engine results? Here are a few tips and strategies to help you take your Web site to the top of the list. ecommerce-guide.com

    1124903001

    08/17/2005

    Hitwise: Google Searchers Male, Yahoo! Skews Young

    GOOGLE USERS ARE PREDOMINANTLY MALE, but Yahoo! has a higher proportion of searchers between the ages of 18 and 34 than Google, MSN, or Ask Jeeves, according to a new Hitwise study, "The Online Search Report," released Wednesday. mediapost.com

    1124322420

    08/17/2005

    Prepare for Holiday 2005

    Too early to be talking about the 2005 holiday season? Think again. According to the biggest players in comparison shopping search, if you haven't come aboard by Labor Day, you won't have enough testing and analysis time to be ready by the holidays. clickz.com

    1124322343

    08/17/2005

    Miva Settles Patent Suit, Reports Net Loss

    Miva resolved its patent dispute with Yahoo! Search Marketing, eliminating one hurdle in its return to profitability. Yet several other stumbling blocks remain. Miva reported a net loss for the third quarter in a row yesterday. clickz.com

    1124322276

    08/17/2005

    Free Wi-Fi? Get Ready for GoogleNet.

    What if Google (GOOG) wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location? business2.com

    1124322188

    08/17/2005

    Taming the Wild Web

    The explosion of personal content has every big online firm buzzing. But can anyone make it pay? time.com

    1124322117

    08/17/2005

    Imperial bubble?

    CHINA'S leading internet search engine, Baidu.com, is named after a 900-year-old Song Dynasty love poem about the search for a beautiful woman. Baidu's literal meaning—“hundreds of times” economist.com

    1124322023

    08/17/2005

    Inside Yahoo's China Gambit

    Co-founder Jerry Yang explains the company's decision to partner with a local outfit and cede control of its own operation there businessweek.com

    1124321953

    08/17/2005

    Reuters Summit - TV seen following Net model

    Amid a battle to rule the living room of the future, cable television and phone companies are ripping a page from playbooks written by Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. to help navigate through the thousands of shows made possible by next-generation TV. reuters.com

    1124321873

    08/17/2005

    Inside Look at Behavioral Targeting

    Dave Morgan, founder of TACODA, talks with iMedia's Neil Perry on the nuts, bolts and strategic goals of behavioral targeting. imediaconnection.com

    1124321794

    08/17/2005

    The New World of Search

    Year after year, the San Jose Search Engine Strategies (SES) event coincides with major industry announcements. This year is no different clickz.com

    1124321690

    08/17/2005

    Search-Stravaganza

    Another August, another break-all-records, mother of all Search Engine Strategies (SES) conferences. I'm spending this week at the big one, in San Jose, CA. clickz.com

    1124321613

    08/17/2005

    Yahoo! Broadens Partner Programs

    Yahoo! Search Marketing is expanding its partner programs for search marketers and webmasters who manage or refer clients to Yahoo! paid search campaigns. clickz.com

    1124321558

    08/17/2005

    Spam Traps 101

    Over the past months I've run an occasional series on e-mail marketing nomenclature. Recently it was brought to my attention that though I've frequently mentioned the term "spam trap," many marketers don't know precisely what that means. This month, I intend to correct that omission with a guide to spam traps. clickz.com

    1124321487

    08/17/2005

    ValueClick to Buy Fastclick

    Following a week of rumors, ValueClick has confirmed it will acquire Fastclick in a stock-for-stock deal worth approximately $214 million clickz.com

    1124320024

    08/17/2005

    ComScore Blog Study Sparks Controversy, Vitriol

    Hostilities flared this week between the two best-known blog networks after comScore released a blog readership study that was co-sponsored by Six Apart and blog network Gawker Media. clickz.com

    1124319986

    08/17/2005

    When E-Mail Isn't Monitored

    Tech employees sending out trade secrets to competitors. Government workers e-mailing hate mail and pornography. Private financial and health information routinely sent out over the Web unencrypted and unprotected. internetnews.com

    1124319875

    08/17/2005

    How SEC held search engine's feet to the fire

    When Google Inc. filed to go public last year, the groundbreaking Internet search firm stunned Wall Street by placing a letter to investors atop their prospectus, pledging among other things to make "the world a better place." sfgate.com

    1124319784

    08/17/2005

    Google suspends program to build digital library

    NEW YORK Google has announced that it will temporarily halt its program to make searchable digital copies of the vast contents of three university libraries to give publishers and other copyright holders the chance to opt out of having their protected works copied iht.com

    1124319726

    08/17/2005

    Google's growing pains

    Growing up is hard to do, but apparently it helps if you pick up billions of dollars along the way. sfgate.com

    1124319665

    08/17/2005

    What can Google learn from Netscape's downfall?

    It's been 10 years since the initial public offering of ill-fated Internet pioneer Netscape Communications, and the often-told story of its rise and fall has inspired inevitable comparisons to the industry's current darling, Google. tomshardware.com

    1124319586

    08/17/2005

    New Partner for Yahoo Is a Master at Selling

    HANGZHOU, China, Aug. 13 - Everything you hear about Jack Ma is improbable. But today, he looks like one of China's smartest high-tech entrepreneurs. nytimes.com

    1124319396

    08/17/2005

    Google loses AdWords trade mark case in the US

    A US district court has ruled against Google in a trade mark action over the sale of the terms “Geico” and “Geico Direct” in AdWords, its keyword advertising service. The judge found that there was infringement where the terms were used in the text of sponsored ads.theregister.co.uk

    1124319292

    08/17/2005

    Yahoo!, Google search for upper hand

    NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Yahoo! says its users can search through more than twice as many Web pages as Google users can, sparking a battle for bragging rights between the two rivals, a newspaper report said Monday. money.cnn.com

    1124319224

    08/17/2005

    Yahoo Buys Into Chinese Online Company

    BEIJING -- Yahoo Inc. is paying $1 billion in cash for a 40 percent stake in China's biggest online commerce firm, Alibaba.com, strengthening the ties that international companies are forging in the world's second-largest Internet market. washingtonpost.com

    1124319016

    08/17/2005

    Murdoch vows to dominate internet

    Rupert Murdoch has announced his intention to dominate the internet the way he dominates newspapers in Australia, and traditional media around the world. smh.com.au

    1124318924

    08/17/2005

    Opening Pandora’s inbox

    Microsoft has reached a settlement with one of the world’s leading spammers which includes a payment of $7m to the software giant. Despite legal and technological challenges, spamming is still a big problem. And a new form of the scourge could prove even more costly to the unwary economist.com

    1124318854

    08/17/2005

    Sex differences matter on the Internet

    BOSTON (AP) — It's no secret that men and women tend to spend their time on the Internet quite differently. But British researchers suggest it's not just a Web site's subject or function that determines whether it will draw more men or women. The appearance of the site also might play a subtle role. usatoday.com

    1124318774

    08/17/2005

    Google Shops AdWords in China

    Google has entered a new phase of its Asian expansion with the launch of an AdWords authorized reseller program in China. The company has anointed three Chinese firms to launch the program clickz.com

    1124318680

    08/11/2005

    ValueClick to Acquire Fastclick; Transaction to Position ValueClick as the Largest Online Ad Network Provider

    WESTLAKE VILLAGE & SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2005--ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCLK) and Fastclick, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSTC) today jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement in which Fastclick would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ValueClick. Fastclick provides online advertising services and technologies, including an advertising network of more than 9,000 third-party Websites that reaches over 112 million unique U.S. Internet users (Source: comScore Media Metrix June 2005 Ad-Focus Report). In the transaction, each outstanding share of Fastclick common stock will be exchanged for 0.7928 of a share of ValueClick common stock. businesswire.com

    1123768733

    08/10/2005

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. is being sued over accusations that it overcharged advertisers that use the Web search giant's paid search advertising program, which accounts for the vast majority of Google's revenue.

    Google has entered a new phase of its Asian expansion with the launch of an AdWords authorized reseller program in China. The company has anointed three Chinese firms to launch the program. clickz.com

    1123700129

    08/10/2005

    Google sued over advertising fees

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. is being sued over accusations that it overcharged advertisers that use the Web search giant's paid search advertising program, which accounts for the vast majority of Google's revenue. money.cnn.com

    1123700012

    08/10/2005

    Google to Buy Meetroduction

    Google is expected to announce the acquisition of Meetroduction later this week, a source close to the transaction told internetnews.com. internetnews.com

    1123699893

    08/10/2005

    Spam King, Microsoft End Standoff

    Scott Richter, one-time spam king and now legitimate e-mail marketer, has reached an out-of-court settlement with Microsoft (Quote, Chart), officials said Tuesday. internetnews.com

    1123699837

    08/10/2005

    Revenue.net Launches Performance-Based Search Network

    Revenue.net launched a new performance-based search marketing network this week at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. clickz.com

    1123699694

    08/10/2005

    Online Ad Spend to Climb Through 2010

    Online advertising continues to grow. A forecast from JupiterResearch says online ad spending will reach $18.9 billion in 2010, double 2004's expenditure. clickz.com

    1123699620

    08/10/2005

    IAB Members Near Measurement Compliance; Yahoo! Bows Own Platform

    Two separate announcements this morning suggest progress is being made in the quest to give advertisers better measurement of online campaigns. clickz.com

    1123699470

    08/10/2005

    Baidu.com Gets Rousing Welcome

    Chinese search provider Baidu.com (Quote, Chart), dubbed the "Google of China," became the hottest IPO in more than five years Friday, soaring 354% in its Wall Street debut. internetnews.com

    1123699320

    08/10/2005

    Commerce Dept. Signs up For Red Hat

    The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) is buying $8 million worth of Red Hat's Linux software and services. The deal was awarded through Red Hat reseller DLT Solutions, which has been a Red Hat partner since 2000. internetnews.co

    1123699259

    08/10/2005

    Microsoft/Google Drama Glamorous, Not Unexpected

    It didn't take a crystal ball for Google to foresee there would be trouble if it hired Kai-Fu Lee away from Microsoft internetnews.com

    1123698638

    08/10/2005

    AOL LatAm venture got lost in translation

    FORT LAUDERDALE — There isn't even a place to sit in the unlit reception area of the nearly empty office that was to have been America Online Inc.'s launchpad to Internet domination in Latin America. usatoday.com

    1123698520

    08/10/2005

    Bridging the Google Ad Gap

    If you think about it, Google, with its $82 billion market cap, offers just a hint of the potential for online advertising. www.wired.com

    1123698381

    08/10/2005

    Why Yahoo Bought Konfabulator

    Yahoo's recent purchase of Pixoria, developer of the quirky but seriously cool Konfabulator platform, has many pundits scratching their heads—what on earth would a web search company want with all of those software widgets? searchenginewatch.com

    1123698005

    08/10/2005

    Search Engine Penalties at Yahoo & MSN

    In the second of a two-part article, we look at search engine penalties applied by Yahoo and MSN, and how webmasters can avoid them, or get them removed once sites are in the penalty box. searchenginewatch.com

    1123697871

    08/10/2005

    Google Simplifies & Loosens Requirements for AdWords

    Google is making changes to its AdWords program intended to provide advertisers with more control over campaigns while potentially improving relevance for users. ecommerce-guide.com

    1123697792

    08/10/2005

    Advertising.com, FTC settle SpyBlast case

    An America Online subsidiary will no longer bundle its anti-spyware program with software that tracks consumers' online habits and force-feeds them pop-up ads, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. news.com.com

    1123697643

    08/10/2005

    MSN Details Paid Search Product

    MSN has a name and expected due date to its in-utero keyword bid management platform. The product is a critical component of the portal and its strategy going forward. clickz.com

    1123697458

    08/10/2005

    Scout Media is acquired by Fox division

    Seattle-based Scout Media Inc., which operates a network of more than 200 sports Web sites and 47-team specific magazines, is being acquired in a multimillion-dollar deal by News Corp.'s newly formed Internet division. seattlepi.nwsource.com

    1123697387

    08/10/2005

    AOL Cites Q2 45% Ad Revenue Jump

    America Online's reinvention appears to be coming at the right time. Just as the relaunched AOL.com portal rolls out in beta form, the company announced a whopping 45 percent increase in ad revenue in second quarter, hitting $320 million. mediaweek.com

    1123697326

    08/03/2005

    Mozilla Goes For More Green

    The Mozilla Foundation has created a commercial subsidiary in order to generate revenue and increase market share. internetnews.com

    1123107629

    08/03/2005

    Ask Jeeves Again Cuts Back on Paid Listings

    InterActiveCorp (IAC) plans to further cut the number of paid search links appearing in Ask Jeeves' search results, the company announced during its Q2 earnings call yesterday. clickz.com

    1123107566

    08/03/2005

    Yahoo! Unveils AdSense Alternative

    Yahoo's long-awaited self-service contextual ad network will launch in the United States in a limited beta test today, extending the reach of Yahoo! Search Marketing ads through small and mid-sized publishers. clickz.com

    1123107499

    08/03/2005

    ClickZ Sold to Incisive

    Jupitermedia has signed an agreement to sell The ClickZ Network to London-based Incisive, a provider of business information services. clickz.com

    1123107084

    08/03/2005

    One blog created 'every second'

    The blogosphere is continuing to grow, with a weblog created every second, according to blog trackers Technorati. news.bbc.co.uk

    1123107020

    08/03/2005

    In 'cookie' fight, it's not clear who's winning

    NEW YORK Internet users are taking back control of their computers, and online marketers and publishers are not pleased. www.iht.com

    1123106958

    08/03/2005

    Coping with Search Engine Penalties

    Search engine penalties are present and pervasive, and are a primary method used by search engines to control webmasters. Unless webmasters understand what they are and what to do about them, their websites could easily trigger a penalty, losing traffic and revenue. searchenginewatch.com

    1123106883

    08/03/2005

    Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge

    A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and that the voices of each engine are growing even more unique. searchenginewatch.com

    1123106834

    08/03/2005

    Ask Jeeves Bows New Sponsored Listings

    Ask Jeeves throws its hat into the paid search ring with a new auction-based, pay-per-click sponsored listings product. clickz

    1123106737

    08/03/2005

    The New Crystal Ball: It's the Internet

    Giants of Web commerce like Yahoo offer gobs of up-to-the-second marketing information. Newsweek

    1123106590

    08/03/2005

    Ask Jeeves Bows New Sponsored Listings

    Ask Jeeves throws its hat into the paid search ring with a new auction-based, pay-per-click sponsored listings product. clickz.com

    1123106475

    08/03/2005

    Google Adds Spanish-language Inventory with Univision

    Google has struck a multi-year deal with Univision Online that will provide AdWords advertisers with more Spanish-language ad inventory on both search and content pages of the Univision.com Web site. clickz.com

    1123106326

    08/03/2005

    LookSmart Losses Widen

    "LookSmart's second quarter results were mixed," said CEO David Hills. "The top-line was negatively impacted by our ongoing efforts to streamline our network to focus on productive traffic. We now have a better performing and higher value ad network clickz.com

    1123106240

    08/03/2005

    Products' New Fame Game on TV

    As more viewers zip past ads, product placement on shows is taking off in a big way -- and changing the way marketing deals are done businessweek.com

    1123106108

    08/03/2005

    Marchex Buys IndustryBrains

    Marchex has acquired IndustryBrains, a CPC ad network focused mainly on business technology sites, for $31 million. clickz.com

    1123105923

    08/03/2005

    The Birth of Google

    Larry thought Sergey was arrogant. Sergey thought Larry was obnoxious. But their obsession with backlinks just might be the start of something big. wired.com

    1123105763

    07/28/2005

    Keepin' it on the Download

    At first it was just music. Now companies from Hollywood to major-league sports—to TV news—are racing to cash in. Inside the 'digitainment' gold rush. msnbc.msn.com

    1122557369

    07/28/2005

    Yahoo's Brilliant Solution

    By figuring out how to make brand advertising work online, Terry Semel is on the verge of creating the 21st century's first media giant. fortune.com

    1122557194

    07/28/2005

    Entrepreneurs: Give Me MySpace, Dude!

    A homegrown Web site that turned music fandom into gold msnbc.msn.com

    1122557084

    07/28/2005

    All The News That Clicks

    Newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines are scrambling to boost their Web presence. usnews.com

    1122556902

    07/28/2005

    INNOVATION: THE FUTURE OF ADVERTISING

    Google is just the beginning. The Internet is finally reaching its potential as a selling machine. And advertising will never be the same. fortune.com

    1122556781

    07/28/2005

    Ameritrade Tops Online Brokers in Report

    Ameritrade (Quote, Chart)earned the top spot among online brokers in a just-released report by JupiterResearch. internetnews.com

    1122556597

    07/28/2005

    Amazon Stands Tall

    Amazon.com (Quote, Chart) showed late Tuesday that it still has the stuff to wow Wall Street. internetnews.com

    1122556464

    07/28/2005

    Media Maze: Oh, What a Feeling

    Media Strategies Editor Jim Meskauskas explores how marketers can make emotional connections with audiences online. imediaconnection.com

    1122556429

    07/28/2005

    Zappos.com makes it look easy, continued

    Zappos.com, the fast-growing online shoe retailer, said it has raised another $15 million from the big-name Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital. siliconbeat.com

    1122556120

    07/27/2005

    Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartmen

    Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head. mosnews.com moscowtimes.ru

    1122476243

    07/18/2005

    Google Simplifies & Loosens Requirements for AdWords

    Google is making changes to its AdWords program intended to provide advertisers with more control over campaigns while potentially improving relevance for users. searchenginewatch.com

    1121723788

    07/18/2005

    E-Mailers Lobby FTC for Opt-Out Sunset Provision

    E-mail marketers are lobbying the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to add a sunset provision to the CAN-SPAM Act that would allow e-mail addresses to be automatically removed from suppression files after five years. www.clickz.com

    1121723701

    07/18/2005

    'Harry Potter' Brings Magic to E-commerce Muggles

    You don't have to graduate from Hogwarts to be a wizard. Modern e-commerce "magic" is helping to bring the latest Harry Potter book to muggles (non-wizards) of all ages. ecommerce-guide.com

    1121723567

    07/18/2005

    News Corp. Acquires Intermix Media

    News Corp. (Quote, Chart) is acquiring Intermix Media (Quote, Chart) for approximately $580 million. News Corp. said the acquisition will nearly double its Web traffic to more than 45 million unique monthly visitors. internetnews.com

    1121723475

    07/18/2005

    States Tackle Unsavory E-Mails

    Moving ahead with a program the feds didn't want to touch, Michigan and Utah are will have e-mail registries to protect children from unsavory content. internetnews.com

    1121723344

    07/13/2005

    Marketers Take Their Tech Medicine at Authentication Summit

    Worlds collided yesterday as an estimated 450 marketers and information technology executives met in a first-of-its-kind summit on e-mail authentication. clickz.com

    1121301220

    07/13/2005

    Microsoft Drops Claria Purchase Talks

    NEW YORK Microsoft has ended negotiations to buy Claria in response to the potential negative publicity, according to sources. adweek.com

    1121301116

    07/13/2005

    Tech Coalition Seeking Input to Define Spyware

    A group of software vendors and technology organizations wants a universal definition of the term spyware (define) before attempting to limit the technology's reach, officials said Tuesday. internetnews.com

    1121301008

    07/13/2005

    Search Ad Costs Slow

    NEW YORK Separate surveys by investment banks SG Cowen and Piper Jaffray found the price of keywords advertising was mostly flat in the second quarter. adweek.com

    1121300533

    07/13/2005

    Stop reading this headline and get back to work

    Traipsing around the Internet is the most popular form of loafing on the job. The insurance industry is particularly rife with goofing off, and Missouri is the top state for time-wasters. news.zdnet.com