Geico-Google Case Dismissal Denied

John Battelle reports that the judge in the Geico-Google case denied Google's motion to dismiss the suit for...

Net Ads Lead Media Growth Again

Ad spending is up, especially on the web, according to a New York Times report on CMR data...

Black Friday Up 11 Percent on Web

Internet Retailer reports that Nielsen/NetRatings found an 11 percent rise in online shopping on this year's Black Friday,...

Big 3 Differ on Strategy for Video Search

SearchEngineLowdown provided a much-needed summary for a CNET piece on the big three search players' efforts to include...

Mamma Enters to Desktop Search with Copernic Buy

Desktop search and meta search firm Copernic agreed to be purchased by Canadian firm Mamma.com, pending shareholder approval....

Screensaver Lets Users Exact Revenge on Spammers

Lycos Europe launched a free screensaver that deliberately clogs spam servers. The "Make Love Not Spam" screensaver, available...

E-Commerce Sites Slowing Under Load

Keynote Systems reports that bigger than expected demand on e-commerce sites is degrading performance, reducing reliability to 80...

Arbitron Jumps Back into Net Radio Ratings with comScore

ClickZ reports that Arbitron will jump back into online radio ratings, having formed a new partnership with comScore...

Online Sales Up 9 Percent in November's 2nd Week

comScore reports that online retail spending grew only nine percent for the week ending November 14, according to...

Anti-Adware Advocate Criticizes Claria User Agreement

MediaPost points to an anti-adware advocate's report surmising that Claria's user terms indicate that using some popular anti-spyware...

Report: Google Looking for Agency

SearchEngineLowdown pointed out that rumors are afoot that Google is seeking an agency relationship. To date the firm...

Thanksgiving Outsells 'Black Friday'

Hitwise reports that the biggest shopping day to date online was Thanksgiving itself, rather than the following "Black...