Jason Kottke (web designer of
Gawker among other sites) wrote a great short essay, observing an NYC coffee cart vendor who quickened the pace of his service by letting customers make their own change from a pile of coins...
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DoubleClick envisions an ad recovery underway, reporting net income up for Q2 2003 even as email revenue dropped 7 percent over last year. Internet Advertising Report covers. Steve Hall posts....
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In 1997, Microsoft launched a concerted effort to build its own search engine. That effort, codenamed Yukon, failed. It appears to have never been opened to public use, although former Microsoft executives familiar with the program at the time declined...
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What started out as speculation stemming from job postings, leaks and other indirect information is now taking the form of an official Microsoft effort to build a search engine. ClickZ's Danny Sullivan provides the newest details. Tig Tillinghast posts....
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Promoclock is rolling out its premier product, a desktop clock application that can be branded with advertising messages. MediaPost reports. Steve Hall comments....
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Buy.com's new music service works only on the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Critics have been quick to point out the seeming hypocritical nature of Buy.com's own allegations against Apple Computer - that their music service is platform-dependent. However, Buy.com at...
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The Direct Marketing Association called on New York Senator Charles Schumer to drop sponsorship of legislation he introduced to Congress in June that would create the email equivalent of the now wildly-popular do-not-call list for telemarketing. Internet Advertising Report covers....
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Combining star endorsers and an online mystery hunt, Reebok's new "Whodunit?" campaign has viewers view a crime scene, interview witnesses and interrogate suspects. New clues arrive over time via email. Would-be sleuths must determine which of the professional basketball players...
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AtmosphereBBDO will build and launch AOL's new online marketing campaign for AOL 9.0. In June, BBDO, the traditional arm of the online agency, won AOL's product advertising and broadband accounts. Adweek reports. Tig Tillinghast posts....
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AOL Time Warner reported a doubling of quarterly profit today, but the news isn't all good. Most of the boost came from a Microsoft lawsuit settlement, while a record 846,000 subscribers quit the online service that quarter, spelling serious continued...
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Amazon's strategy of cutting their traditional media ad budget and using it to fund cheaper shipping appears to have paid off with sales up 37 percent in the second quarter. Brand Republic reports. Robert Loch comments....
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Motley Fool analyst Rex Moore calls eBay's decision to start featuring text ads on its service "a defining moment in eBay's evolution which slipped by virtually unnoticed." Rick Bruner comments....
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Ask Jeeves reported a quarterly profit of $5.2 million on revenue of $25.6 million today, up 66% in revenue from a year earlier, crediting stronger traffic and better monetization of traffic for the results. The company also announced promoting Steve...
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