DE Technologies, a small Quebec firm, claimed intellectual property rights to international online commerce, threatening legal action against several New Zealand e-commerce companies. DE Technologies owns a U.S. patent granted in October 2002 after a five-year application process. The company's...
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Movie studios are finding that the internet is playing an increasingly significant role in determining the success of their films. Negative word of mouth is being blamed for low summer sales. CS Monitor reports. Robert Loch comments. ...
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Microdoc News has published their primary research into the question of whether Google's search results are overly influenced by blogging. Robert Loch comments. ...
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MSNBC reports that online marketers are discovering that purchasing media in audience-targeted packages increases efficiency and presents less ad clutter to viewers. MSNBC's Jane Weaver reports. Tig Tillinghast comments....
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CNET: Can Google save America Online?
AOL declined to comment for this CNET article about terms of its deal with Google, but it did say that search traffic is up one third above last year. That fuels speculation that search ads...
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IBM sponsors a new Forbes.com "Executive Connection" desktop application that provides instant and customized Forbes content. It also provides company profile searches and IT-related white papers and case studies. MediaPost reports. Tig Tillinghast posts....
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Online planning tools used to create campaigns have progressed to a level of sophistication that allows both online and traditional planners to more effectively manage campaigns. MediaPost reports. Steve Hall comments....
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Rich media and large format ads were used twice as often this quarter, constituting about one out of three ads served, according to the just-released DoubleClick Q2 3003 Ad Serving Trend Report. Employing the internet for branding also rose. MediaPost...
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MarketWatch.com is buying Pinnacor, formerly known as ScreamingMedia, for $103.2 million, including $44 million in cash to Pinnacor stockholders. MarketWatch said it will form a new company as a result of the merger. Details in a press release. Rick Bruner...
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Overture reported a 74 percent rise in revenue for the second quarter to $265.3 million, but profits dropped due to an increase in expenses. Reuters reports. Rick Bruner posts....
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LookSmart, with apparently nothing better to put out a press release about, notes that it has served its billionth paid click for its paid inclusion program. Rick Bruner, noting that the release is coincidentally the billionth piece of otherwise useless,...
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Heedless of the DMA's calls for halting efforts to create a national do not spam list, New York Sen. Charles Schumer accelerated efforts by moving list language into a pending spam bill that might receive a vote as early as...
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Yet another major publisher signs up for Google's popular AdSense product. Rick Bruner posts....
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Agreeing with Rick Bruner's assessment posted yesterday, the NYT reports that investors were not encouraged by Time Warner AOL's strong revenue and profit numbers, owing to continued inherent weaknesses in the online division. Rick Bruner posts....
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CNET's revenues inched up to $58.4 million for the second quarter this year, up two percent compared to the same period last year, while its second-quarter loss narrowed to $11.6 million from $25.8 million a year ago. WSJ and a...
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Harris Interactive, in a study of 13-24 year olds, found the group spends 16.7 hours per week online and only 13.6 hours watching television. The study says young people are turning to the web for its interactivity and the ability...
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MarketingSherpa case study of how CRM consultants Iunctura.com targeted senior executives online with a combination of discussion forum posting, landing page tweaking, loving attention and lead database management. Rick Bruner comments....
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With Fox as the only major studio holdout, Movielink now has contracts signed with most major film studios to distribute their films as online download rentals. The service works only on the PC. CNET reports. Tig Tillinghast posts....
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Looks like plans are moving ahead to let Americans in the military and those living abroad cast their ballots online. What I’m waiting for is the day that this becomes available to the general population. USA Today reports. Tom Hespos comments....
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