The world of search is so opportune precisely because it's not efficiently exploited by many advertisers. This means that competitors can make a good deal of money on the under-exploited keywords. And, with affiliate programs, you don't have to really...
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A newly released U.N. report indicates that the U.S. accounts for more than half of all spam sent, with China coming in a distant second place, accounting for about one in 20 spam messages. The study took as its data...
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Michael Wolff's Media Life column points out the existential frustration felt now by former Internet bubble employees who now sit by as their once-ridiculed predictions about the migration of business and media to the Internet come true, now that the...
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China added regulation to improve standards and tighten its regulatory hold on dot-cn domains. Reuters reports. Keith Pieper posts....
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The most recent figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce point to a healthy online shopping season with $13.29 billion being spent in a three-month period through September 30. MediaPost reports. Steve Hall posts....
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Do you hate Google yet? At first glance, the question seems absurd. What's to hate about an Internet site where you can go and find out about practically anything, free of charge? Comments one wag "Google is about to join,...
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The House of Representatives passed an anti-spam bill that would create a do-not-spam list, but also legalize opt-out spam messages. The measure would over-ride several more stringent state laws, most notably the California law set to go into force on...
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Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft. The software maker is contemplating zapping pop-ups...
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People now treat the Internet much like many do the television set, as a central household touch-point with the outside world. An ethnographic study of 23 American households by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) indicates that they consider the Internet...
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A&E will begin to rollout new TV content, including show trailers, behind-the-scenes footage, director's commentary and special offers for programming from A&E, The History Channel and Biography Channel currently not available elsewhere. MarketWatch reports....
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A Miami Herald investigation shows that online shopping rating services - many positioning themselves as unbiased sources, like Consumer Reports - are actually trying to gin up revenues by soliciting e-commerce sites to pay them to increase their ratings or...
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In this impossibly comprehensive article, Jennifer Egan examines the ins and outs of online dating. And just in case marketers thought they were the only ones concerned with metrics and response rates: "Greg's style has evolved over time: It used...
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Given that agencies and sites had a backup set of their own performance data, it was inevitable that research firms like Nielsen//Netratings and comScore would suffer from heavy criticism and second-guessing of their methodologies. One prominent industry media director said...
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The Webcaster Alliance has asked ICANN to investigate domain registrar GoDaddy after the registrar pulled the Alliance's website from the Internet. The Register reports. Keith Pieper comments....
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A court found for ICANN in a lawsuit filed by two domain registrars claiming anti-competitive practices regarding the controversial Wait List Service. Silicon.com reports. Kieth Pieper posts....
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To speed up access to the Internet, the Middle East gets is first DNS root-server while the Asia-Pacific will get an additional two root-servers. News Alert reports....
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Those in business and government in third world nations are beginning to recognize the ability of the Internet as a platform on which to build profitable businesses. New York Times reports. Steve Hall posts....
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Many newspapers have recently decided that having two newsrooms - one for print and one for online - doesn't make much sense. One by one, papers are moving their online staff into the main newsroom. Now if only the ad...
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According to a new Pew Internet study, longtime technology users are the ones setting tech trends, such as giving up landline phones in exchange for mobiles. CNET reports. David Berkowitz grumbles....
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