Pop-Ups Need to Get Smart

Business Week takes a look at the plight of the pop-up as it walks down the plank of doom toward the fate sealed when Microsoft announced it would embed a pop-up killer in its new Internet Explorer. Business Week reports.... continue reading »

1/3 of British Companies Don't Have a Website

It is no secret that the U.K. is way behind when it comes to the Internet, both in terms of e-commerce and Internet marketing. However even I, as an ardent critic of our dull dot-com sector, wasn't prepared for this... continue reading »

HotJobs Relaunches as Yahoo HotJobs

Yahoo launched a branding campaign to re-name it's HotJobs property to Yahoo Hotjobs. Online Recruitment reports. Steve Hall posts.... continue reading »

E-Tailers Motivated to Please

BusinessWeek reports that online shoppers have become online buyers, in good part because the e-tailers are giving customers what they want: service, integration with stores and decent return policies. Comparison sites, such as Shopping.com and BizRate are growing fast -... continue reading »

Computer Terms not PC Enough

After a Los Angeles County employee sued for sexual discrimination for merely being exposed to equipment labeled with the computer terms "master" and "slave" - a common, nonsexual usage akin to the client-server relationship - the county is now asking... continue reading »

Online Holiday Shoppers Early Starters

Many online shoppers had the holiday jump on the Black Friday mall crowds, having started earlier than retailers typically expect. The new eSpending Report, based on surveys done by Harris Interactive, found that online shoppers start earlier, and some have... continue reading »

Organic SEO Stresses Marketers

Organic or natural search engine optimization (SEO) is a powerful way to get traffic to a site, and the term freeloaders in this Post story makes it seem like the free traffic is actually free. Well, Google may not get... continue reading »

Shopping Portals Role Increasing

It is no surprise that holiday shoppers are turning to shopping engines. What may be surprising is that more of them are turning to shopping specific search portals designed just for shoppers. The article mentions that these portals including Dealtime/Shopping.com,... continue reading »

Webmasters vs Google, the Game Continues

Google's Pagerank, the core of its search algorithm, was supposed to remove webmaster manipulation of search results, and while organic SEO manipulation of search results is more difficult than it ever was, there was still quite a lot of manipulation... continue reading »

Ruder Finn Debuts Mr. Picassohead Viral Toy

Well, knock me down with a feature: an interactive PR company actually did something really cool online. Useless, but cool. The company lets people doodle online with a Mr. Picassohead application to create their own art masterpieces. Visitors can also... continue reading »