Chinese 'Amazon' Run on Bikes and Cash

An enterprising outfit in China, recognizing the country lacked the financial and delivery infrastructure to launch an Amazon.com-like...

FTC Chair Still Negative, but Open on Do-Not-Spam Registry

Timothy Muris, the Federal Trade Commission chairman who didn't endear himself to email users last year when he...

GOP Discovers Pop-ups, Conducts Test

The Republican Party is testing out two pop-up ad creative messages for the presidential race, prompting Democrat opposition...

Hollywood Innovates Online (No Kidding)

Hollywood is trying something innovative online, with Warner Bros. releasing the first eight minutes of its upcoming "Taking...

Microsoft Cheered, Jeered on 'Postage' Efforts

Microsoft's plans to put payments behind an identity-verification system for email has given both hope and alarm to...

Specially-Tailored Utah Spyware Law Not Very Well Tailored

Almost all of the biggest Internet companies signed a letter together to lobby Utah not to sign into...

One in Five Permission Emails Blocked by ISP

About one in five emails sent to subscribers of newsletters or other permission lists gets caught as a...

Many Online Transactions 'Double Counted,' Need to be Parsed

Eric Picard started a series on a now-classic conundrum within online marketing: How do you credit a sale...

Addressable Advertising Spreads to Top Ten Markets

Addressable advertising, a method by which specific commercials are delivered to a specific demo through cable, is now...

Affiliate Marketer Turns to Web Services

This review of the state of affiliate marketing contains a couple interesting bits. First, the boast by Vaughan...