Database Savvy Leads to Personalized Publishing

Reason Magazine Editor Nick Gillespie asks, "What if you received a magazine that only had stories and ads that you were interested in and pertained to you? That would be a magazine that everyone would want to read." He's right... continue reading »

Email Provider Spurred to Match 1Gig Google Limit

Smalltime free web email provider Spymac copied Google's move to increase user accounts to a gigabyte of storage. The Apple-oriented company made the move to help gain new members and help provide more grist for its advertising, web hosting and... continue reading »

Gmail, Like Much Else, an E.U. Privacy Violation

Privacy International filed a complaint in the U.K. to attempt to spur an investigation into Google's new Gmail service's privacy practices. European privacy laws make a great many information transactions illegal - even some extremely innocuous ones - unless they... continue reading »

RealNetworks' Fee vs. Free Efforts too Aggressive

RealNetworks' media player may be "free," but it certainly takes some searching to find the download. It is often hidden in relatively fine print and behind offers for fee-based versions that confuse visitors. This might help explain why Real's paid... continue reading »

Kanoodle Disses Google's 'Band Aid'

It must be the election year, because things are getting aggressive. There's mud flying. Lance Podell, president and CEO, Kanoodle called Google's Smart Pricing a "Band Aid," and over the last two days Google and Overture have issues competing press... continue reading »

Aussie Online Market on a Big Roll

The Australian online ad industry is on a roll, having grown 40 percent last year to come close to hitting the quarter billion Australian dollar mark. That's about 10 percent of television billings. Big clients came from financial, technology and... continue reading »

First Impression Gets Best Results, High Frequency Inefficient

The first impression is the most likely to convert, according to a new AtlasDMT study. Although the results varied among advertisers and types of offers, in general the most effective ad was the one that a viewer saw first. The... continue reading »

Week's Returns Show 16 Percent Hike in E-commerce

The week ending March 21 showed a 16 percent increase in online retail spending versus the year-ago period. $1.1 billion was spent online for the week, according to comScore. This upward trend flew against a headwind of a 4 percent... continue reading »

March Madness Boosts Sports Sites

March Madness cause big spikes in traffic to sports related websites, reports Nielsen//NetRatings. AOL Sports was the big winner with visits up 69 percent during the week of March 14 - the first week of NCAA tournament play - but... continue reading »

Gmail Tested, Reviewed

Lucky guy Sean B. Palmer received one of the 1,000 new Gmail accounts from Google, and lucky for everyone else, he wrote an in-depth review of the service, describing the interface, the several innovations and even provided screenshots. It would... continue reading »

IMs Must be Recorded to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley

A U.S. law requiring publicly traded firms to keep track of internal communications - in an attempt to keep them honest on financial reporting issues, among other things - is running up against the ethereal nature of instant messaging. The... continue reading »