Alan Meckler, CEO of Jupitermedia, said yesterday in his blog that his firm initiated legal action against research aggregator eMarketer for the "nasty habit of copying JupiterResearch's original analysis and research." eMarketer compiles published research in the industry and tries...
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ClickZ interviewed blog-for-profit publisher Nick Denton, who seems determined to project a slacker attitude that would be most attractive to the audiences of his portfolio of blogs: young males. Some nuggets: Microsoft pulled out of an ad deal due to...
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comScore reported another week of greatly expanded e-commerce, with the week ending June 20 accounting for just over $1 billion in online retail transactions. That figure is a third larger than the same week last year, and makes for the...
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The SmartBargains IPO announced two days ago now has a number stuck to it: $80.5 million is the maximum amount suggested to be raised by the offering. The discount e-tailer pointed in its financial filings to underserved markets in kids,...
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California's privacy policy law kicked into effect at the beginning of July, requiring web firms dealing with California residents publish a privacy policy with specific features. Sites failing to meet all the requirement are to be exposed to civil liability...
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Yahoo, the last of the big three search engines to keep the "busy" look of a complex search engine started beta testing (at new.search.yahoo.com) a slightly simpler look. The big change seems to be the better separation of paid listings...
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Danny Sullivan put Microsoft's new beta search engine through its paces and found it to be a good first effort, but not up to competitive snuff. The good news is that there are some improvements to be made that should...
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AdWeek reports that Match.com chose Boston suburb-based Mullen to run its media account. Match.com is changing media agencies in the midst of a new campaign launch that started in mid-June and is set to run for the rest of the...
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In explaining why they don't use the net to purchase goods, about two out of five people in the U.K. admitted to an "irrational fear" of the Internet, according to a Visa-sponsored study. A third said they simply didn't know...
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In a maneuver with little political significance, but perhaps showing continuing intent to emphasize his web efforts, presidential contender Senator John Kerry announced to his email list his decision to choose former rival John Edwards as his running mate, about...
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