Path to AOL and Microsoft Accounts Lies Through Sender ID

Marketers and newsletter publishers hoping to get email into mail boxes of AOL, and Microsoft email accounts will likely have to become Sender ID compliant. Microsoft email programs include those from MSN and Hotmail. Senders who aren't identified in emails... continue reading »

Google IPO Off and Running, Much Reduced

After lowering the number of shares offered and pricing the offering at the low end of its restated expected range, Google sold $1.66 billion of stock to outside investors. The offering pegs Google's total value at $23 billion, far lower... continue reading »

Eolas Rich Media Patent on Way to Grave

Microsoft won yet again against Eolas, the patent holder that initially won a half-billion dollar judgment against the software maker. This spring the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office started a review of that patent after it became something of a... continue reading »

'Blogversations' Intro Advertorial to Blogs

Blogversations, a new company that is half PR firm and half ad rep, is offering a service whereby it will get advertiser's stories placed on blogs. The participating blogs explicitly accept money for entertaining the topics, although they reportedly are... continue reading »

Jupitermedia Warns Sponsors not to Spam

SearchEngineLowdown reports that Jupitermedia, organizer of the popular Search Engine Strategies conferences, sent out an email to sponsors warning them not to abuse the list of names of attendees. The email comes after a blogger posted an online complaint alleging... continue reading »

aQuantive to Issue $70 Million in Debt

Just as it seems the public markets haven't been very friendly to internet stock offerings, online services holding company aQuantive announced it will seek $70 million in a private debt offering. aQuantive said it will use part of the $70... continue reading »

Small Biz Putting Up Sites, Not Marketing Efforts

The Kelsey Group reported that while many small businesses are putting up websites, the vast majority aren't using the web for marketing. One in 16 reported having tried search advertising, one in 7 reported having optimized websites to search engines... continue reading »

WebSideStory Cuts IPO Price

Following a consistent recent trend in internet companies seeking to go public, WebSideStory cut its projected share price by about 25 percent. It said shares would likely be priced between $8 and $9, putting the company at a valuation of... continue reading »

Broadband Doubled to Third of U.K. Users

Almost a third of U.K. internet users are now on broadband, a doubling over last year, according to that country's Office of National Statistics. For the first time, there are fewer dial-up connections than there were back when that office... continue reading »

Broadband Up but Not Over Hump

While Nielsen's NetRatings division reported that a majority of internet households now has broadband access, another study by Leichtman Research shows that this growth is slowing. Despite the crossing of the 50 percent mark, more dial-up connections are actually used... continue reading »

Man in Tutu Upstages Olympics Sponsors

A man wearing a tutu and an ad for online gaming site Golden Palace who dived into an Olympic swimming pool was fined 300 Euros and released on bail for his appeal of a five-month prison sentence. He had interrupted... continue reading »