ClickZ's Stats site, formerly CyberAtlas, compiled a few estimates of internet populations both globally and by nation. The Computer Industry Almanac reports that the current population sits at about 934 million and is projected to grow to just over a...
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Keynote, famed as the maker of website performance measurement tools that report how terrible major e-commerce firm sites do each Christmas season, purchased Vividence, the online customer research tool maker. Keynote previously acquired two other online research firms: Enviz and...
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An effort by the conservative Pennsylvania state government to ban a blacklist of sites that included some pornography sites (and some odd non-porn choices) finally was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. The law put in place criminal penalties for...
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Tacoda, the behavioral targeting technology firm, started pushing 22 broad behavior categories it has as the seeds of an industry standard. Some targeting firms have been cobbling together different behavioral profiles for each individual client. But advertisers with big budgets...
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MarketWatch reports that mutual fund firm Fidelity's parent company FMR had collected more than 15 percent of Google's newly minted Class A shares. Google's share structure was designed such that even acquiring a majority of Class A shares will not...
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Weather.com will now offer advertorials and the ability to switch out creative based on current weather. Scott's, a company that makes lawn fertilizer, will test out the program in an attempt to reach viewers who tend to read the site...
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Britney Spears will star in online ads featuring an Elizabeth Arden fragrance called Curious. The ad is to break first late this week on the Arden website, and Revolution Magazine reports that it will be "provocative." Revolution reports....
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WPP Group, owner of JWT and Ogilvy, won the bidding for Grey Global Group, offering $1,005 per share, half in cash and half in stock. Grey's stock previously traded at $940. The offer would value the last of the independent...
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The "plateau" in internet penetration figures Harris Interactive reported at the beginning of this year turned out to be a false peak. After growing only two percent between 2002 and 2003, the penetration figures showed four percent growth in the...
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PayPal will enforce its morals clauses with extra fines and fees starting September 24. The terms of service have long banned the purchase of adult content, shady prescription drugs dealings and gambling services, and the e-commerce payment firm owned by...
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