Mailblocks is lucky the company that bought it turned out to be AOL, the largest - and sometimes one of the pickiest - internet service providers when it comes to delivering email. The company, which sells subscriptions to its service...
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Ask Jeeves developed a new local search interface, putting several localized searching services in one place. Included in a tab interface are local listings, maps, driving directions, news and weather. Clicking on one of the links changes the nature of...
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Former Georgia-Pacific CSO Bob Hayes was named as CXO's new CSO, along with long-time CXO manager Cathy O'Leary's appointment to CMO of the publishing firm that puts out titles CIO, CSO and CMO....
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Direct marketing firm Cendant is suing Amazon.com for allegedly violating a patent related to product recommendations generated from past purchase behavior. Amazon has already been sued at least once for alleged patent infringement over the same basic issue. Many patents...
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BlogAds.com, the network of roughly 500 blogs, sold plenty of advertising running up to the elections, according to BusinessWeek, but some question whether or not the smallish diary websites have the staying power and relevance to attract continued advertising after...
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SearchEngineWatch called a CNET item on Google's long-term content strategy "speculation." The story indicated only a loose connection between certain hires and acquisitions, drawing a conclusion that the web portal may have ambitions of becoming a major web content creator....
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LookSmart developed a joint venture with UpSnap to offer free mobile telephone directory assistance in exchange users allowing advertisers to send them text messages. Mobile phone users can look up the "Free 411" service and get phone numbers at no...
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BIGResearch released its fall 2004 cross media study at an Advertising Research Foundation conference in New York today, measuring media usage of more than 10,000 people. The company reported that five out of six people indicated they use more than...
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The American Advertising Federation published results from a survey that indicated advertisers are starting to treat online media as both a "traditional" and a larger part of their media budgets. According to the survey, major marketers spent more than eight...
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Jupiter says the fourth quarter will see e-commerce revenues of about $21.5 billion. comScore pegs the figure at $20 billion. Yesterday, MarketingVOX ran a story showing eMarketer believed the figure to be $16.7 billion. The chart at left (click to...
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Google finally published some of its guidelines as to what will get ads accepted or rejected. Verboten are fireworks, hacking aids, spam services, miracle cures and prostitution. Those were the easy things, though, most of which would be assumed by...
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The Canadian government reported that Americans started hitting their immigration website intensely when President George Bush officially acknowledged his election victory. Favorite pages of interest proved to be the skilled worker online self-assessment form. Canada will take some Americans northward...
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