Domains Hit New Record, Credit Goes to Marketers

Internetnews.com reports that domain name registrations are hotter than ever, with VeriSign showing 5.1 new domain names registered in the last quarter, almost half a million more than any previous quarter. Verisign attributed a lot of the growth to the... continue reading »

Amazon Milestone: Books Now 2nd Biggest Category

Amazon executives predicted it half a decade ago, but no one really believed it until today, when Amazon announced that books is no longer its largest category by sales volume. Internet Retailer reports that consumer electronics finally overtook the flagship... continue reading »

Google Relaunches Discussion Groups

Google relaunched its discussion groups, according to a Times report, combining the vastness of the Usenet with a more polished set of affinity features already found on other portal sites like Yahoo. In 2001, Google bought the Usenet archives.... continue reading »

Viewpoint to Buy Unicast

The Times reports that web video company Viewpoint agreed to buy rich media firm Unicast for $7.4 million. The deal is expected to close quickly, soon after the start of the new year. Unicast has clients that include AT&T and... continue reading »

DMA Names Friendly Net Exec to Ethics Committee

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) told ClickZ that Al DiGuido, ClickZ columnist and CEO of Bigfoot Interactive, will join its Ethics Policy Committee. Bigfoot Interactive was one several member online companies that tolerated the DMA's gutting last year of online... continue reading »

A-List Bloggers Renting Selves for Brands

ClickZ reports that HighBeam Research is jumping into the blogging business fray by hiring relatively well-known internet figure Christopher Locke to tout - via a blog - its upcoming content tool. Locke has been contracted for three months to assemble... continue reading »

Microsoft's Blog Service to Be Banner Supported

The AP reports a few additional details about Microsoft's impending release of its free blogging tool today. It will be supported by banner ads, and those with MSN Messenger or Hotmail accounts will get the service for free. The Pew... continue reading »

Drug Company Runs Yahoo AIDS Day Campaign

Adweek reports that Bristol-Myers Squibb is sponsoring World Aids Day ads on Yahoo's homepage today, promoting the Light to Unite campaign. The pharmaceutical company is the manufacturer of two AIDS drugs, Reyataz and Sustiva. The company is also exclusively sponsoring... continue reading »

Some Google Tech and Methods Revealed

SearchEngineLowdown points to an exceptionally long and comprehensive view of the vast technology requirements and the equally vast resources and innovation put behind the Google search engine. It's one part brute force and one part rocket science, and the comprehensive... continue reading »

Snap Releases (Unimpressive) Finance Info

SearchEngineLowdown points to new search portal Snap's extremely forthcoming policy of revealing traffic and financial data, which doesn't seem to make a great business case for the firm. In October, the firm had $1,176.40 in gross revenue, which grew to... continue reading »

Lycos Anti-Spam Attack More Powerful than Intended

ZDNet UK reports that Lycos Europe's in-your-face anti-spam promotion may have been more effective than it intended. Ostensibly designed to slow but not take down spam servers, the "Make Love Not Spam" distributed computing screensaver appears to have nuked several... continue reading »