Affiliates Fear Google May Move to One Ad per Page

Michael Wong points to discussion group chatter suggesting that Google may allow only one text ad listing per page starting in the new year. The move would seriously limit inventory for many affiliate marketers and search engine arbitrage firms, but... continue reading »

Blogger Names Used as Search Marketing Keywords

Some advertisers are buying the names of bloggers on Google, hoping to cash in on their audience and growing readership. PR blogger Steve Rubel discovered that BlogPulse bought his name. In true self-aware blog fashion, a BlogPulse marketing executive later... continue reading »

SEM Firms Face Education Hurdles

Old internet marketing hands will recognize the phenomenon. ClickZ reports that agencies are discovering that winning new clients in the search engine marketing field comes only after a great deal of client education. Quick to revert to their habitual assumptions,... continue reading »

Seekport Expands into U.K. with National Search Engine

NetImperative reports on the introduction to the U.K. of search engine Seekport, which hopes to win a niche as the site that focuses on British web content. The firm currently runs search engines in France and Germany. The company hired... continue reading »

Almost Half of Americans Said They'd Use Internet for Holiday Shopping

Online payment company Retail Decisions released a study covered by Internet Retailer showing that about 46 percent of Americans and 43 percent of Brits intended to use the Internet for holiday shopping. Last year, only 31 percent of Americans said... continue reading »

comScore: Our Monitor Isn't Spyware

A recent report that labeled comScore's traffic monitoring application "spyware" used - as do many academics, non-profits and companies that benefit from embellished figures - a fairly inclusive definition of spyware. The comScore monitoring application gets downloaded by people seeking... continue reading »

ISP Wins $1 Billion Anti-Spam Judgment

Using an Iowa law that allows spam victims to recover $10 per spam message, an ISP successfully sued three firms for a total of about $1 billion, according to Silicon.com. The ISP sued 300 spammers for the roughly 10 million... continue reading »

E-Commerce Growth to Slow, Favor Small Outfits

With flat internet penetration growth and a few large e-commerce firms dominating traffic and revenues, a new study covered by eCommerce Times indicates the big online competition may soon be coming from smaller firms. Small retailers are spending more on... continue reading »

Washington Post Wins Barney Xmas Battle

The White House isn't complaining this year now that several Internet sites are running clips of its annual Barney the Dog holiday video, according to CNET. Last year, the White House embargoed the video from web publishers, but made available... continue reading »