eCommerce IQ reports that online sales service provider Digital River settled the patent suit leveled against it by Christopher M. Crawford, alleging infringement of the patent (6,014,651), which covers the sale and delivery of software online. The parties didn't disclose...
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VeriSign said it saw $8.8 billion in online purchases over the holiday season, claiming roughly a third of online retail purchases and showing a 24 percent growth over last year's figures, according to Internet Retailer. More interestingly, average purchases were...
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GuruNet, an online reference search engine that has been searching for the right revenue model again changed, moving to an advertising model as the prospects of online advertising continue to grow. After having experimented with lifetime licensing, GuruNet had been...
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Internet Retailer reports that the eSpending report published by Harris Interactive, Goldman Sachs and Nielsen/NetRatings confirms what other research firms have indicated: that holiday retail spending grew by about a quarter in 2004. The study showed $23.2 billion in spending,...
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CNET reports that Los Angeles is suing hotel e-commerce sites for paying taxes on only their wholesale costs of the rooms, rather than on the retail prices they charge web buyers. Priceline, Expedia and Orbitz are all on the hook...
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Jupiter found in a survey that U.S. adults are twice as likely to prefer the internet as their leading information source versus magazines and TV. This hasn't put much fear in the hearts of television and publishing executives, but another...
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OneUpWeb's Lisa Wehr told Internet Retailer that click fraud is a big enough problem that most retailer need to deliberately protect themselves from it. Click fraud is the practice of clicking on ads - sometimes with automated programs - in...
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Burst Media launched a new blog advertising network, according to ClickZ. The network, a channel of the larger Burst network, contains 22 blogs, including the offerings of Gawker Media, including Gawker, Gizmodo and Wonkette. Other blogs include BlueLemur and 2WallsWebzine....
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Google finally cottoned onto ads that contained javascript that were attempting to load spyware programs onto unsuspecting clickers, taking them down on Monday, according to a SearchEngineLowdown reports on a Heise.de story. The ads appeared in German language ads for...
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Bacon's announced it will buy Delahaye Medialink, a PR evaluation firm based in Norwalk, CT. Bacon's declined to reveal terms. Delahaye Medialink pulls in $9 million in annual revenue and has additional offices in Portsmouth, NH, London and Washington, according...
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Financial analysts canvassing media buyers report that "the strength in online advertising demand did not appear to abate" at the end of 2004, boding well online publishers. The analysts from Goldman Sachs and Argus Research showed particular bullishness over major...
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Nigerian email marketing scammers have, inevitably, started to exploit Asian tsunami sympathies around the world to collect money (via Western Union) for fake charities, according to ZDNet U.K.. An anti-fraud forum alleges that some messages sent out from a purported...
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