A blog noted that the new Microsoft search engine adopted many of the interface elements of Yahoo's search product, including words used, fonts, sizes, general interface functionality and even the graphic treatment of tab selections. Surely coincidental, the similarities show...
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Data compiled by AdForum shows that more and more advertisers are looking for new help for their traditional media buying and planning duties, while online media buying agency relationships have actually become more stable over several quarters. Media account movement...
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At a Google analyst event designed to tout the search engine company as a very, very serious company, concerned with profits at least as much as karma, blog network Weblogs Inc. was held up as a shining example of the...
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New York is the worst - but not far off from Miami - for fraudulent e-commerce transactions in the U.S. The international list of highest fraud origins includes Nigeria (of course), Indonesia, Russia, China and an ignoble tie between the...
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iTraffic is no more. According to ClickZ, parent company Agency.com is folding in the venerable brand name, acquired more than five years ago. Agency.com just turned 10....
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comScore reported relatively slow online retail sales growth for the week ending January 6, showing only a nine percent increase over last year to $1.36 billion, according to Internet Retailer. Online travel spending grew a healthier 23 percent to hit...
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Trying to borrow some hip, Levis appears to be looking for bloggers to cast into a new ad spot titled "A Style for Every Story," according to Adrants. Popular media and celebrity blog Gawker received a forward of an email...
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WebSideStory bought content management and site search firm Atomz in a cash and equity deal valued at about $39 million, according to ClickZ. The Atomz products will become part of WebSideStory's HBX Analytics and Active Marketing Suite packages. Atomz will...
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Wired points to small bits of evidence that marketers may be held accountable for the effects of their own affiliate programs, which - when not properly managed - can provide motive to spammers. The Can-Spam Act gives both prosecutors and...
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Web bandwidth management firm Akamai reported that traffic to Superbowl advertiser sites just about quadrupled during the event, according to Internet Retailer. Bandwidth increased seven-fold, attributed in great part to an unusual amount of downloading of video clips and other...
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Jupiter Research analyst Nate Elliott's predictions of online dating market doom seem to be coming true, according to a MediaPost story on the latest Jupiter figures. After seeing 73 percent and 77 percent growth in 2002 and 2003, last year...
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A BusinessWeek story (via PaidContent.org) on CNET's positive advertising trends shows some clouds around its silver lining. While CNET is an attractive site for business-to-business and technology advertisers, consumer advertisers aren't accustomed to paying the very high rates typically won...
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