Bloggers Increasingly Competing for Ad Dollars

An E-Commerce Times piece covers the growing phenomenon of blogs making advertising dollars, especially when specialized audiences are...

MSN Bows Shopping Search

MSN will offer its own shopping search site to compete with the likes of Google's Froogle and Yahoo...

Yahoo Hiring News Media People for New Group

Yahoo's new Media Group in Hollywood continues to grow, according to CNET, placing ads for new positions in...

U.S. Time Online Flat

Time spent on the internet in the U.S. is now flat, with growth coming mostly from countries still...

IAC Close to Deal to Acquire Ask Jeeves

Reports (via PaidContent) indicate InterActive Corporation is close to a deal with Ask Jeeves to acquire the number...

MSN Gears Custom Publishing Unit Around 'Branded Entertainment'

With "branded entertainment" all the rage today, MSN renamed its custom publishing unit the MSN Branded Entertainment Experiences...

French News Service Challenges Google News's Right to Republish

The largest French news service lodged a lawsuit against Google for having included headlines, pictures and other elements...

Google's Blogger Choking on Success

Google's Blogger application, allowing millions of people to run their blogs on a free system, has been choking...

RSS Gets Poor Marks from Marketers

A new survey by Jupiter revealed widespread skepticism as to the usefulness of RSS feeds among marketers, according...

Social Networking Sites Attempt Celebrity Glitz

Wired reports that social networks are recruiting the "rock stars," both figuratively and literally, of various industries in...

Microsoft Loses More Browser Share

MediaPost reports that NetApplications again is reporting reduced marketshare for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, losing out to increases by...