Ask Jeeves has launched a Spanish beta site, on the heels of its expansion into the U.K. and Japan, reported Netimperative. Ask Jeeves Espana is expected to formally launch this summer. Meanwhile, Ask Jeeves Japan, a joint venture with transcosmos,...
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ReachLocal announced the local search firm won $7.75 million in VC funding, led by VantagePoint Venture Partners. CEO Zorik Gordon said his firm hopes to bridge the vast gap between the amount of money local businesses spend on marketing and...
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Wired put together in one story all the collective hand-wringing going on about search engines accreting more and more personal information on individuals. Search engines began as services providing complete anonymity for users, but nowadays those same companies also offer...
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Mergers in the online media space grew significantly in the first quarter of 2005, their value rising from $1.39 billion to $2.64 billion in the same quarter in 2004. The number of deals grew from 18 to 22. Across the...
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A new study by email services firm Lyris shows that the average email service provider gets 92.5 percent of emailed delivered to opt-in lists and 88.5 percent more generally. Interestingly, different ISPs filtered out radically different proportions of email as...
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Internet Retailer reports that online retail sales for the week ending March 13 were up 8 percent over the corresponding week a year ago, reaching $1.4 billion from $1.29 billion, according to comScore Networks Inc. That is the slowest growth...
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IPG, still unable to account for its books pending a review that continues to turn up unpleasant surprises, announced its unaudited earnings for 2004 sunk to a surprising $285 million loss despite showing revenues that increased by more than...
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Podcasting is getting its first big sponsorship break making it on the big screen at the same time. Adrants reports that Warner Brothers is launching a podcast on April 29, using Paris Hilton's popularity to promote it and her upcoming...
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Blogger Ed Morrissey is becoming a bit of a celebrity (well, a Canadian celebrity) for having published content from open government hearings on its "adscam" scandal. Canadian judges can ban media vehicles from reporting or commenting on some ongoing proceedings,...
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CNET Networks has officially launched BNET, a b-to-b site aimed at business leaders, signaling CNET's intent to expand its content, audience, and advertiser base, reports BtoBOnline. With its new audience, CNET is attempting to attract a new group of advertisers...
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Agencies typically rail against client tendencies to stress price cuts, but Sears' recent moves hit home with agencies Y&R and Ogilvy when the retailer told its agencies of record that it would be cutting their fees as well. Y&R executives...
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Google and Yahoo find themselves on the pointy end of a lawsuit for allegedly abetting click fraud. An Arkansas retailer, Lane's Gifts & Collectibles, sued the search engine giants claiming they overcharged for ads...
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ClickZ reports that TiVo and DirecTV have agreed to facilitate the sale of ads on DirecTV digital video recorders (DVRs) that come with TiVo service. Both companies will sell ads, each retaining its respective revenue. The TiVo-DirecTV relationship will end...
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Media buyers and planners reported that online ad spending continued its robust growth in the first quarter, and said they anticipate second-quarter online ad buys will surpass those of the first quarter, according to a new report by Deutsche Bank...
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