Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers, which turned 10 this year, has issued predictions on the likely trends in online marketing for the next 10 years, NetImperative reports. WDFM points, inter alia, to podcasting, which it says will come to...
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IAC/InterActiveCorp reported an 80 percent quarterly profit increase, reaching $69.4 million on revenues of $1.6 billion in the first quarter, and 14 percent revenue growth from 1Q04, writes ClickZ. IAC's LendingTree and RealEstate.com accounted for $105.8 million in revenue, a...
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Even accounting for its large acquisitions, aQuantive yesterday announced very rapid revenue growth for 2005's first quarter. Revenue rose to $65 million, up 187 percent from the same period last year, according to AdWeek. Net income rose 55 percent to...
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AOL announced it continued its pattern of increasing ad revenues this quarter, as subscribers rush out the back door. Online ad sales grew 45 percent from a year ago to $311 million - just below last quarter's $313 million. But...
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Google launched a software application that it says speeds up internet use for broadband web users, according to SearchEngineWatch. The Google Web Accelerator (Windows only) uses a bag of tricks, including pre-loading material; caching popular pages on Googles own, faster,...
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BMW has launched a mini-film to promote its K1200 R motorcycle, as it did a few years ago to promote a new car, AdRants writes. Showcasing naked showgirls, looming danger, hints of violence, gratuitous sex - and the K1200R -...
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Data provider infoUSA on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement to license its business database to Google, BtoB Online reports. InfoUSA said the data would be available in Google Local. The move helps Google fill in business-listings gaps...
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With its purchase of LowerMyBills.com - the largest online financial services advertiser in the U.S. - Experian is becoming a serious consumer channel for online transactions, reports DM News. The deal coincided with the launch of Experian Interactive, which...
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the man whose website was shut down by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which threatened his internet service provider with legal action. The MPAA issued an order to the ISP...
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GlobalSpec, an engineering vertical search engine, on Wednesday announced a new marketing service for distributors - it has enabled searchable distributor catalogs. BtoB Online writes that the service gives distributors access to about 2.3 million registered users of GlobalSpec, which...
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Yahoo is today releasing a finalized version of its video search engine, after five months of beta, report CNET and NetImperative. It will also be announcing alliances with CBS News, MTV, Reuters, music videos from Country Music Television, MTV.com...
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Google has customer issues. While it continues to win the battle for the hearts of search engine users, many advertising clients are turned off by the search giant perceived as inattentive to marketers - its main client base - and...
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