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Newspapers Wary of Google San Fran WiFi PlanIf Google's bid to provide San Francisco with free citywide WiFi succeeds, local newspapers will join the ranks...Blogs Beginning to Merge with the MainstreamIt looks like blogs have hit the big time, joining the media mainstream and beginning to fetch significant...Google Melds Local Search and MapsGoogle, in its quest to find even more treasure troves of advertising revenue and close the distance with...Backbone Feud Highlights Net's FragilityA likely substantial but unknown number of internet users have been cut off from the parts of the...Al-Qaida Seeks Web Editing, Video Production HelpInternet-savvy Al-Qaida has put job advertisements on the web, asking for supporters to help put together its web...Google Goes to WashingtonGoogle has set up shop in Washington, D.C. in what might be its biggest challenge yet - a...AOL Launches More Instant Instant Messenger for PublishersAOL Thursday announced AIM Presence, a service that lets bloggers, podcasters, consumers and small businesses add to their...New HGTV Series Gets Web PremiereFor the first time, Scripps Network is posting a TV show - My First Place - to the...VeriSign Buys Weblogs.com for $2.3 MillionInternet services company VeriSign announced on Friday that it has acquired Weblogs.com's ping service, which automatically alerts people...Vast Majority of Online Retailers to Advertise OfflineA new study conducted by BizRate Research has found that 92 percent of pure-play online retailers will advertise...Yahoo, Google Rake in Half of Internet Ad RevsGoogle has caught up with Yahoo - in 2Q04, Yahoo held 23 percent share, and Google 20 percent...Online Coupons' Popularity GrowingSome 58.4 percent of respondents to a survey by email marketing and data analytics solutions firm Prospectiv say...Yahoo Podcast Search Site LaunchedYahoo today launched a search service that offers access to podcasts and features user reviews and other information...Forrester: Critical Mass Tops in Web DesignForrester Research's third-quarter review of the web design industry has named Critical Mass the industry's leading agency, reports...WWAV Rapp Collins Gets Capital OneCapital One has awarded its 10 million pound U.K. direct and digital marketing accounts to WWAV Rapp Collins...Google Launches RSS, Atom Feed ReaderGoogle on Friday launched a beta version of its news feed reader, Google Reader, which aggregates feeds from...MSN Begins U.S. adCenter PilotMSN last week quietly asked U.S. testers of adCenter, its new pay-per-click advertising platform, to spread the word...Bollore Now Owns 14 Percent Stake in AegisFrench billionaire Vincent Bollore has yet again raised his stake in U.K. media buyer Aegis, bringing it to...AOL Revises Policy, to Collect and Use User DataAmerica Online is making its first major privacy policy revision since 1998, and the ISP's 20 million U.S....AOL.com Ad Campaign Info ReleasedAmerica Online has released some details on the integrated ad campaign that was launched in August to promote...NFL to Offer Super Bowl Ads as VOD ShowThe NFL plans to pull together a half-hour show consisting of this year's Super Bowl television ads for...Online Car Shoppers Search for More Than PriceProduct-related information has become the primary focus for new-vehicle shoppers who use the web to research car models,...Omnicom Acquires Mobile Agency IpshOmnicom Group said it has gained mobile-marketing expertise with the acquisition of San Francisco-based ipsh, which helps agencies...ANA's Year-Long Accountability Study Results IssuedA taskforce of 20 member companies of the Association of National Advertisers has released its best practices for...Yahoo News Offers Blog Search ResultsClick to enlarge Yahoo News on Monday added results from blogs to supplement articles from professional news media, reports...ANA Announces Re-Branding, New LogoThe Association of National Advertisers (ANA) celebrated its new logo and revitalized brand identity last week at the...Aegis Admits 'a Certain Logic' to Havas TakeoverBollore Following yesterday's announcement that corporate raider Vincent Bollore has upped his share in Aegis to over 14 percent,...Key Demographic Choosing IM, Gaming over MoviesMen under 25 said they had seen 24 percent fewer movies this summer than they did in the...Online Sales Up 16 Percent for WeekOnline sales for the week ending September 18 increased to $1.5 billion, up 16 percent from $1.29 billion...Hotmail, Gmail Filter Out More Permission EmailsDelivery rates for permission-based emails rose for the third straight quarter, MSN's Hotmail and Google's Gmail filtered out...Searchfeed Partners with SubmitNetPPC search advertising company Searchfeed.com announced this week that it is partnering with SubmitNet to give advertisers access...eBay Buys PayPal Rival from VeriSigneBay will pay $370 million for an online payment service operated by VeriSign as part of a broader...Viacom Battles Children's Ad RulesViacom has asked the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington to throw out the FCC's new regulations for...Yahoo: Students Say Search Best Medium for InfoCollege students find search engines more reliable than all other forms of media, including magazines, newspapers, and TV...2005 Is Web's Best Year for GrowthThe web has grown more in 2005, having added 17 million websites thus far in the year, than...Permission-Based Email Blocking Still HighOn average, 21 percent of permission-based emails did not reach the inbox during the first half of 2005...MSN, Yahoo IM Services to Become CompatibleMicrosoft and Yahoo have agreed to make their instant-messaging services compatible with each other, and the deal is...Ad Shift from Newspapers to Net Slower Than Some ThinkA new report from Banc of America Securities says the shift of dollars from traditional media to the...Nickelodeon to Launch Mobile PortalNickelodeon announced yesterday that this month it would launch Nick Mobile, a portal designed to distribute the kid-centric...Google to Give $265 Million to Charities, Social CausesAs part of its commitment to donate a portion of income from its public stock offering to charity...U.S. Army Narrows Review to FourThe U.S. Army has eliminated WPP Group's Grey Worldwide and Y&R (responsible for tagline "Be All That You...Most Top Retail Sites Optimized Little or Not at AllSEO: Better this year, but not good enough Only 17 percent of Internet Retailer's top 100 sites are fully...Return Path's Postmaster Direct Offers RSS AdsReturn Path has relaunched its Postmaster direct business to provide media buyers and marketers a wide variety of...Yahoo Agrees with States to Control Chat RoomsIn an October 7 agreement reached with the attorneys general of New York and Nebraska, Yahoo said it...U.S. Still Dominant in Spam, but DecliningThough the U.S. remains the world's worst source of spam, South Korea and China are quickly catching up...Viacom-iFilm Deal Any Day NowViacom International and iFilm are expected to wrap up a merger agreement this week, with the buyout by...Having Bought Lyris, Halsey Now Buys EmailLabsJ.L. Halsey Corporation announced yesterday that it had acquired email-marketing hosted software and services provider Uptilt, Inc., dba...Godin's Web 'Lenses' to Filter, Focus KnowledgeOnline marketing guru Seth Godin will this month launch Squidoo, a company that will play host to web...Visa Upgrades B2B Payment SystemVisa has made it easier for financial institutions to manage their customers online with its most recent upgrade... |