|
|
|
Home »
Archives »
November 2005
« Previous Entries ·
Holiday Sales Online to Grow 25 Percent to $18 BillionOnline sales this year's holiday season will increase 25 percent from last year's, reaching $18 billion, despite consumers'...BLOTO, or Online Shopping Under the Influence in the U.K.A goodly number of Brits are shopping online after having tipped back a few pints with the blokes...African-Americans Narrowing the Digital DivideAfrican-Americans are catching up with the nationwide average in online usage, according to eMarketer report. Internet use among...Media Buyers: One of Top Newsweeklies to TankWon't survive,buyers predict As circulation and newsstand sales drop, the ability of newsweeklies to remain viable in an increasingly...Yahoo, in another Content Deal, Hires 'The Week'Yahoo continues to develop original content, announcing today that it has inked a deal with The Week, which...Linked - the Future of TV and the InternetTV content providers could - if they were so disposed - bypass cable and satellite services and deliver...NexTag Debuts Comparison Shopping via RSSComparison-shopping website NexTag has launched a service that uses RSS feeds for NexTag search results, providing shoppers with...Bollore Buying More of Aegis (Still)Vincent Bollore continues to up his stake in Aegis on an almost daily basis, and now owns over...SuperPages.com Adds User Reviews, Comparison ShoppingStarting today, Verizon's SuperPages.com will include user reviews of local merchants, reports MediaPost; together with a comparison-shopping engine...Trade Pub Issues Email Marketing GuideDM News has been publishing a series of articles from its "Essential Guide to E-Mail Marketing" since mid-October....U.K. Phisher Sentenced for FraudA British man was sentenced to four years in jail Tuesday for masterminding a phishing scheme that stole...Food Network Sends Holiday Recipes to Sprint PhonesStarting today, Sprint and Scripps Network’s Foodnetwork.com are partnering to enable Foodnetwork site visitors to look up a...Holiday Online Sales to Increase 18 Percent to $26 billionU.S. shoppers will spend $26 billion online during the 2005 holiday season, up 18 percent from $22 billion...VerticalSearch Launches B2B Search EngineVerticalSearch.com is slated to announce today the launch of a beta search engine for B2B media, reports BtoB...AOL Undergoes Ad Growth; Subs Drop Like FliesAOL's quarterly ad revenue rose by $71 million, a 28 percent increase over the year-ago period, reports ClickZ....Microsoft Announces Ad-Supported Web-based ApplicationsConfronting Google and Yahoo head on, Microsoft yesterday introduced two new ad-supported web services - Windows Live and...Yahoo Builds Custom Auto SiteYahoo announced on Tuesday the beta launch of Yahoo Autos Custom, a website for car enthusiasts who want...Apparel Search Leads to Purchase Online, OfflineClick to enlarge A study by Yahoo and Compete that tracked internet search and transaction activity related to retail...Former AdSense User Alleges Pricing HijinksA former user of Google's AdSense - a publisher with the nom de plume "Kurtpdx" - has caused...NBC Nightly News Now Online in Its EntiretyNBC News announced yesterday that "NBC Nightly News" - the top-ranked single source of news and information in...Ad Spending Trails GDPAd spending in 2005 is trailing GDP growth - "unusual this late into an economic expansion," according...ValueClick Revs Up 87 PercentOnline advertising company ValueClick did better than expected in the third quarter, reporting $11 million in profit, or...Tacoda Adds 200 Websites to Ad NetworkMore than 200 new websites, including some owned and operated by Technorati, Terra, Primedia Outdoors Online, CarDomain, AllBusiness.com,...Consumers Spend $1 Billion for Web Content in 1H05U.S. consumers spent $987 million for online content during the first half of this year - 16 percent...IAC Sees Search, Vertical Site Symbiosis; Profits SlipIAC chairman and CEO Barry Diller, speaking during a quarterly earnings call with investors, said he is confident...Google Print Offers up First Set of Scanned BooksGoogle has begun offering, at www.print.google.com, the full texts of "public domain" books and government documents from five...JWT Launches $300 Million Global HSBC CampaignJWT has launched a $300 million integrated global campaign for HSBC, with TV spots and print and outdoor...Nordstrom Tries On Branded EntertainmentNordstrom plans to begin a yearlong campaign next week that includes a broadband branded entertainment channel - Nordstrom...Brit Broadband TV Challenges Local ClassifiedsU.K. commercial broadcaster ITV has launched Britain's first commercial trial of broadband TV, offering residents of two cities...Think to Buy Web DiversityIntending to expand into Europe and Asia, search and internet marketing firm Think Partnership said yesterday that it...Most Online Teens Create, Consume Web ContentSome 19 percent of actively online teens create blogs and 38 percent read them; of those, 62 percent...Microsoft Nabs Net-Calling StartupMicrosoft announced on Wednesday that it has acquired an internet voice communication startup - Media-streams.com, a 23-employee firm...Yahoo Revamps Map ServiceLess than a month after Google upgraded its map service to include local search data, Yahoo has redesigned...IBM Buys Search Tech Firm iPhraseIBM this week acquired iPhrase Systems, which develops software to help users find products online and allow retailers...Watchdog Asks FTC to Tackle Adware FirmThe Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Integrated Search Technologies...MediaBuys.com Adds Cable, TV to Online StoreMedia buying discount club MediaBuys.com has added TV and cable shows to its list of available ad space,...Viewpoint Embraces Adware in Wake of Poor QuarterViewpoint will release a behavioral targeting product by 2Q06 that will work by collecting clickstream data of users...Contextual Tool Offers Search Ad Alternative to PublishersPerformance marketing network and interactive agency AdValiant, a division of Dialogue Group, has launched an online contextual advertising...Arbitron Delays Satellite, Internet ReportingArbitron will delay reporting satellite radio and internet radio listening in its syndicated surveys to Summer 2006, at...AOL Challenges iTunes with MusicNow BuyClick to enlarge In a challenge to Apple iTunes, AOL has acquired the MusicNow digital music service from Circuit...CBS to Buy College Sports Cable, Website ConfederationVIACOM has announced that the post-split CBS Corporation would acquire CSTV Networks, a cable channel and grouping of...FTC: State Email Registries Put Kids at RiskStates that set up "Do Not Email" child-protection registries actually put kids' contact info at risk, according to...Google Desktop Offers New FeaturesGoogle announced the finalized version of Google Desktop, the free tool that combines desktop search and the Google...Burger King Sponsors Branded iPod Video ShortsBurger King will sponsor a series of short comedy videos designed to be downloaded for free and played...Amazon, Random House, Microsoft Announce Digital Book InitiativesA day after Google offered up public-domain books online, Amazon.com announced its plans to offer digitized books on...Murdoch: News Corp. May Form ISPRupert Murdoch said News Corp. may form a company to enter the U.S. high-speed internet market, writes Reuters,...Microsoft Scrambles onto Privacy Law BandwagonMicrosoft, typically opposed to national privacy laws, has apparently switched course - possibly to avoid having to deal...U.K. Retail Adspend Rises 3 PercentU.K. retailers increased adspend a total of 3 percent from the second to the third quarter of 2005,...Creative Directors: Branding's the ThingAccording to a PointRoll survey of online advertising creative professionals, 70 percent view branding as the most or... |