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Hello to all members
Last post on Jan 29, 2012, 04:38:32 pm
Dear Members, I would like to introduce myself to the forum. I am working as in Webmaster for Cygnet Infotech, we are web development and web designing company. We...
Best 3 websites to get targeted twitter followers
Last post on Jan 18, 2012, 06:30:20 pm
You will find a lot of website online claiming to bring massive free twitter followers on your account. But most of these websites bring only irrelevant twitter followers (who unfollow...
Home Networking Going Mainstream
Last post on Oct 29, 2011, 11:47:52 am
Now that your CDs are in your PC, how do you listen to them in the living room? To read the full article click here...
Online Advertising Spending Growth to Level Off
Last post on Sep 30, 2008, 08:31:52 am
Online ad spending may have to settle for heroic, rather than superheroic, growth. To read the full article click here...
Online Bill Payment Growth Creates Offline Ad Opportunities
Last post on Sep 30, 2008, 08:27:45 am
Are statement stuffers an endangered species? To read the full article click here...
US Retail E-Commerce Sales Booming
Last post on Feb 24, 2007, 09:45:39 am
All those sales have to come from somewhere. To read the full article click here...
Podvertising
Last post on Feb 23, 2007, 01:32:35 pm
'Meet you on the download, dude.' To read the full article click here...
'I'd Like to Thank the Academy, and Legal Downloaders'
Last post on Feb 22, 2007, 12:20:45 pm
Hollywood is set to add movie downloads to its revenue mix. To read the full article click here...
In-Game Ad Firms Exuberant, but Will Ad Dollars Follow?
Last post on Feb 22, 2007, 12:20:21 pm
Irrational exuberance, perchance? To read the full article click here...
Tweens Doing Homework Online... Honest!
Last post on Feb 21, 2007, 08:20:31 am
Your kids may have fewer schoolbooks to carry than you did. To read the full article click here...
Indian Media Market Rapidly Expanding
Last post on Feb 17, 2007, 01:26:38 pm
The current size of India's media market belies the country's vast population potential. To read the full article click here...
Local Online Video Advertising Forecast to Double
Last post on Feb 17, 2007, 01:26:14 pm
Sheesh! As if TV ad sellers didn't have it rough already! To read the full article click here...
All Sides Dig In on DRM
Last post on Feb 17, 2007, 01:25:49 pm
DRM Still Out of Tune for Some To read the full article click here...
DVR Owners Watching Ads After All
Last post on Feb 17, 2007, 01:25:15 pm
Surprise, surprise: Some DVR owners like watching ads. To read the full article click here...
Chinese Advertising Up 18% in 2006
Last post on Feb 15, 2007, 12:57:26 pm
No more giant Mao posters, it's all billboards and neon signs now. To read the full article click here...
Online to Account for Majority of US Travel Market
Last post on Feb 15, 2007, 12:57:00 pm
Mo-o-o-ove over! To read the full article click here...
Where Lovers Go Online
Last post on Feb 14, 2007, 08:46:03 am
Amour dot-coms. To read the full article click here...
Valentine's Day Text Messages
Last post on Feb 14, 2007, 08:45:36 am
PURRFECT To read the full article click here...
Marketers in Love with E-Mail
Last post on Feb 13, 2007, 10:38:50 am
Marketers admire e-mail's inner beauty. To read the full article click here...
Looking Around the Whole Online World
Last post on Feb 12, 2007, 08:50:22 pm
Pick a language, any language, and it translates into HTML. To read the full article click here...
Loyalty Is Key to Online Travel Market
Last post on Feb 10, 2007, 01:15:08 pm
Travel suppliers use loyalty programs to stay competitive online. To read the full article click here...
163 Million Distracted Households
Last post on Feb 10, 2007, 01:14:35 pm
Or is that 163 million connected households? To read the full article click here...
Is MySpace Making Money?
Last post on Feb 09, 2007, 08:29:51 am
And how.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Innovation Overload
Last post on Feb 09, 2007, 08:29:28 am
Did you already miss the Next Big Thing? To read the full article click here...
Mobile Broadband Gets Real
Last post on Feb 08, 2007, 03:32:35 pm
After years of talk, trials and delays, mobile broadband is becoming a reality, thanks largely to 3G. To read the full article click here...
Tag, We're All It
Last post on Feb 08, 2007, 03:32:12 pm
Once upon a time, the Internet had no librarian. Now it's everyone's job. To read the full article click here...
IPTV Advertising: Profit Globally, Pine Locally
Last post on Feb 08, 2007, 03:31:45 pm
IPTV is capable of one-to-one television lineups and ad targeting. But it's an also-ran in the US. To read the full article click here...
Online Video Faves: News, Music
Last post on Feb 08, 2007, 03:31:21 pm
News for the middle-aged, music videos for young adults. To read the full article click here...
Super Bowl Ads - Traffic And Search
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 05:22:31 pm
The big game provided the starting point to push traffic from the commercials broadcast during the Super Bowl to online destinations. Not all of those big names took advantage of...
Abandon Social Media While You Still Can
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 05:22:06 pm
Much has been made of the impact social media could have on the SEO industry, potentially providing an entirely new avenue in which to promote a business as well as...
Spending Time On MySpace
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 05:21:35 pm
When it comes to where US Internet users are spending the most time MySpace is the leader. The social networking site accounted for 12 percent of all time spent online...
Wal-Mart To Offer Movie Downloads
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 05:21:08 pm
When it comes to pure, unadulterated retail, there are few stores that do it any better than Wal-Mart. The company has made a reputation in offering consumers a one-stop shop...
Technorati Closes Album On 2000 Bloggers
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 05:20:43 pm
A link scheme designed to game the rankings at sites like blog tracker Technorati, along with other search sites, received a swift kick in the routers from the Technorati crew....
Social Network For The Tourism Industry
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:36:55 am
The United Nations World Tourism Organization and WISekey have joined together to expand the use of traveler identification and authentication technologies. The collaboration builds on the Public Private Partnership agreement...
Princeton Signs On With Google Library Project
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:36:31 am
The list of libraries, foreign and domestic, that have agreed to take part in Google's Library Project is slowly but surely continuing to grow. Book searching with Google will now...
Asia World's Largest Internet Market
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:36:06 am
Research and Markets has released "2006 Asia Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market Overview" which contains information on the trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband and broadcasting for the...
Yahoo: The Social Search Engine?
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:35:42 am
There's no denying that Google is far and away the most visited search engine on the Internet, eclipsing Yahoo in terms of user base by quite a significant margin. Is...
Online Vehicle Listings With Video
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:35:16 am
CDMdata Inc., a Kelley Blue Book company, has signed a deal with SiSTeR Technologies, an online retail multimedia content provider that will allow dealers to add short video presentations of...
Telecoms To Unite Against Google, Yahoo?
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:34:50 am
In what could be viewed as an "enemy of my enemy"-style situation, a number of telecommunications companies are reportedly banding together to challenge Google and Yahoo in the field of...
Lenssen Predicts The Evolution Of Search
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:34:24 am
Philipp Lenssen, the resident guru at Google Blogoscoped and a frequent WebProNews contributor, has looked far, far into the future, and he's sharing his predictions with the rest of us. ...
Manning, Shakespeare Share Ask Spotlight
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:34:00 am
People in and around the Indianapolis area will appreciate the latest update to Smart Answers at Ask.com. As for Bears fans like our managing editor Mike McDonald, maybe you should...
MySpace Is America's Favorite Internet Time Waster
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:33:33 am
All those MySpace friends are apparently high-maintenance. To read the full article click here...
Looking into Asia-Pacific E-Commerce
Last post on Feb 06, 2007, 09:33:09 am
The 'unwelcome' sign may be lit, but don't let that stop you. To read the full article click here...
Google Works On PowerPoint Clone Presently
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:17:12 pm
The presentation software used by millions of project managers and consultants, Microsoft's PowerPoint, will have a competitor from Google called "Presently" as the company builds yet another piece of the...
How Long Can E-Commerce Growth Last?
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:12:43 pm
In 2006, spending online increased by twenty four percent, a sizable margin to be sure. The numbers for online retail keep climbing, but do the signs point to a plateau...
Apple Inc, Apple Corps Reach Agreement
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:12:19 pm
The exclusion of The Beatles' expansive library from iTunes has been a thorn in the side of Apple Inc. ever since the launch of the digital music marketplace. Today, the...
Panama Unlocks At Yahoo Today
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:11:51 pm
It's go time for Panama, the massively updated, long-awaited, advertising system Yahoo will debut this afternoon to its full complement of advertising clients. To read the full article...
Yahoo and Microsoft Indexing Blogs Poorly
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:11:27 pm
I just got done reading an interview with Larry Cornett, Director of User Experience Design at Yahoo and Kathryn Kelly, Director of PR for Yahoo! Search over at search engine...
Google Waxes Poetic On Click Quality
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:10:57 pm
Invalid clicks have been a concern in online advertising for years upon end. As part of Google's search marketing services, the company has formed a Click Quality Team to answer...
Google Testing Left Side Tabs?
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:10:31 pm
Yesterday when I was searching Google on my partner's laptop, I noticed down the left side of the search results the tabs that are normally displayed horizontally on the home...
Zibb Plans For B2B Success
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:10:07 pm
General purpose search sites serve individuals well, and the whole concept of effective search has done more than any other software approach to make the World Wide Web more useful...
Yahoo Switching to Panama Platform Today
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 07:09:39 pm
Monday February 5th, 2007, will be a day that goes down in search engine history. At 3pm PST today, Yahoo will bring together 30 to 40 engineers and start migrating...
India Unhappy With Google Earth
Last post on Feb 05, 2007, 04:39:22 pm
The popular Google Earth application has drawn scrutiny in India due to the striking accuracy of the satellite footage provided to its users. At the country's request, Google will blur...
User-Generated Content In Mainstream Media?
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:20:30 pm
Content sharing sites such as YouTube have become effective platforms for many aspiring performers to showcase their talents to the world. It seems that now mainstream journalism is beginning to...
Way To Go, SEO!
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:20:04 pm
Contextual advertising has performed well for lots of marketers, but behavorial targeting for ads has started to surpass it in terms of performance. Both of them lost some gains in...
Quality Score Hints From Yahoo
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:19:40 pm
With the recent launch of the Panama platform, Yahoo is working to educate its advertising partners on new ways that ads will be ranked. Beginning February 5th, Yahoo will begin...
Search Marketers Declare War On Pork
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:19:08 pm
Pork may be like mother's milk to some, but a very few of them would confuse the two because, in general, people understand metaphors. Lawyers don't. Lawyers don't get metaphors,...
ComScore and New Social Media Metrics
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:18:41 pm
Statistical data has been the driving force in determining audience size, time on site, ad clicks, page views and any other element that could possibly be tracked. These metrics, however,...
Viacom Orders YouTube To Pull Clips
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:18:15 pm
YouTube is involved in another showdown this time with media giant Viacom who is demanding that the video sharing site remove over 100,000 clips that are owned and licensed by...
Mozilla Moves To China
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:17:50 pm
I came across an interesting fact today: "The Chinese name for red panda is hunho or firefox, due to their colour and similar size to a fox."  So . ....
A Nutty Online Super Bowl Campaign
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:17:26 pm
Another company is using the Internet to launch their advertising campaign for the upcoming Super Bowl. Diamond Foods has a pre-game online promotion that focuses on Emerald nuts and uses...
Our City: The New Yahoo Local?
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:17:02 pm
It's only in beta - and the only version that's currently available is geared towards the Indian market - but a potential replacement for Yahoo Local has been spotted.  Called...
Dolphin Stadium Sacked By Hackers
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:16:36 pm
Do not visit the Dolphin Stadium website. It's been hacked with malicious code placed on the server, as security firm Websense Security Labs discovered. To read the full...
Men in a Buying Mood This Valentine's Day
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:16:10 pm
'I LUV U' To read the full article click here...
Is E-Commerce About to Plateau?
Last post on Feb 03, 2007, 12:15:43 pm
Don't expect any abrupt changes. To read the full article click here...
Digg Will Bury Top Users Feature
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 05:00:31 pm
As the popularity of Digg has grown through the social media landscape, so have the efforts of those looking to game the system. Digg founder Kevin Rose addressed this controversial...
Sports Illustrated Gets Social
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 05:00:06 pm
Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated Group has signed an agreement to purchase sports oriented Web site FanNation.com from Sports Technologies, Inc. The site aggregates sports information and allows users to generate...
Google Adds Video Sharing To Orkut
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 04:59:41 pm
Ever since Google's widely publicized acquisition of YouTube, video enthusiasts have been chomping at the bit to see how the search giant would integrate the video-sharing site into the framework...
Yahoo Explores Brand Universes
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:56:19 pm
When you look at the most popular launching points for Internet uses, Yahoo ranks right at the top of the list. As an informational portal, the site has carved out...
SuperPages Adds Social Networks To Search
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:55:51 pm
SuperPages.com wants local business reviewers and is willing to pay any amount of vanity for them. The online directory unveiled its "Reviewer of the Week" program, an effort to meld...
Six Web Companies Launch YouTube Channel
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:55:27 pm
Six Internet companies have banded together in an effort to raise their profiles and have created their own Super Bowl ads, which they have uploaded to YouTube. Lacking the kind...
Google News: There Is No News
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:55:00 pm
At WebProNews, we try to write about important and interesting things, but groundbreaking developments simply don't occur every day.  There are times, even, when it seems like there's nothing to...
Online Advertised Jobs Take Seasonal Dip
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:54:36 pm
Online advertised job vacancies saw a six percent seasonal decline from December to January according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series. For the year online advertised vacancies were...
Microsoft To Counter Apple With Zune Phone?
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:54:12 pm
The buzz surrounding the announcement of Apple's iPhone has reached feverish proportions throughout the blogosphere in recent weeks. Not wanting to be left out of the smartphone party, rumors are...
Myspace Donates Sex Offender Database
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:53:48 pm
MySpace.com partnered with Sentinel Tech that they are donating a Sentinel Safe database to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The database, jointly developed by MySpace and...
Publisher Promotes "Wikinovel"
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:53:22 pm
Penguin Books and De Montfort University have launched an intriguing new project that they've described as "an experiment in creative writing and community."  The experiment's objective: for a large group...
Googler Fires Back At Click Fraud Report
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:52:58 pm
Shuman Ghosemajumder dedicated two blog posts to blasting ClickForensics and its latest assessment of click fraud taking place in the pay per click industry. To read the full...
Google's Shuman Clarifies Click Fraud Points
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:52:33 pm
A couple of numbers regarding click fraud have been in play and widely discussed: ClickForensics' 14.2 percent claim and Google's internal assessment of less than 2 percent. Those numbers don't...
Digital Camera Sales Shoot Past Expectations
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:52:03 pm
Unexpectedly snappy numbers. To read the full article click here...
What Works, and What Doesn't, in Online Marketing
Last post on Feb 02, 2007, 12:51:35 pm
What is the word from the trenches? To read the full article click here...
TechCrunch20 Announcement Raises Eyebrows
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 08:41:11 pm
TechCrunch maven Michael Arrington and former Netscape head Jason Calacanis will team up to run the TechCrunch20 Conference, where tech startups will be highlighted based on merit instead of fees....
Google Aggressive In N.C. Negotiations
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 08:40:45 pm
Google recently announced plans to open a brand new server facility in North Carolina, a move expected to inject new life into the local and regional economy. The company's negotiating...
Custom Music From Web Based Virtual Composer
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 08:40:20 pm
Steeprock Media, an audio production company focusing on broadcast recording and interactive media has launched Orpheus, a Web-based music library. The purpose of the library is to allow media producers...
Australia Hearts Google
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 08:39:56 pm
Finally Microsoft gets to snicker at Google a little. Both companies planned Sydney flyovers for Australia Day to snag aerial snapshots of Australians doing Australian things. But due to a...
Ask Has Seen Akira
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 08:39:27 pm
As Ask.com drops off some new Smart Answers for the month of February, they also let out a cry of "Tetsuoooooo!" which of course can only be answered with "Kanedaaaaaaa!"...
uBid.com Delivers Unique Super Bowl Ad
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 05:42:03 pm
How far would you be willing to go to score two 50-yard line tickets to the Super Bowl this year? For one Chicago Bears fan the answer is apparently pretty...
Tagging: ?Next-Stage Search Phenomenon?
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 05:41:38 pm
Though currently only seven percent of Internet users tag content on a daily basis, tagging is expected to grow because of its sheer utility - maybe even at the expense...
RIAA Countersued, Plot Thickens
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 05:41:12 pm
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been relentless in its pursuit of those individuals found to be taking part in peer-to-peer music sharing.  Numerous lawsuits have been filed...
Google Beats Estimates: Pulls $3.21 Billion
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 07:49:28 am
So Google's a money making machine. We knew that already. We didn't know, though we could have predicted based on the previous two quarters, how much Google would beat estimates...
Top Web Properties For December 2006
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 07:49:04 am
comScore Networks, a digital measuring firm has released a report on the top Web properties for December, ranked by unique visitors and who the biggest gainers were for 2006. ...
Google Germany Loses Rights To "Gmail"
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 07:48:40 am
In the U.S., "Gmail" is synonymous with "Google."  It looks like things are going to play out differently in Germany, however.  The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)...
Flickr Account Merge Drives Users Mad
Last post on Feb 01, 2007, 07:48:16 am
Although it has been long expected that Flickr users would need to switch permanently to a Yahoo ID to use the service, the fast-approaching deadline has Flickrphiles furious and competitors...
Online TV Revenue To Reach $6.3 Billion
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:07:15 pm
Online TV and video are arguably still in their infancy, but are set to become a strong revenue earner on a global scale. In a new report titled "Online TV...
Search Overtakes Porn In The UK
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:06:50 pm
It is yet determined if patterns in the UK are mirrored in the US, but Hitwise is looking into it for us. Heather Hopkins' "lofty" look into the future of...
Restaurant Review Site Brings Little To the Table
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:06:25 pm
Another restaurant review site has launched billing itself as an online personalized review guide that will provide a smarter way to find restaurants. The site called BooRah launched at the...
MTV And There.com Hit The Avatar Zone
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:06:01 pm
Hi and welcome to the WebProNews clarification zone, where we try to unmash the mashups of media, technology, public relations, and what's really going on. To read the...
Analysts Expect Blowout GOOG Earnings
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:05:36 pm
In advance of the earnings call, any bets on how high GOOG can go today on Wall Street? Analysts have high hopes, so to speak, as tipsters come rolling in...
Ogilvy Partners With Technorati
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:05:08 pm
Ogilvy North America is partnering with Technorati to offer clients blogs, vlogs, videos, photos, and other online user-generated media. The hope is for their clients to better understand the blogosphere...
Hitwise: Google Takes Nearly 2/3 Of Search
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:04:44 pm
It was just last May that Hitwise reported Google controlled about 47 percent of the search market. What a difference nine months make. According to Hitwise's latest numbers, as of...
Mountain Commerce Overshadows PPC
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:04:17 pm
Pay-per-click advertising doesn't always smile upon budget-minded businesses; even "clean" PPC campaigns (i.e., ones that aren't plagued by click fraud) can be costly. To read the full article...
Two-Thirds of Internet Users Watch TV While Surfing the Net
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:03:49 pm
eMarketer report says multitasking seriously affects ability to absorb content To read the full article click here...
One-Tenth of China Online
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:03:25 pm
L-A-R-G-E  N-U-M-B-E-R-S To read the full article click here...
Click Fraud Reportedly Up
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:02:57 pm
Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click.... To read the full article click here...
Vista Searches Hit Microsoft And Wikipedia
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 09:50:52 am
Searching the Net to find out more about Microsoft's oft-delayed, finally-arriving operating system, Vista, sends people where they want to go today; Vista's creator tops the list, followed by Wikipedia....
Online Ad Spending Projected to Grow by Nearly 20%
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 09:50:23 am
Some losers, and a winner. To read the full article click here...
A 'New Breed' of TV Viewers
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 09:49:58 am
Say 'so long' to the couch potato. To read the full article click here...
CBS Turns Blind Eye To Super Booble
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 12:02:10 am
We'll not pretend TV networks have a conscience any more than we might assume a 13-year-old is actually "sorry," or that he won't go for a joyride in the new...
Yahoo Answers Unicef And Widgets Vista
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 12:01:39 am
They have long supported charitable works by their employees and users, with the latest effort combining star power and Yahoo Answers to bolster the Up Close 2007 campaign to benefit...
Apple Ordered To Pay Legal Fees For Bloggers
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 12:01:15 am
A California court made it clear to Apple that if the company wanted to find out who leaked details of an in-development product to bloggers, they'd actually have to do...
World's Oldest Newspaper Moves Online
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 12:00:48 am
Sweden's Post och Inrikes Tidningar, known as the worlds oldest newspaper has ended publication of its print edition and will be available only online. The paper has become more of...
Nickelodeon Launches Virtual World For Kids
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 12:00:21 am
Popular children's cable network Nickelodeon is venturing into the virtual world with their launch of Nicktropolis today. The site is geared towards children 6 to 14 and allows visitors to...
Pre-roll Ads Could Send YouTubers Running
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 11:59:57 pm
YouTube is Google's new big stick, but the used-to-be-a-search company better learn to walk softly or lose the droves of devoted viewers. A new poll from Harris Interactive shows that...
Yahoo Europe Revises Minimum Bid Pricing
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 11:59:30 pm
It may be a cliche, but it remains true: There's no such thing as a bad sale.  And one search engine company just initiated a heck of a sale -...
Topix.net, Tribune Partner On Classifieds
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 11:59:03 pm
Topix.net, a local search news Web site has partnered with Tribune Interactive to run their online classifieds for general merchandising advertising. The general merchandise classifieds will launch in February starting...
Week's Top Searches Hit Rock Bottom
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 11:58:29 pm
So the past week of memetic searches ain't all that exciting; it's down right vanilla: political self-congratulatory lollapalooza-esque barny-fied elitism, in a vanilla nutshell. We'll call it an accounting of...
Searches For Microsoft Vista Surge
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 11:58:00 pm
Despite Microsoft's best efforts, Vista isn't yet breaking any sales records.  According to some reports, the launch of the new operating system didn't even draw a midnight crowd.  People are...
Google Spikes YouTube Traffic
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 02:24:01 pm
The rich get richer when it comes to YouTube and its market share of visits to entertainment sites tracked by Hitwise; thanks to Google including YouTube results in Google Video...
Sydney Shot Down By Google Flyover
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:44:24 am
Disappointment reigned through the Sydney area, as Google's scheduled flyover for photographing the Australian city had to be altered to suit aviation requirements. To read the full article...
Microsoft Backs Off BlueJ Patent Claim
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:43:59 am
A useful piece of functionality in Visual Studio had been incorporated into the product without attribution to its creator, Michael Kand#246;lling of the University of Kent. Microsoft then submitted a...
MTV Invades Second Life, Eyes Web 2.0
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:43:34 am
Avatars representing lead characters from the hit MTV series 'Laguna Beach' can now be found within the virtual world of Second Life. This move represents a strategy geared at winning...
Nintendo Launches Wii News Channel
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:43:10 am
Besides television, radio, Internet and newspapers where do you get your news? Would you consider using a game console to receive your news? That's what Nintendo and the Associated Press...
U.S. Government Seizes Yahoo User Records
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:42:46 am
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department issued a warrant last week for a particular user's information in connection with a series of money laundering scams. ...
LinkedIn Gets "HookedUp" With $13 Million
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:42:22 am
LinkedIn has been done pretty well for itself; over 9 million "experienced professionals" have joined the online network, and a value of about $250 million was placed on the company. ...
Citigroup Buys Online Egg Bank
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:41:58 am
Citigroup announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase UK based Egg Banking (Egg) the largest online bank in the world. Citigroup is buying the company from Prudential...
Half Of E-Gift Certificates Distrusted
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:41:23 am
Wish-lists and e-gift certificates are necessities for sites that sell goods online. But usability flaws are potentially limiting their reach as the online marketplace swells. It doesn't help that a...
Google Leans On "Old" Blogger Users
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:40:58 am
Some people are creatures of habit; others are just the tiniest bit afraid of new things.  Those who use old versions of Google's Blogger may soon have to embrace some...
Local Publishers Can Hold Against Craigslist
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:40:30 am
Somewhere at the top of the Silicon Valley, Craigslist has upset the status quo of publishing; only the most dedicated websites can survive the hazardous venture into the Valley and...
No Love for Valentine's Day?
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:39:55 am
Emphasizing the 'E' in Eros. To read the full article click here...
Welcome to the 36-Hour Day
Last post on Jan 30, 2007, 08:39:29 am
Get up. Radio is playing. Turn on the television. Log online. Check e-mail. Answer the phone. Text a friend. Join an IM conversation. Overload? Nope. It's the start of a...
YouTube Plans To Share The Cash
Last post on Jan 29, 2007, 02:32:28 pm
It's time for Google and YouTube to share the wealth generated through advertising displayed on the video sharing site, though it's a model YouTube's founders may not have wanted to...
The Top Time-Suckers On The Web
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:57:10 pm
The pageview's not dead, just weaker. There will be certain types of sites where those numbers matter - especially textual sites. But increasingly, as video and interactivity thrive, it is...
Wikipedia, YouTube Become Top Brands
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:56:45 pm
For the second straight year, Google tops the list of worldwide brands in BrandChannel's annual survey. The surprise, however, is the surging popularity of YouTube and Wikipedia, with both claiming...
Salesgenie Hopes To Score With Super Bowl Ad
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:56:18 pm
Database services firm infoUSA will run a commercial for its Salesgenie.com service during Super Bowl XLI, which will be broadcast on Sunday, February 4 on CBS. The ad will air...
Microsoft's Cool With Third Place
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:55:54 pm
The good news for Microsoft is that the company pulled in something like $12.5 billion last quarter. The bad news is most of that didn't come from search, and the...
Google Book Search, Google Maps Team Up
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:55:29 pm
It's an all-too-common problem: you're reading War and Peace when the name "Vyzama" stops you dead in your tracks; you simply can't continue with the novel until you know where...
Record Labels Balk At Ad-Driven Downloads
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:55:03 pm
Earlier this week, Baidu announced a partnership with EMI to bring streaming music to Chinese users by implementing an advertising supported free digital music network. There are other companies eager...
Email Experience Council On Image Rendering
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:54:38 pm
A new study by the Email Experience Council says that images and links in emails are often not visible because of email reader restrictions and coding errors. The EEC Rendering...
Page, Brin Chat About Google At The WEF
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:54:14 pm
The World Economic Forum draws a lot of powerful people, and this year, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were in attendance.  The guys took a short break from...
Can't Fix Stupid, But Congress Will Try
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:53:47 pm
First let's echo Ron White when he says, "you can't fix stupid." Now that we agree on that, let's also doubt that imposing stiffer penalties on those stupid enough to...
Semel "Laser-Focused" On Search Business
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:53:19 pm
Yahoo ended its fiscal year by announcing an early arrival for its Panama search advertising platform, and CEO Terry Semel thinks it will help their overall search business. ...
Talking Business
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:52:50 pm
Out one ear and into another. That's good. To read the full article click here...
'MySpace' the Top Search Term in 2006
Last post on Jan 27, 2007, 12:52:23 pm
Goodbye to Pamela Anderson. To read the full article click here...
Search Engines, Quit Worrying About Google
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:23:20 am
Research performed at The Wharton School suggested a 'Myth of Market Share' may compel companies to focus way too much attention at eroding the market share of competitors. ...
Social Media: Is It Viral, Or Just A Virus?
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:22:53 am
Much praise and adoration has been lauded on the alleged marketing and inbound link potential that social media sites, Digg in particular, present to companies looking to increase their incoming...
Consumers Downloading More Films
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:22:29 am
Americans romance with Hollywood is slowly moving from the silver screen to the small screen. As the movie industry gains ground through Internet distribution a new study finds consumers becoming...
Google And Intel Kiss, Make Up
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:22:04 am
Intel has finally won Google back, and the Santa Clara-based company will now resume selling servers to the search engine giant.  Reports indicate that Intel had to pull out all...
Hillary Traffic Doubles Obama Traffic
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:21:41 am
Okay, so I may have been wrong when I said Hillary Clinton wasn't as popular as some gym socks. That was based on a completely unscientific straw poll of every...
AOL And Students Go Exploring
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:21:17 am
AOL has partnered for a second time with Quest Network's Blue Zones to allow kids to explore the longest living people in Costa Rica. The first expedition explored the healthy...
Microsoft Achieves Record Revenue
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:20:48 am
Microsoft, on the precipice of launching Vista to the public, released record revenue reports today of $12.54 billion for the last quarter of 2006, which figured to be a 6%...
AdSense Gains Ad Placement, Other Features
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:20:24 am
Google AdSense appears to be eyeing a few new features, and - if you're lucky - you may be able to take a look at them, too.  An "Ad Placement"...
Fox Presses YouTube To Reveal Pirate
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:19:53 am
What's scarier than a Rosie O'Donnell pole dance? How about Rupert Murdoch with a subpoena? Twentieth Century Fox will test Google's privacy resolve in much the same way the federal...
Yahoo HotJobs Frozen Out Of Canada
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:19:26 am
A partnership with Workopolis will put Hotjobs on the sidelines in Canada while giving Yahoo listings from the dominant job board in the Great White North. To read...
Mobilizing Social Networking Sites
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:19:00 am
'Gotta run, but we can stay connected.' To read the full article click here...
Bad News for Hollywood
Last post on Jan 26, 2007, 08:18:36 am
Let 'em rip! To read the full article click here...
Google Reveals More About YouTube Plans
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 06:27:12 pm
Back in October, Google purchased YouTube amid a frenzy of media coverage and speculation about how the search company would implement the user-generated video site into its everyday operations. In...
Social Media Too Sweet For Websites
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 06:26:48 pm
There's a reason why every single news article you read today, whether at the New York Times or on an individual blog, has one or more links to submit that...
"MySpace" Most Searched Term In 2006
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 06:26:24 pm
The top search term for all of 2006 was MySpace according to online research and measurement firm Hitwise.  MySpace related search terms had five spots in the top 10 across...
From Linkbaiting To Widgetbaiting
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 06:25:50 pm
The concept of linkbaiting has heretofore been an abstract one. Nick Wilson, CEO and senior strategist for social media marketing agency ClickInfluence, is one of the biggest proponents of the...
Ask Gets Smart For Children
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 06:25:22 pm
Ask.com has added something new to their Smart Answer collection by making the International Children's Digital Library available as a top-of-page resource for children's literature-related queries. To read...
Um, It's Gone, Vint Cerf Did It
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:37:54 pm
Surprising news comes from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); they have removed the top-level domain .um, for United States "minor outlying islands," from the list of...
Super Sunday Ad Poll By AOL
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:37:28 pm
AOL announced today that it would be hosting the 5th Annual Super Sunday Ad Poll. Fans will be to watch, vote and share their favorite Super Bowl commercials at AOL...
Bidding On Top Ad Spot A Waste of Money?
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:37:04 pm
All sponsored search listings are created equal, or so decrees Brandt Dainow, CEO of ThinkMetrics and Internet ad veteran, after reviewing click-through trends over the past three years. In a...
Wikigate '07 - Much Ado About Nothing
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:36:33 pm
The informational integrity of Wikipedia has long been debated throughout the ranks of academia, business communities, and the like. While some cynicism can be lent to the validity of the...
Google Images Cleans Up Its Act
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:36:05 pm
Google Image Search has undergone a mild facelift, and the search results page is no longer cluttered with text about pictures' dimensions, file sizes, and url sources.  That information is...
China To Have The Largest Internet Population
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:35:38 pm
China is on pace to surpass the number of Internet users in the U.S. Last year the country had a 23 percent increase in Internet users brining the total to...
Immortal Computing Is A Little Creepy, Microsoft
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:35:05 pm
In my grandparent's basement, on the wall, there are pictures of ugly, frowning people, relatives of mine, in that ghostly, milky sepia coloring all those 19th Century photos have. They're...
Wikio Receives $5.3 Million In Funding
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:34:41 pm
Wikio, which is basically a European version of Digg (more on that later), just received a considerable amount of funding to continue its growth.  Reports indicate that Lightspeed Venture Partners...
AOL Wants To Play Show and Tell
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:34:12 pm
America Online has announced the arrival of it's "Show Me" website, a user-generated forum geared at providing a means of self-help for visitor in any number of various topics. ...
New Google Penalty Revealed, And It Sucks
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:33:45 pm
The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Like jilted lovers, webmasters jettisoned into the sandbox, hit with the -30 penalty, or even the -950 death...
Online Fraud Mounts
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:33:11 pm
Merchant beware: E-thieves are out there. To read the full article click here...
Future Sounds: Mobile Music
Last post on Jan 25, 2007, 04:32:46 pm
We do hold phones to our ears, so.... To read the full article click here...
Podcasting Trends of 2006
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:34:26 am
PodZinger has published the results of a study, revealing the top searches and trends on its site for 2006. The statistics showed that sports, talk personalities and world news topped...
Mr. Softie Continues To Shed Search Share
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:34:02 am
Out of the top 10 most-searched search engines ranked by Nielsen//NetRatings, only one had negative growth in December. Can you guess which one? Here's a hint: it starts with M,...
BBC To Launch Virtual World For Children
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:33:38 am
The BBC has plans to launch an online virtual world geared toward children. The site will be for 7-12 year olds and allow users to go online and explore content...
Lycos, PlayPhone Offer Up Mobile Content
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:33:14 am
Lycos has announced the launch of its new mobile marketplace. PlayPhone, Inc., a company that specializes in direct-to-consumer wireless distribution, will power the online store. To read the...
Searchers Say: 'The iPod Is So 2006'
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:32:50 am
Remember all that caterwauling outside of MacWorld a couple of weeks ago? The ecstatic throngs seizing up and falling to the floor upon sight of the iPhone, bringing back memories...
Google.de Slips Its Leash
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:32:24 am
Google users in Germany got a surprise on Tuesday morning when, for a brief period, the search engine company seemed to have lost ownership of its home page.  Google is...
MySpace Looks To Dethrone 'Spam King'
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:31:57 am
MySpace has filed a federal lawsuit against well-known spammer, Scott Richter also known as the "Spam King" for the reputation he has earned. The suit filed in the Central District...
Google Sprinkles Seedfund With Cash
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:31:32 am
Google's made one more step into India, but it's done so in an uncharacteristically quiet manner.  Rather than buy out another company, or at least throw up a new research...
Top Search Gainers Are Idol-licious
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:31:07 am
This week's Zeitgeist, Google's list of top search gainers, is a mix of homage and pop culture, as the searching populace remembers past leaders and ailing crooners while keeping up...
Yahoo Ranking Model Scoring In February
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:30:43 am
Project Panama receives its formal entrance to the commercial market on February 5th, providing a new ranking model for search marketing. To read the full article click here...
India Is 'Ga-Ga' for Radio
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:30:17 am
Turning up the dial. To read the full article click here...
Talk Outweighs Advertising
Last post on Jan 24, 2007, 11:29:52 am
Being full of hot air may not be such a bad thing. To read the full article click here...
Online Retailers And Transactional Email
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:19:50 am
As the number of consumers shopping online continues to grow, more marketers are becoming interested in transactional emails. To read the full article click here...
Japan Reconsiders Copyright Law For Search
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:19:26 am
The Japanese government plans to amend existing copyright laws to make allowances for search engine indexing, according to Japan Today. To read the full article click here...
Lotus Makes The Collaboration Play
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:19:02 am
Information overload has led to communication being a chore in the workplace, but IBM thinks its latest goodies from the Lotus division will make work time more like play time....
Online Video And The Consumer
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:18:38 am
Thirty-seven percent of consumers with high-speed Internet access are interested in watching TV online in either short or long form according to a new report from Jupiter Research, "Programming for...
Europeans Buying More Online
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:18:14 am
Europeans are spending more time online and many are shopping online as well. Since they are spending more time online they are also purchasing more items. To read...
BBC, Google Video Near Deal
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:17:50 am
Want to find an old Monty Python clip?  Or watch a Mr. Bean sketch?  Odds are that you can do so at Google Video, even though the BBC never gave...
Google, Yahoo, MS Devising Code of Conduct
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:17:25 am
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and Vodafone quietly disclosed they were working together with human rights organizations, investors and legal experts to develop a code of conduct for technology companies to help...
Sydney Prepares For Its Google Close-Up
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:17:01 am
In their existence, Google Maps and Google Earth have displayed quite a few odd images.  Prepare to see a lot more, courtesy of the citizens of Sydney, Australia.  Google is...
Pay $3 And Keep A Cheap Fare
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:16:37 am
Farecast has dropped the price of its new Fare Guard service from $9.95 to $3, but the change only lasts until February 1st. To read the full article...
AdSense Soon To See More Video
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:16:13 am
Content from Sony BMG and Warner Music Group will receive a dose of video advertising from Google and made available for publishers in the AdSense Network. To read...
US 'Worst' Malware and Spam Threat
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:15:46 am
Security is still a big problem online. To read the full article click here...
Digital Music Market Doubles
Last post on Jan 23, 2007, 07:15:21 am
Digital music sales are jumping. To read the full article click here...
Google Plots On E-Books And Games
Last post on Jan 22, 2007, 01:03:43 pm
The new year finally seems to be on track, as new rumors about Google merrily bounced around the Internet, bringing tales of e-book distribution and in-game advertising with them. ...
Google Unbound And Free Online Books
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:02:28 am
Google wants publishers and authors not to fear giving away electronic books online saying that it will ultimately lead to more book sales. At the Google Unbound conference yesterday at...
Perspectives on Google Reader
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:02:00 am
Hitwise is reporting that Google Reader is still lagging pretty far behind both Bloglines and Rojo in terms of market share, despite much love from tech writers throughout the blogosphere....
adCenter Unveils Video Ad Technology
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:01:36 am
In addition to some new search/keyword technologies, Microsoft also took the lid off of some interesting new online video ad technology developed by adCenter Labs. These developments could easily expand...
Online Research Influences Offline Sales
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:01:11 am
Online browsing and research will increase offline retail sales by 12 percent over the next five years according to JupiterResearch. In their new report, "U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2006-2011" growth...
New Data Center for Google
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:00:47 am
Google has announced plans to open a new data center in Lenoir, N.C., according to state officials. Local residents hope that Google's presence in the region will boost the local...
Google's Latest Hotspot: Librarian Central
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 01:00:19 am
Google wants to speak - presumably using an "inside voice" - with librarians.  To facilitate this, the search engine company has launched the Librarian Central blog.  And while some of...
Kellogg, Yahoo, And The Glass Teat
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:59:55 am
When Kellogg pulled a Pontiac and told TV viewers to search for its Special K brand cereal on Yahoo!, Hitwise wondered if people really were the sheep Kellogg hoped they'd...
Senate Rejects Blogging Bill
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:59:27 am
The U.S. Senate has shot down a proposal that would have required some political bloggers to register as lobbyists or face prison time for up to 10 years. The Senate...
Yahoo Releases School Search Service
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:58:52 am
Yahoo's unveiled a new search tool that may prove extremely valuable to parents.  Created in conjunction with GreatSchools.net, the service allows users to search for elementary, middle, and high schools...
Outsourcing a Digg Army
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:58:22 am
This is probably a non-starter, but it's fun to think about. It's well known among the most ardent click fraud combatants that there are armies of low-paid workers in the...
How Online Retailers Miss Some Revenues
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:57:55 am
Current customers could your best customers, if.... To read the full article click here...
Europeans Buy More Online
Last post on Jan 20, 2007, 12:57:23 am
The Old World takes to new ways. To read the full article click here...
European Online Advertising To Grow
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:43:14 am
Online advertising in Europe has been seen as minimal. A new report suggests that the online ad market in Europe will see significant growth over the next three years. ...
Google To Announce 4Q Results
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:42:50 am
Google will announce the company's fourth quarter 2006 results during a conference call on Wednesday, January 31, the company reported. To read the full article click here...
MIVA Skates InLine With Ad Solution
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:42:26 am
The newly launched MIVA Monetization Center offers a self-service method of enabling web publishers to add content and search ads to their sites; the product also offers pay per click...
Internet Important To American Voters
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:42:02 am
The number of Americans who used the Internet as their main source of news about the 2006 mid-term election slightly more than doubled over the 2002 mid-term election. A new...
SEMPO Brings SEM Survey to Europe
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:41:36 am
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) is a group focused on better understanding the role of search in the marketing landscape, as well as developing best practices for search...
Yahoo Answers Gaining Star Power
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:41:09 am
If you're a regular contributor to Yahoo's QandA portal, you might find that the company has added some additional features to the service. The latest additions give Yahoo Answers a...
Malls Should Make Ready For Google Billboards
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:40:43 am
Google is a very powerful Internet company, but it's still, for the most part, just an Internet company; consumers aren't very likely to encounter the search engine and advertising giant...
EBay Focuses On Security
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:40:18 am
Because of online scammers, executives at eBay are shifting their focus to security in hopes to improve buyer and seller experience as well as protect the company's reputation. ...
LG Drops iPhone Competitor, Web Yawns
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:39:51 am
Seoul, Korea-based LG Electronics was noticeably quiet last week when Apple revealed iPhone to the world. Bloggers had noted a mystery touch-screen phone produced by LG that was strikingly similar...
UK Hangs Search Engines Out To Dry
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:39:28 am
Search engine companies are out of luck, at least for the time being; the British government has announced that it will not support "a change to the UK E-commerce Regulations...
Newspaper Blog Traffic up 200%
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:38:53 am
Good news! To read the full article click here...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Super Bowl Advertising
Last post on Jan 19, 2007, 08:38:28 am
Amid the cheering, amid the boos, the ads. To read the full article click here...
Digg Love Is Not A Right
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:30:12 am
Within the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that citizens should have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. No one owes you a spot...
Microsoft and Nortel Unveil BizCom Roadmap
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:29:45 am
Last July, Microsoft and Nortel announced a strategic partnership in order to develop innovative methods of business communication by focusing on integrating voice, e-mail, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing and other...
Blogs Increase Online Newspapers Traffic
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:29:20 am
Blogs have given the nations top 10 newspaper sites a much-needed increase in traffic. Over the past year Web traffic to the blog pages of the top 10 online newspapers...
Obama Channel Comes To Brightcove
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:28:52 am
Many are expecting 2008 to be the year of the YouTube presidency, with candidates using every effective communication tool at their disposal. Senator Barack Obama, who likes to pretend he...
Rumors Swirling Around Apple's Fairplay DRM
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:28:27 am
Tech.co.uk is reporting that Apple will announce this week that it is opening up it's Fairplay DRM so that it may be licensed by device manufacturers who are members of...
Google Checkout Promo A Cause For Concern?
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:27:59 am
Google Checkout appears to be branching out, and not everyone is happy about it.  Google purists are annoyed that product information is taking up an increasing amount of space on...
Web Site Competes For Textbook Market
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:27:35 am
Buying and selling college textbooks was probably my least favorite part of my collegiate experience.  I always had the feeling that I was being royally ripped off on both ends...
Yahoo Responds To "Wired" Slams
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:27:01 am
An article titled "How Yahoo Blew It" has been making the rounds, and although similar stories appear every day, this one had a bit of heft: it appeared in Wired. ...
Live Search Clicks For The Cause
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:26:37 am
Using Microsoft's 'Click for the Cause' Live Search site will help generate donations to NineMillion.org, the United Nations' child refugee organization. To read the full article click here...
User-Generated Online Video Comes into Focus
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:26:09 am
NBC, HBO and UGOV. To read the full article click here...
Europe: One Continent, Many Online Ad Markets
Last post on Jan 18, 2007, 11:25:45 am
Online, the old world now looks like a new frontier. To read the full article click here...
MySpace Develops Parental Monitoring Software
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:58:03 pm
In recent times, MySpace and sexual predators have become closely associated terms in the minds of parents and lawmakers across the nation. The social networking site is currently developing software...
The Beatles And Apple Come Together ?
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:57:36 pm
It seems that The Beatles and Apple have finally struck a deal to make the groups songs available on iTunes. The buzz about the deal is being widely reported though...
Google XSS Flaw Patched
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:57:11 pm
Two things we've learned: Google is quick about patching security flaws; we can expect that as Google increases its dominance on the Web, it will become a bigger target for...
Getting Started in Business Podcasting
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:56:47 pm
Podcasting is quickly becoming one of the preferred platforms in which to distribute content to large numbers of individuals in short order. With the ability to reach such a massive...
Insurgents Use Google Earth To Target British
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:56:21 pm
During a raid on Iraqi insurgents, British Army intelligence made a chilling discovery. Insurgents were using Google Earth to locate soft targets at British bases in Basra. To...
Got Issues? Yahoo Wants The Video
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:55:13 pm
Yahoo and the Film Your Issue website are jointly promoting the "Issue Film" competition to highlight the concerns of young adults over topical issues. To read the full...
Spam And Viruses Continue To Grow
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:54:47 pm
The problem of spam continues to be a major annoyance for many.  Over the past two years the amount of spam has increased. According to Postini, a communications security firm...
Social Media: PR's Infectious Friend
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 06:54:22 pm
The idea that social media can be indoctrinated into a greater marketing and PR campaign is beginning to sink in. When statistics and pinpoint targeting become a greater part of...
Google Crossed Up By XSS Again
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 01:26:18 pm
Yet another cross-site scripting issue has cropped up with Google, as their dominant place on the Internet could be starting to draw Microsoft-like attention from malicious hackers. To...
TMZ.com Makes Move To TV
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:50:10 pm
The popular online entertainment celebrity site TMZ.com will soon be a daily television show starting in the fall. Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and the Fox Owned Television Stations have...
Google Cuts Ties With Competitors' Maps
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:49:45 pm
When one company is in competition with another, it usually won't point consumers towards the competitor's products.  Sure, it happens - some corporations believe that they shine in comparison tests...
AIM and GoogleTalk Edge Closer to Interoperability
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:49:21 pm
Plans to develop technology that would allow users of AIM and GoogleTalk to communicate with each other were originally announced in December of 2005, and have yet to provide any...
Nielsen: Brits Addicted To Online Poker
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:48:56 pm
The British are betting. They're betting a lot, says Nielsen//NetRatings. Measuring British use of online applications, the analytics company credited broadband for the rise of "addictive" activities. Online poker was...
The Next Step For Online Video Sites
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:48:31 pm
User generated online video made up 47 percent of the total online video market in the US in 2006. By 2010 over half of all video content viewed online in...
Baidu, EMI Partner, Launch Music Service
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:48:02 pm
A search engine will soon provide its users with free music, but before you get too excited, know that the tunes are mostly Chinese in origin.  And even fans of...
Kosmix, Healthline Had Death Cap Cure
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:47:39 pm
Our earlier story about a doctor in California who turned to Google Scholar to find a treatment for death cap mushroom poisoning has an interesting coda: he wasted too much...
Obama Versus Clinton - The Net Battle
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:47:15 pm
Freshman Senator or former First Lady, that could be the choice Democratic primary voters face when selecting a Presidential nominee for the 2008 election. Tendencies of their demographics have begun...
Where Blogs Go When You Go
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:46:50 pm
Companies may be having just as difficult a time figuring out what to do with blogs when people leave the company as they do in deciding when and how to...
Display Ads Disappearing from E-Mail Sites
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:46:24 pm
Now you see them, now you don't. To read the full article click here...
Spam and Virus Outbreak
Last post on Jan 17, 2007, 12:45:41 pm
'Out, out! Damned spam!' as Lady Macbeth may have put it. But neither the spots nor the spam are going to disappear. To read the full article click...
Online Advertisers Should Consider Smaller Sites
Last post on Jan 16, 2007, 07:47:04 pm
Online advertisers should be open to placing their ads on smaller sites and not always focus on large sites according to new research from Media-Screen. The "Net pop| Response" study...
Online Video Helps Cisco Grow
Last post on Jan 16, 2007, 09:55:20 am
The rapid growth of online video is forcing service providers to upgrade their networks to deal with the increased Internet traffic and broadband demand. Companies that provide infrastructure for the...
Yahoo Inks Deal With Gotham Group
Last post on Jan 16, 2007, 09:54:51 am
Cartoons are popular with the young, the young at heart, and Yahoo.  This is, at least, what some people may conclude after hearing about the search engine company's deal with...
MPA Says Google Is Evil
Last post on Jan 16, 2007, 09:54:27 am
Google's partner in China, Shenshen Xunlei Networking Technologies is under scrutiny for allegedly encouraging piracy according to the Motion Picture Association. To read the full article click here...
Crosby Discusses, Promotes Google Analytics
Last post on Jan 16, 2007, 09:54:02 am
For the inside track on Google Analytics, one need look no further than Brett Crosby, its senior manager.  In a recent interview, Crosby spoke about becoming part of the team,...
AOL Looks to Acquire TradeDoubler
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:49:21 pm
Early Monday, Time Warner announced plans to purchase TradeDoubler, a European provider of online marketing and sales services. The deal, which has yet to be finalized, is reported to cost...
Napster To Take Over AOL Music Now
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:48:47 pm
AOL and Napster announced Friday that Napster will become the exclusive music subscription provider for AOL Music. The two companies will partner to migrate approximately 350,000 paid subscribers of the...
Alan Cox Files DRM Patent
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:48:23 pm
Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology is a method of content protection that can limit the use of content to specific platforms, devices or other such methods as deemed by the...
First HD-DVD On BitTorrent, MPAA Trembles
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:47:56 pm
The first HD-DVD movie has finally found its way into the hallowed halls of BitTorrent. The move could be the first small pebble that starts an avalanche of HD-DVD content...
UN Will Not Control The Internet
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:47:27 pm
The new head of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure has no new plans to change the oversight of the Internet. To read the full article click...
Blogging: Random Thoughts and Predictions
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 09:46:58 pm
Citizen journalism, word of mouth marketing, not to mention good old-fashioned seditious libel, mark some of the more prominent aspects of this generative beast we call the blogosphere. ...
Doctor Finds Cure In Google Scholar
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 02:30:36 pm
failure, but a doctor who searched for a treatment managed to locate one. To read the full article click here...
Israeli PM Gets The Google Bomb
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 02:30:08 pm
Prime Minister Ehud Ohmert learned that the benevolence of Google can rapidly sour if one's critics emulate their politically charged American counterparts and tag one's name with a less-than-flattering phrase....
Holiday Season Starts Early For Online Retailers
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 12:14:50 pm
For most of us the holiday season is the beginning of Thanksgiving and lasts through the end of the year. For online retailers the holiday season starts at the end...
UK Newspapers Dress To Please (Google)
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 12:14:26 pm
Although certain Belgian news associations have tried to distance themselves from Google, British newspapers are taking the opposite approach.  Some have bought search terms in order to "up" their exposure;...
Some Wild Web 2.0 Rides
Last post on Jan 15, 2007, 12:14:01 pm
If there were a contest for dramatic Web 2.0 stories, these two bloggers would be neck and neck for the winner this week. While their anecdotes demonstrate the effectiveness of...
Live Blogging Leads Macworld Keynote Coverage
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:46:44 pm
Coverage of the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld conference took on several different forms this year. Some publications took the traditional journalistic approach by writing articles after the fact,...
Cutts: PageRank Zero Problem Fixed
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:46:20 pm
Reach for your copy of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and press the DON'T PANIC! button; the problem with some sites seeing a zero PageRank after Google's latest update should...
2007, The Year of the Online Game?
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:45:51 pm
2005 was the year of the social network. In 2006, online video was the chief cause of acquisition hysteria. Will 2007 be the year of the online gaming site? Why...
Marketers To Focus On Email Marketing
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:45:22 pm
In a new survey by Alterian, a marketing software provider says that marketers will turn their attention online in 2007. Out of 500 direct marketers and service providers surveyed 85...
Kiss Your CSS Goodbye With Outlook 2007
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:44:56 pm
HTML emails and CSS formatting will take a huge hit when Outlook 2007 starts taking up positions on millions of desktops, and email newsletter publishers will have to take some...
Self-Destructing Video Email
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:44:27 pm
Have you ever had an entertaining video of yourself that you wanted to share with a friend through email but were not comfortable with the possibility that it could end...
The Art of Landing Page Content
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:44:01 pm
Blogosphere buzz surrounding Google's recent algorithmic changes to the way in which in evaluates landing pages for index inclusion and minimum bidding for keywords has propelled many site designers into...
With Liberty and Downloads For All. . .
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:43:37 pm
Our image of pirates has changed a bit since the high seas are largely under control (though there are some unruly ne'er-do-well factions marauding about in Indonesia). Pirates today seek...
Yahoo Dons A Black Hat?
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:43:12 pm
Competition between Yahoo and its competitors has been pretty fierce at times, and any number of onlookers have compared it to a war or a fight.  Now it appears as...
A Yahoo-ized Google Homepage
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:42:47 pm
eWeek's Steve Bryant wondered what Google's homepage would look like if it looked more like Yahoo's. The purists look at him like they're smelling onions, but others look at it...
Worldwide IT Spend to Reach $1.5 Trillion
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:42:19 pm
Information technology rules! To read the full article click here...
Bigger Sites May Not Be Better for Online Advertisers
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 10:41:53 pm
Advertising on smaller niche sites could make a big difference. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Says Your Love Life Sucks
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:11:27 pm
Welcome to Dumpsville, Population: You. It's National Break-Up Season according to Yahoo, and I can't wait to see the Hallmark cards for this. To read the full article...
iPhone Has An iTwin, Made By LG
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:11:02 pm
It didn't take Cisco long to slap Apple for a severe case of hubris in launching a product with the same name as a Cisco product. It also didn't take...
CBS And Google Ready Radio Deal
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:10:37 pm
A big test for Google's dMarc purchase could be announced very soon, with Google providing up to ten percent of CBS Radio's ad inventory. To read the full...
StubHub Acquired by eBay
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:10:05 pm
eBay announced the acquisition of StubHub, an online marketplace for the resale of event tickets. To read the full article click here...
Oh Give Me A Digital Home...
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:09:38 pm
The prospect of a digital home seems like a good idea. Being able to control multiple appliances or electronic devices from a central location or a remote location would be...
BBC Weighs Its Social Networking Options
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:09:08 pm
When I think of the BBC, I think of great television . . . of shows like "Monty Python," "As Time Goes By," and "Top Gear."  Then there's MySpace, the...
Net Neutrality Bill Reaches Senate, YouTube
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:08:40 pm
The Net Neutrality debate is now front and center in the US Senate (well, when their not talking about Iraq) as Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) introduce...
Google Becomes Buddies With Friendster
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:08:16 pm
Google has been successful in many different, almost unrelated, endeavors, but one thing that it lacks is a popular social networking site.  The search engine giant has, however, managed to...
Presidential Candidates Look Online
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:07:46 pm
The Internet has played an increasing role in politics. It has become a tool for potential candidates at the local, state and national level. Politicians know that using blogs or...
PayPal Stonewalls Charitable Deadspin Effort
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:07:22 pm
The editor and participants at the lively sports blog Deadspin attempted to establish a fund to benefit the family and platoon of Adam Knox, who died in the service of...
Is Privacy Overrated?
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:06:50 pm
Privacy... or better service? Privacy, better service. Better service! To read the full article click here...
Sports Fans Key to HDTV
Last post on Jan 12, 2007, 12:06:24 pm
Love those coach potatoes and armchair quarterbacks. To read the full article click here...
DRM Is On Life Support
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 04:16:27 pm
Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been a topic of much buzz and speculation throughout the blogosphere over the past several months. With the advent of rival content providers offering music...
Cisco Calls Apple On Trademark Infringement
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 01:11:19 pm
Cisco has sued Apple over its use of the term iPhone for its newly announced mobile device, despite reports that they were near an agreement with Apple to share the...
Employment Site Traffic Has Ups and Downs
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:57:22 am
The first week of a new year, people want two things overall: a new body and a new job. Last week we found out that on New Year's Day, visits...
Google Delves Further Into Home Design
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:56:54 am
Google's modeling applications received an upgrade earlier this week; SketchUp 6 (free) and SketchUp Pro 6 (not free) are now available.  Most of the new features relate to the software's...
Venture Firm Heavily Finances Heavey.com
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:56:24 am
Heavy.com an online video site catering to males 18-34 has closed a $20 million financing round from Polaris Venture Partners. This is the second round of funding from Polaris, which...
Day After Christmas Big eShopping Day
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:56:00 am
Shopping online the day after Christmas is becoming a family holiday tradition, says Nielsen//NetRatings. Overall visits to Internet shopping sites that day jumped 35 percent over last year, adding eight...
Google Voted "Most Popular Brand" In Britain
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:55:36 am
According to the Millward Brown research consultancy, Google is Britain's most popular brand.  And while that accomplishment in impressive enough its own right, the search engine company achieved it while...
Entertainment Downloads Are Up — What's Next?
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:55:10 am
Free user-generated online video content exploded in 2006, and now 2007 looks like it will be a bumper year for paid music, movie and television content. To read...
Consumers Uncomfortable in the 'Digital Home'
Last post on Jan 11, 2007, 12:54:45 am
Wired but unready. To read the full article click here...
Internet Ad Future Is A Load Of Bull
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 09:40:08 pm
Expect a bull market for Internet advertising in 2007. Expect that bull to keep charging for the foreseeable future. In fact, says Susquehanna Financial Group (SFG), 2007 will mark a...
Nielsen Tracking Online Usage
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 09:39:42 pm
Nielsen Media Research is in the early stages of installing Internet tracking software on the home computers of people in its TV ratings households. The goal is to measure traditional...
The Mobile And Ask On Phones
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 09:39:17 pm
Google dropped into bed with Samsung, as did Yahoo when they weren't announcing deals with Opera and a slew of other firms at the start of the CES event in...
MySpace Goes French
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 09:38:50 pm
Social networking site MySpace will officially launch in France this Thursday. The company has been running a beta site in France. The launch is viewed as a broader move into...
SEO Is About To Change
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 02:11:34 pm
Highly regarded SEO expert and Enquiro head, Gord Hotchkiss, while chiming in on SEO mythbusters, came to a harrowing conclusion: SEO as we know it is about to change drastically....
AOL To Premiere Documentary
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 11:05:42 am
AOL is debuting a documentary film today called Darkon on its site True Stories. During the month of January the film will be available online free prior to its theatrical...
iPhone Drops, Everyone Starts Cussin'
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 11:05:16 am
Just try to look at Apple's new iPhone without cursing. Go ahead, try it. You know who else is cursing? Microsoft, RIM, Nokia, Verizon, and Sprint, to name a few....
FTC Sues Payment Co. For Role In Web Scam
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 11:04:52 am
Try to access the website of payment service InterBill and you'll get a white-screen notice that the site is "under construction." We can, for lack other information, assume it has...
No Kidding, Kids Like Funny Ads
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 11:04:26 am
Ha, ha, ha! To read the full article click here...
Useless Information
Last post on Jan 10, 2007, 11:04:02 am
'You got that information I asked for yet?' 'Uh, yeah, I did, boss. But....' To read the full article click here...
Google To Work Through Conduit
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:46:38 pm
Google has signed a deal with Conduit, a relatively modest company that deals in customized toolbars.  Now, thanks to the agreement, those toolbars are powered by Google search. ...
Hearst Acquires Social Networking Site
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:45:47 pm
Hoping to capitalize on the online teen market Hearst Magazine's digital unit has acquired eCrush.com a conglomerate of entertainment and social networking sites for teens and young adults. The purchase...
More Trouble In Brazil For YouTube
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:45:21 pm
YouTube appears to be out of options in Brazil. To read the full article click here...
Video Entices Malware Creators
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:44:57 pm
Fake video sites and associated downloads look like they will be the proverbial pain in the keyboard for Internet users this year as criminals shift their efforts to them to...
Keyword Advertising In The Clear
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:44:33 pm
The issue of using trademarks in keyword advertising has been resolved (at least for now).  According to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, "you may use...
PandG Launches Online Site For Women
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 09:44:08 pm
Proctor and Gamble has launched a new web site geared toward women called Capessa.yahoo.com. P and G Productions along with Yahoo and the Zizo Group created the site. The online...
Google,Stopbadware Make Mistakes
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:21:15 pm
A service call Stopbadware.org that is supposed to warn users of sites containing malware was recently involved in some confusion along with Google. It seems Stopbadware flagged the site misterpoll.com...
Google Testing Drive-by Video Ads
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:20:50 pm
As online video has evolved, the question of how to advertise and when to advertise has been burning. There are no experts in this realm, only testers, debating about post-roll...
ChaCha Receives $6 Million To Keep Dancing
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:20:26 pm
Google may own well over 50% of the search market, but there are still those who are willing to support other engines.  A group of companies and individuals recently proved...
Spain Goes After Anorexia Sites
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:19:59 pm
Yeah, if in the US, it would be a freedom issue. But it's in Spain, and most of us won't mind. The same crew that made no bones about stripping...
UC Berkley Offers Free Podcast Courses
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:19:34 pm
Students at UC Berkley might be surprised to find out that the very same courses for which they pay full tuition are available as a free download from an iTunes...
Teens Savvy On Social Networking Sites
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:19:09 pm
Social networking sites have generated controversy and concern for many parents and teachers. Just who is your teen chatting with on MySpace? Is it a friend from school or some...
Google's Most-Asked Questions (And Answers)
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:18:44 pm
Ever wonder what sort of questions people are asking about Google's services?  Well, just in case you were, there's a new list showing the "top questions" from the help files...
Yahoo China Goes Vertical
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:18:19 pm
Alibaba CEO Jack Ma plans to remake Yahoo China into a more business-focused vertical search engine. To read the full article click here...
Teens Still Gaga over Social Networking
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:17:51 pm
More than half use social networking sites.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
The Hottest New Media Platform of 2007 Is Right in Your Hand
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 03:17:21 pm
Mobile phones started as simply another way for people to say hello to one another, but they may soon have a profound impact on the way all advertising channels interrelate....
Sony to Release Internet Ready Television
Last post on Jan 09, 2007, 11:53:45 am
Sony has unveiled a new TV feature called "Bravia Internet Video Link" that will allow most of its new televisions to access free Internet video content. Online content, including high-definition...
Opera Goes Yahoo For Mobile Search
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:58:32 pm
A year ago, Opera announced Google would be the default search provider on its mobile browser. That has changed to Yahoo, a fundamental shift that seems surprising on the surface....
SEO Tips for Your Blog
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:58:00 pm
Blogging can be an effective tool when it comes to building a brand, establishing company credibility, and promoting new products and services. Creating a blog, however, is merely not enough....
Online Consumers Rocking The Music Business
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:57:30 pm
Digital online music is nothing new. Once thought by the music industry to be the enemy it is now proving to be a profitable ally as digital download sales continue...
ICANN Reconsiders Virtual Red Light District
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:57:00 pm
Nearly seven years after its initial proposal, the controversial .XXX domain, intended as an online "red light district" for pornographic websites, is soon to be reconsidered by the International Corporation...
Second Life Client Goes Open Source
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:56:29 pm
Linden Lab, creator of the popular Second Life virtual world, is making the code for its Viewer interface available in open source format. Developers will now be able to access...
Google, Samsung Get Moving
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 08:56:04 pm
Yahoo was quick with a blitzkrieg of press releases this morning and Samsung is for sure double dipping. Included among a host of major mobile phone manufacturers in bed with...
Yahoo China To Change Strategy
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 05:20:26 pm
Plans are in the works to reorganize Yahoo's China portal. The company plans to shift towards being a business oriented search engine. Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba Group that oversees...
Google, Earthlink Clear MuniFi Hurdle
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 05:19:59 pm
On Friday, Google and Earthlink came to finalized terms on the contract to build infrastructure for a free wireless network for the city of San Francisco. The city's Board of...
Yahoo Gets Around, A Lot, With Go 2.0
Last post on Jan 08, 2007, 05:19:29 pm
Yahoo! announced a flurry of new partnerships today as part of a global launch of Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 (beta). The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company teamed up with Motorola, Nokia,...
Custom Domain Names Catch On At Blogger
Last post on Jan 06, 2007, 12:34:01 pm
Google's Blogger just got a lot more flexible: It will now support custom domain names for your blog.  "We'll continue to host all your content as before, but it will...
E-Commerce Hits All-Time High in 2006
Last post on Jan 06, 2007, 12:33:34 pm
Raising the ceiling, raising the bar, raising the ante. To read the full article click here...
Is the Sex-Entertainment Business Shrinking?
Last post on Jan 06, 2007, 12:33:10 pm
Changes in X-rated entertainment consumption. To read the full article click here...
Google Buys Stake in Xunlei
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:20:57 pm
Google announced on Thursday that it would purchase a small state in Chinese web site Xunlei.com. The company, located in Shenzen, allows users to download music and video from the...
Pregnancy Searches Jump In January
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:20:30 pm
You probably only have to review your checkbook to understand a lot of people are born in late summer, early autumn. August and September are birthday season. Yahoo's buzz index...
Kim Family Holds Benefit Auction On eBay
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:20:04 pm
The family of James Kim, the CNet editor who passed away in November in an effort to save his stranded family, has set up an online auction to raise money...
LiveJournal Protest Tops Nielsen List
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:19:37 pm
The most popular blog post of 2006 landed on a LiveJournal blog, while missives from Michelle Malkin, Dave Sifry, and CrooksAndLiars.com ranked among the most linked 100 posts for the...
Not Using LinkedIn Is Unprofessional
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:19:08 pm
"People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five," writes former Apple evangelist and founder...
Google Takes Up Stargazing
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:18:38 pm
Google will be teaming with a consortium of 19 universities, national labs and private foundations to build the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The LSST is scheduled to commence operation...
Online Holiday Spending Passes $100 Billion
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:17:55 pm
The year 2006 was a record breaker for e-commerce as online retail spending passed the $100 billion mark, according comScore. To read the full article click here...
MapQuest Upgrades; Google, Yahoo Sigh
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:17:27 pm
In a market where Yahoo's stake trails Google's by just one percentage point, a third company is beating them both by a solid 30%.  Even worse (from the search engine...
Google is The Top Brand of 2006
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:16:58 pm
Landor Associates, a New York based design agency, conducted a survey of the most popular brands among consumers. Among the top vote getters were Las Vegas, Oprah Winfrey, and the...
Google Swipes NBC Executive
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:16:28 pm
Because in California, there is no such thing as a noncompete clause. Reports began flying last night that Google plucked NBC Universal general manager of strategic ventures Michael Steib to...
Online Customers Are Good for the Music Business
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:15:54 pm
Music execs must be clicking up their heels. To read the full article click here...
Non-Voice Wireless Revenues Approaching $1 Billion in India
Last post on Jan 05, 2007, 11:15:22 pm
Indians love their mobile phones. To read the full article click here...
GOOG Target Raised To $630
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 06:04:54 pm
Nobody really wants to come out looking too Pollyanna on Wall Street, even if the numbers are there. An $800 per share Google is whispered, or tossed out at the...
Social Networking Meets Stock Investing
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 06:04:29 pm
TheStreet.com, Inc. has announced an agreement with A.R. Media, a New York-based media holding company, in launching a new Web site entitled Stockpickr - "The Stock Idea Network." ...
Disney Goes Social
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 06:03:56 pm
Disney will launch a new site next week focused on social networking for kids. The site will be similar to MySpace.com but will have parental controls and feature chat and...
Lycos Cinema Now Offering Indie Music
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 06:03:30 pm
World Digital Media Group, L.L.C., (WDMG) today announced a partnership with LYCOS, Inc. to become the first music content provider for its newly launched proprietary entertainment platform Lycos Cinema. ...
Toyota Introduces "Hybrid" Social Networking
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 06:03:01 pm
Social networking is a bandwagon; the number of companies that haven't taken a shot at it is decreasing on what seems like a daily basis.  But in its newest incarnation,...
Google Pitching Kirkland To Engineers
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 04:22:11 pm
For virtually everyone who dreams of working in the wonderful world of technology, Silicon Valley draws them like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Google would like some of those...
Lessig: IP Reform? Fuggedaboutit
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 04:21:47 pm
Now that Democrats have won control of Congress, one might have expected intellectual property law reform to take place. Creative Commons backer and noted law professor Lawrence Lessig says it...
2007: The Year Of The Google Calendar?
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 04:21:22 pm
It's a new year, and perhaps one of your resolutions is to get more organized.  Using a calendar would certainly help with that, right?  If you're in the mood to...
Should Happy New Year Virus Be Forgot ?
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:06:41 am
Spammers rang in the New Year with a "Happy New Year!" e-mail virus attack. Israeli security company Commtouch reported that there were 3,262 variants in 65 hours. During that period...
Online Dieters Learn You Can't Eat Web Cookies
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:06:17 am
We kick the dirt as we return to work after the holidays, noticing as we button those new pants from Mom that they're a little snug. Okay, a lot snug....
Dreaming Of Search In 1994
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:05:50 am
Around the time the World Wide Web was being opened to users of AOL for the first time, and 9600 baud was a massive upgrade in speed for modems, some...
Google and China Mobile Team Up
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:05:23 am
China Mobile and Google have announced a partnership aimed at providing mobile and Internet search services in China. They will provide Chinese Mobile users with mobile search products and services...
Are Heterosexual Internet Users Antisocial?
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:04:50 am
Put another way (and paraphrasing the old Breck's television campaign), do straights have less fun? Well, online, at least, maybe so.... To read the full article click here...
Reaching 'Time-Famished' Consumers
Last post on Jan 04, 2007, 09:04:23 am
Convenience is more important than price. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Says You Want A New Job
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:19:24 pm
See the woman in the next cubicle, crunching hard on a spreadsheet? Don't be fooled. She's working the job search sites like a machine. To read the full...
Blogger Reaches The Senate
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:18:59 pm
When Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Washington to get to work, he brought along Jon Henke to serve in a position in the US Senate. To read...
Gay Community More Active In Social Networks
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:18:31 pm
Extrapolate all you want about why it is or whether it's good, the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community has found a home online in social networks, taking to the new...
Record Labels Soften Stance on Podcasting
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:18:08 pm
When Podcasting burst onto the scene in 2004, the music industry hardly embraced the format with open arms. Sony BMG, however, has decided to cross the invisible line of demarcation...
Newspapers Looking to Tighten Print and Web Ties
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:17:44 pm
The lines that separate print and online journalism are becoming ever blurred as we move into a new year. Old media has been hesitant to embrace the Internet as a...
Local Blogs Aggregate
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:17:20 pm
There seem to be countless numbers of local blogs around the country covering local news and events. The one down fall is that there has not been a place to...
2007: The Year that DRM Died
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:16:56 pm
This year promises to mark even more innovations in the realms of marketing, search, and digital music technology. The greatest feat of 2007 may not come in terms of an...
Resolutions for The Big Three
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:16:30 pm
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo all have potential to experience vast success in the upcoming year. By the same token, a missed step here or there could be all that stands...
Mobile Marketing A Challenge
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:16:03 pm
Mobile Marketing is not something the majority of Americans are looking forward to. That is according to a new report from Forrester Research titled "Is the U.S. Ready for Mobile...
The Top Linked-To Blog Posts In 2006
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:15:39 pm
Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's news analysis mockup, "The Colbert Report," had a big year on the Internet. In addition to orchestrating a "wikiality" check for Wikipedia, Colbert attracted...
Google, Apple, Napster Sued By VOD Company
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:33:43 am
When it comes to litigation, I remember the lessons of one Steve Dallas - only sue those who have deep pockets.  Apparently, video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Intertainer received the same lesson...
Powerset Embraces Ask Jeeves Model
Last post on Jan 03, 2007, 10:33:17 am
At Powerset, they call it 'natural language search'. We call it a $12 million homage to the days of the butler at Ask Jeeves, when that search engine proved more...
The Demise Of The Scoop
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:56:33 pm
Being first to a story when there were only three to six outlets in competition for a scoop meant a lot for the media of yore. Now that nearly anyone...
Yahoo Has All The Answers (Well, 96% Of Them)
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:56:04 pm
Question and answer (QandA) sites have a long way to go if they want to take market share away from Yahoo Answers. A really long way. Hitwise's LeeAnn Prescott reports...
Firefox Developer Criticizes Google
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:55:28 pm
Firefox and Google have enjoyed a quaint partnership as of late. The search engine giant has helped sponsor the development of the increasingly popular web browser, and in return Firefox...
Grad Student Gets Grant to Study Click Fraud
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:55:03 pm
University of Louisville graduate student, Li Ge, has been awarded a $149,923 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to engage in research regarding data mining and click-fraud detection. ...
AOL Poll: Heroes And Villains
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:54:36 pm
Not many times in American politics or history do you have a person on both a hero's list and a villain's list. In a new poll from the Associated Press...
Wikipedia Did Not Ban Qatar (Not Exactly)
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:54:11 pm
Wikipedia founder Jim Wales wants everybody to know that he or his editing team did not ban the entire country of Qatar. While he shouts that correction to the zealous...
What To Look For In 2007
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:53:43 pm
One of the traditional acts of the New Year's celebration is the posting of lists that either look back at the year that was or look ahead at what potentially...
Service Trumps Price for Holiday Shoppers
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:53:15 pm
Harried customers agree. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Spam Slows Down
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 10:52:48 pm
'Scram, Spam!' To read the full article click here...
Gmail Storage Growth Grinds To A Halt
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 08:53:42 pm
One of Gmail's biggest bragging points is that it offers an ever-increasing amount of storage.  It's a new year, though, and the times, they are a-changing (with apologies to Bob...
Google Welcomes New Year, Breaks Calculator
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:53:45 pm
2006 was a good year for Google, but 2007 didn't start off too well.  The primary search engine apparently forgot how to do math, as both its calculator and currency...
E-Government Sites Stagnant
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:53:14 pm
Satisfaction with federal government Web sites rose slightly in the fourth quarter of 2006. To read the full article click here...
Options, Bugs, Phones - Time For Macworld
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:52:43 pm
The Macworld Conference and Expo starts next week in San Francisco, but the parade of Mac fandom led off by Steve Jobs' keynote will have negative news about stock option...
ATandT Crying Uncle Is Kinda Sorta A Milestone
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:51:45 pm
The biggest merger in telecommunications history was approved quietly at the end of the news day Thursday just before the world stopped caring for a few days. Gerald Ford and...
Saddam Searches Flood Search Engines
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:51:21 pm
As news of Saddam Hussein's execution made its way around the web (rather quickly), people flocked to the search engines looking for video, images, and any other pertinent information about...
Google Stumbles Into 2007
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:50:56 pm
After a 2006 marked with unparalleled growth, high-profile acquisitions, and launching of new services, Google has a lot of work ahead to top itself in 2007. As the new year...
Most Popular Blog Posts Of 2006
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:50:31 pm
The top blogs in 2006 mainly focused on politics and satire according to a report from Nielsen BuzzMetrics. The top blog, based on the number of inbound links from other...
Google Defends "Meaningless" Zeitgeist
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 06:49:37 pm
When Google put out its year-end Zeitgeist, an account of the hottest searches in 2006, bloggers immediately felt the list's creators were fudging it a little for decency's sake. Google...
Apple Faces Lawsuit Over DRM
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 12:33:10 pm
Apple has faced a fair amount of scrutiny in recent weeks concerning the Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology tied to its online music store, iTunes. It now appears that the...
Quest For The Next Google
Last post on Jan 02, 2007, 12:32:45 pm
A new year is upon us, and many industry analysts are speculating about whether or 2007 will be the year in which a new competitor arises to challenge Google. Reality,...
eMarketer's 10 Key Predictions for 2007
Last post on Dec 30, 2006, 10:54:38 am
What to watch in 2007.... To read the full article click here...
Music Download Sites Light Up Christmas Day
Last post on Dec 30, 2006, 10:54:14 am
'I want my iTunes!' To read the full article click here...
Ten Google Myths Banished
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:17:19 pm
Myths can figure prominently in culture, religion, and entertainment, but most corporations would likely prefer to remain uninvolved.  After all, accountants' spreadsheets just aren't that compatible with non-factual information.  Google...
Internet Archive Open To Art
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:16:53 pm
We worry so much about click-through rates, ad campaigns, and keyword pricing that it's easy to miss out on the more creative side of what the Internet can offer. ...
Google Near Top Of "Hot Growth" List
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:16:28 pm
Google qualifies as one of the top hot growth tech companies of 2006, according to Business Week; the search engine company placed fourth on a list of 50.  Two of...
Is Something Rotten At Apple?
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:16:03 pm
Steve Jobs, chief executive for Apple Computer received $7.5 million in stock options in 2001 without the approval of the company's board of directors. Records that show a full board...
Blogging, Politics, and Modern Media
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:15:39 pm
Robert Scoble revealed in his blog that he had been invited by the John Edwards campaign to cover the Senator's announcement regarding his intention to pursue the U.S. Presidency. ...
Google Hates Indie-Porn?
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:15:14 pm
It's a good thing Matt Cutts didn't promise Google wouldn't be making any algorithmic changes just before the holiday season, as is Google's habit. The online purveyors of indie alt-erotica,...
2006 Holiday Ecommerce Traffic Up
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:14:40 pm
According to new research from Hitwise average daily visits to ecommerce sites from Thanksgiving through the Thursday before Christmas were up 5.9 percent compared to 2005. The days with the...
Google Blog Search Passes Technorati
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:14:11 pm
Google's Blog Search engine, which is an adult in Internet years, surpassed Technorati in market share of visits last week, according to Hitwise's LeeAnn Prescott. The surge in traffic began...
Google Tests In-Stream Video Ads
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:13:47 pm
When Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion, conventional reasoning suggested that the search giant had grand plans to monetize the video content with advertising. As we sit upon the precipice...
Top 10 Video Searches Of 2006
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:13:24 pm
Clipblast.com has released their Top 10 most popular searches for Internet video for 2006. ClipBlast! is proud to present the moments that the public wanted to watch in 2006," said...
How Americans Find Packaged Goods
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:12:53 pm
They look online. To read the full article click here...
Consumers Wise Up to Smartphones
Last post on Dec 29, 2006, 03:12:21 pm
'Yeah?' 'Yeah.' 'Really?' 'Yeah!' To read the full article click here...
Opening The Door To Online House Hunting
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:06:30 am
When it comes to looking for a new place to live more people are turning to online resources to find what they are looking for. In August, 2006 51 percent...
Firefox Making Sparks In The UK
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:06:07 am
Firefox the open source browser from Mozilla is gaining ground on Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the UK according to the latest findings from Nielsen//NetRatings. They have increased their market share...
Payola Becomes Blogola, Courtesy of Microsoft
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:05:43 am
Ethics and public relations in the blogosphere have taken a severe beating in 2006. Phony bloggers. Diggers paid to digg. Bloggers paid to post. It all culminates in the sketchiest...
Search Wikia Will Drive By Users
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:05:17 am
The same wisdom of crowds that has propelled Wikipedia to prominence could be the key to remaking the search engine; we have to admit that it's an idea we've seen...
Introducing 'Digital Living Services'
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:04:47 am
Another way to say 'convergence.' To read the full article click here...
Mobile Entertainment's Potential Sharply Debated
Last post on Dec 28, 2006, 04:04:24 am
Mobile entertainment's potential is sharply debated. By John du Pre Gauntt - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Amazon Has Record Holiday Sales
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:36:16 pm
Amazon.com had a record-breaking holiday season. Their 12th season surpassed all previous sales records according to the company. The busiest day of the holiday season was December 11. On that...
Forecast 2007: Destination Google?
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:35:52 pm
2006 marked a year of acquisitions for Google, with JotSpot and YouTube chief among the list of properties absorbed by the undisputed champion of search. So what does 2007 hold...
What An Un-Neutral Net Means To You
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:35:28 pm
The Center for Digital Democracy has put together an elegant explanation of the heightening battle between the telecommunications industry and everybody else that uses the Internet. A lengthy read (for...
Digg Has A Problem With SEO
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:35:03 pm
Some sort of battle between Digg's behind-the-scenes moderators and the SEO community came to a boiling point just before Christmas as Lee Odden's domain became part of Digg's banned list....
Google Continues to Push Toolbar Usage
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:34:39 pm
Google's Toolbar is a commonly utilized browser add-on for both Internet Explorer and Firefox users. With its search box, ad blocking, page rank features, and ability to track user behavior...
ComScore To Introduce New Metrics In 2007
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:34:12 pm
In an effort to further improve the accuracy of measuring the rankings of the busiest websites comScore has announced they are planning on unveiling a new set of metrics for...
Google To Bust Digg's Block?
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:33:43 pm
The buzz among the technophile blogosphere is that Google could easily and effectively put "a hurtin'" on Digg by tweaking Google Reader. An algorithm and, perhaps, buying out a social...
Google Wins In Court Again
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:33:19 pm
A case of patent infringement against Google ended up being dismissed by a federal judge in Wisconsin. To read the full article click here...
iTunes Still Far (Really Far) Ahead of Zune.net
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:32:51 pm
Christmas 2006 was another gangbuster for Apple's iTunes website and all things iPod-associated. Microsoft's Zune? Not so much. So far, Zune is the GoBot to Apple's Transformer. To...
Techniques for Gaining Consumer Trust
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 08:32:23 pm
When speaking of website optimization practices, it is often associated with SEO and the goal of achieving high search rankings. While this certainly is important to a site's overall visibility,...
The Dilemma of Socially Driven Search
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 03:56:21 pm
In a December 23rd posting, Wikipedia founder Jimbo Wales announced the re-focusing of efforts geared toward developing a socially driven search engine. Wikiasari (or Wikia for short) is poised to...
Cruising Through Google Notebooks
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 03:52:11 pm
The useful little application called Google Notebook allows people to take notes from web pages they visit and have those notes published online; these Notebooks can be set to private,...
Shorting Google May Equal Long Jail Term
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 03:51:47 pm
A Tennessee investment manager is in hot water with federal authorities who have indicted him for defrauding investors, a fraud that the manager hoped to reverse by shorting shares of...
UK Browser Battle
Last post on Dec 26, 2006, 10:35:37 pm
Here comes Firefox, slowly.... To read the full article click here...
Talk about Online Real Estate...
Last post on Dec 26, 2006, 10:35:09 pm
Five percent of Internet users went online yesterday to find a place to live, according to Pew.By Lisa Phillips - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Google To Stay Single In China
Last post on Dec 23, 2006, 12:23:24 pm
While some might call it a show of "determination," others would label it "pigheadedness."  Either way, Google apparently plans to remain on its own in the Chinese search engine market. ...
Welcome to the DVD Age
Last post on Dec 23, 2006, 12:22:55 pm
Good-bye VCR.... To read the full article click here...
Will Consumers Pay for Advergaming?
Last post on Dec 23, 2006, 12:22:28 pm
BK wants its creepy mascot to be the king of all media. Will people buy what they're selling?By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article...
Got Monitoring? Pingdom Has It
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 08:15:34 pm
A Christmas gift from Sweden for webmasters and server administrators offers a free year of website monitoring, without strings attached. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Seeks Content Syndication Patents
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 08:15:10 pm
Microsoft has filed two separate patent applications, seeking to gain exclusive rights to technology used to obtain, organize, and read news feeds distributed via Real Simple Syndication (RSS). ...
Monster Heating Up Job Boards Battle
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 08:14:46 pm
Job boards stand to gain tremendously over the next several years, and the competition between two of the top sites, Monster and CareerBuilder, will increase along with those markets. ...
Amazon Launches New QandA Service
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 08:14:20 pm
The rising trend of social media and user-generated content continues as Amazon touts the launch of its Askville service, a site geared at asking and answering just about any question...
If You Link, You Face The Clink
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 04:59:48 pm
In Australia, the second highest court has ruled a website and the ISP hosting it committed copyright infringement when the website linked to songs hosted on other sites. ...
YouTube: Taking a Bite Out of Crime?
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 04:59:22 pm
Canadian authorities have been feverishly searching for a man believed to be responsible for murdering one person and seriously injuring another. Thanks to the popular video-sharing site, YouTube, their search...
Web 2.0: What It Means for Politics
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:36:58 am
The Democrats gained control of congress in this past November's midterm elections. Analysts believe that, at least in part, the failure of the Republican Party to retain congressional power is...
Google Going South?
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:36:33 am
Google has possible expansion plans near the South Carolina coast. The company confirmed they were considering the Goose Creek area in Berkley County, which is around 20 miles from Charleston....
Ten Internet Heroes Of 2006
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:36:07 am
With all the drama on the Internet this year, it was difficult to narrow down the villains list. But the heroes list was harder to make - mostly because there's...
Social Networks Impact Mobile Society
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:35:42 am
Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have changed the Internet and are now changing the mobile society as well. A new report from ABI Research titled Mobile Social Communities...
The Top Ten Internet Villains 2006
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:35:14 am
People only really like villains when they're imaginary characters. How many of us secretly rooted for Jack Nicholson's version of the Joker, or thought Johnny Ringo was really, really cool?...
Samba's Allison Dumps Novell For Google
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:34:48 am
The deal between Microsoft and Novell that will promote SuSE Linux to Windows customers proved too much for Jeremy Allison, who has cited it as his reason for departing Novell...
Keeping Up with the Ficklest Consumers: Teenage Girls
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:34:16 am
Can teen magazine sites gain an audience?By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Here Comes the Mobile Society!
Last post on Dec 22, 2006, 07:33:50 am
Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, which have dramatically altered the online landscape, are having a growing impact on the mobile world, too. To read the...
Spam Increased In 2006
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 10:57:23 pm
Spam made a big comeback in 2006 according to a report from IronPort Systems, a gateway security provider. The report says that the increase in volume was due to advanced...
"Wiki-Like" Peer Review Flounders In Nature
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:24:43 pm
Wikis have been a hot topic this year, and most of the stories about them have been both positive and optimistic.  Everybody likes wikis, a lot of individuals (and businesses...
Go Administrate With Codework
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:24:18 pm
The need for efficient control within the company network to safeguard assets and maintain productivity has fallen hard onto the shoulders of system administrators everywhere. To read the...
Eight Internet Winners In 2006
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:23:50 pm
The year 2006 was a major year for all things Internet related. In fact, it might remembered as the year the Internet exploded. Record broadband adoption, major government attention, and...
Google And ThinkFree Together Maybe
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:23:25 pm
Some mild rumors have been surfacing about the potential for Google purchasing online productivity suite provider ThinkFree, a South Korean company that offers ThinkFree Online with Microsoft Office file format...
Spock Mind Melds With $7 Million
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:22:58 pm
A search engine company with a sci-fi name and a bare-bones website "received $7 million in a Series A funding round from Clearstone Venture Partners and Opus Capital Ventures" earlier...
Escaping Google's Supplemental Dead Zone
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:22:33 pm
Recently throughout the blogosphere, a discussion has begun to gain steam about how exactly Google's supplemental results are determined, and what steps webmasters can take in order to rescue these...
Canadian E-Commerce To Increase
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:22:08 pm
While online holiday shopping in the US remains robust things are different north of our border in Canada. Canadians lead the world in broadband penetration, time spent online, electronic banking...
A Fight About PPC And SEO
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:21:43 pm
Which one of these methods is the most effective when it comes to search engine marketing?  Is it a "one or the other" technique or is a successful SEM campaign...
Eight Internet Losers In 2006
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:21:19 pm
Though the Internet had a breakout year 2006, it wasn't all birthday cakes and butterflies for everyone. Companies, institutions and philosophies came head to head every other day trying to...
DRAFTOnline Video Burst Media
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 08:20:47 pm
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SNL Goes Mobile With Cingular
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:25:36 am
NBC Universal and Cingular announced yesterday that legendary sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live will now be available on Cingular mobile handsets. To read the full article click...
Dow Jones Forges Video Partnership W/Blinkx
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:25:10 am
Video search engine Blinkx.tv and Dow Jones Online announced a partnership today to serve up video clips from The Wall Street Journal Online, MarketWatch.com, and Barron's Online. To...
Online Holiday Sales Could Reach $19 Billion
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:24:42 am
Online holiday sales keep soaring and breaking records. So far this season online sales have seen a number of milestones. First there was the over hyped Cyber Monday on November...
Different Approaches To Social Media
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:24:18 am
The impact of social media on SEO cannot be understated.  Because search engines frown on links acquired for ranking benefits, approaching link building via the organic process - creating linkbait...
US Broadband Reaches More than Half the Country
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:23:50 am
One in four broadband households will have VoIP. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Canada Heats Up!
Last post on Dec 21, 2006, 02:23:24 am
Finally, breaking the ice with Internet shoppers to the north. To read the full article click here...
2006's Most Questionable Search Queries
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:34:59 pm
Lists of popular search terms are so interesting because they provide a window into what's on the collective minds of the collective culture. The most insightful looks into that collective,...
Brokaw: Google Is Making America Fat
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:34:33 pm
Veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw goes off on a tangent about the Internet being the cause of American indifference and obesity. To read the full article click here...
YouTube Offers Olive Branch To Japan
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:34:05 pm
The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers or JASRAC might be pleased with YouTube's latest response to the on going saga of copyright infringement. As reported on...
Novell Banks On New Microsoft Customers
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:33:39 pm
The agreement between Novell and Microsoft on marketing SuSE Linux to Microsoft customers seeking a heterogenous environment of Windows and Linux servers has been bolstered by a trio of deals...
Are Year-End Search Lists Meaningless?
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:33:12 pm
It's that time of year again.  You know, the time for "The Year In Review" lists by the thousands telling us what was cool and popular in whatever niche you...
Amazon to Launch DRM-Free Music Store?
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:32:48 pm
The rumor mill is running hot and heavy with underground rumblings that Amazon may be entering the digital music marketplace as early as the 2007 first quarter. It is speculated...
Viacom Turned Off By YouTube Clone
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 08:32:15 pm
It seems that the major broadcast networks idea to create a rival to the popular video-sharing site YouTube could be in jeopardy. As reported earlier in the week NBC Universal,...
Google Slips SOAP Away From SEM
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 03:14:40 pm
Google stopped issuing keys for its SOAP Search API in early December, in favor of promoting its Ajax Search API for developers who want access to Google results. Or is...
Blogger Finds The Beta Exit
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 03:14:11 pm
Google's Blogger service has been running a couple of versions in parallel: the old Blogger they picked up from Pyra Labs, and the new beta built to replace it. The...
Top 10 Google Searches 2006
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 09:58:08 am
2006 is officially the year the Internet caught a social disease. Searches related to social media sites take up eight of ten positions on the 2006 Year-End Google Zeitgeist report,...
Yahoo! Talent Show Crowns Winner
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:39:46 am
Yahoo! announced the winner of their first-ever Talent Show contest last week: comedic music video maker Rex Hermogino. To read the full article click here...
Taking A Look At Ask X
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:39:21 am
Can a cool, sleek new design garner enough buzz to cause an upheaval in the search engine popularity ranks?  Keep in mind that we do live in a society where...
Americans Media Consumption To Increase
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:38:54 am
Americans are spending an increasing amount of time-consuming media. The variety ranges from TV, radio, Internet, newspapers and magazine. According to the Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States:...
Top 10 News Searches: Another Year In Paris
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:38:29 am
Sure, Google searchers like to keep abreast on world events, as long as those world events happen near Paris. Ahem, Paris Hilton that is. Like jewelry, we like our celebrities,...
The Evolution of Metrics and Analytics
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:38:04 am
In a report published today, comScore went into further detail into its earlier announcement that MySpace had passed Yahoo in terms of page views for the 2006 calendar year. In...
Taco Bell Turns To PPC
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:37:39 am
It's fairly obvious that the press from an E.Coli breakout can be really bad, especially if you are a popular fast-food restaurant chain - just ask Taco Bell.  To combat...
Tis the Season To Give Up and Buy A Gift Card
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:37:11 am
As shoppers online and off steadily run out of time before they find themselves standing in front of someone looking at them expectantly (otherwise known as Christmas Day), and as...
The Holiday Season Breaks Records Again and Again
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:36:42 am
The crashing you hear is good news for online retailers. To read the full article click here...
Cyber Fraud Eats into Retailers' Revenues
Last post on Dec 20, 2006, 07:36:07 am
In 2006, Web merchants in the US and Canada will lose $3.0 billion to online payment fraud.By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Google Lays Down Duplicate Content Law
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:08:01 pm
Even in most cases where Google finds duplicate content during a crawl, they are more likely to show a less-desirable version of the content page than to drop it completely....
Polar Rose Takes Big Step In Image Search
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:07:35 pm
The term "work in progress" applies to almost everything in eBusiness, but it might be especially applicable to image search.  Some big advances may come in the near future, however,...
Searching For Music This Christmas
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:07:08 pm
What is your favorite Christmas song?  Are you a fan of the traditional hymns like Silent Night or do you prefer the more contemporary songs like Jingle Bell Rock?  Do...
Yahoo! Gives The Gift Of Education
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:06:38 pm
Instead of dolling out thousands of dollars worth of gifts that high-end customers will never use, Yahoo! has taken a philanthropic approach to holiday gift giving. To read...
Google Clarifies Quality Score Guidelines
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:06:07 pm
Since announcing algorithmic adjustments to the calculation of landing page quality score, and the subsequent impact on minimum bids, Google has been the object of some scrutiny from its advertising...
Make More Than One Stop With Google Maps
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:05:40 pm
I'm an advocate of the "combined trips" way of moving around town; it saves time and gas, both of which appear to be in short supply.  Planning these excursions just...
The Feds Wish You A Happy Holiday
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:05:09 pm
The US government, via its revamped FirstGov platform, has plenty of suggestions on how people can handle all that the holidays throw their way. To read the full...
Leeches Get Mooched, Blogger Sued By Paparazzi
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:04:41 pm
What at its core is a true Hollywood catfight is becoming a test case for the limits of free speech and fair use. As the paparazzi files a copyright infringement...
Ebay Takes New Direction In China
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:04:16 pm
Ebay has plans to close its site in China and partner with Tom Online Inc. an Internet company based in Beijing. Ebay will have a 49 percent stake in the...
GoodStorm, Gift Cards Reward Procrastinators
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 09:03:51 pm
Last minute gift shopping to do? Gift cards have increasingly been a choice for late shoppers, while the t-shirt purveyors at GoodStorm suggest giving a wearable, customizable present. ...
YouTube Could Have Rival
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:43:21 pm
The major broadcast networks are reported to be in serious talks about creating a site that would rival the popular video sharing site YouTube.  As I reported last week the...
10,000 Channels Of MyWaves
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:42:57 pm
Mobile video company MyWaves launches 10,000 channels of entertainment directly to consumer's cellular phones. To read the full article click here...
AJAXing Google's SOAP API
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:42:33 pm
There are many webmasters who leverage Google's search results and other related data by using their SOAP API.  However, what are these folks to do now that Google is no...
Google Losing Race For Russian Crown
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:42:00 pm
Google may be king, but it's definitely not czar.  The dominant U.S. search engine is only the eighth biggest "Internet brand" in Russia, and it's losing the competition by a...
MySpace Enhances Mobile Features On Cingular
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:41:21 pm
In a partnership that was announced earlier today, social networking site MySpace and wireless industry leader Cingular have collaborated to offer customers enhanced MySpace functionality. To read the...
How's My Driving? Text Me About It
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:40:49 pm
It's such an annoying idea that it just may catch on, just like the laser pointer and Nextel's Direct Connect. Abuse is eminent, anyway, as the next sexual harassment case...
Online Video A Billion Dollar Business In 2007
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:40:15 pm
More than a third of the total US population viewed video on the Internet in 2006 according to eMarketer. Ages 3 and up viewed video on the Internet at least...
AdSense Nixes Pics
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:39:48 pm
A brief post on the Google AdSense blog today "clarified" the ad and image placement policy; basically, it's best to keep unrelated Google ad units and images far, far apart....
Opera Hooks Phishers With Latest Browser
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:39:23 pm
The newest version of Opera Software's web browser adds support from OpenDNS project PhishTank and from GeoTrust to combat phishing sites. To read the full article click here...
Do Spammers Take Holidays?
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:38:52 pm
If only...By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Americans Gobbling Up Media
Last post on Dec 19, 2006, 01:38:13 pm
'I want my media!' To read the full article click here...
Google Buys Swiss Mapping Company
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:27:38 pm
Google continues its pattern of omnigooglization in Europe by acquiring the Internet, mapping and data processing units of Switzerland-based Endoxon, for an undisclosed sum. To read the full...
Get A Good Byte At An Internet Cafe
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:27:10 pm
Goodwill Industries cut the ribbon at the grand opening of a new Internet cafe that is disabled user-friendly last week. To read the full article click here...
Digg It, New Features Online
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:26:45 pm
The social media website Digg unveiled some pre-Christmas goodies for their users, including a Digg for Podcasts beta and some changes to the site's main page. To read...
Facebook's New Price: $8 Billion?
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:26:20 pm
Well, it is called Facebook, a name that invites a certain amount of narcissism, or at least some inflated self-worth. Yahoo probably didn't dream that an offer as high as...
IBM and Circuit City Partner in Second Life
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:25:53 pm
IBM has announced that it has teamed up with Circuit City to construct an online replica of the retail store within the virtual world of Second Life. The venture is...
Skype Founders To Launch Internet TV
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:25:28 pm
The founders of Skype Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrm are close to launching their new Internet TV site, which is currently under the working name The Venice Project. Last year...
eShopping Index Shows Growth All Around
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:25:00 pm
Tis the season for metrics. The companies that keep tabs on the Internet have released a flurry of statistics over the past couple of weeks, all of them with the...
Cloaking Is Bad... Unless It's Good
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:24:31 pm
The concept of page cloaking has come under fire; again, because the idea is being used by a number of legitimate sites in order to protect or hide their content...
Google/NASA Enter Space Pact
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:24:04 pm
Google and NASA Ames Research Center have signed a "Space Act Agreement" to pool their collective technological expertise to address issues ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing,...
U.S. Newspapers Take a Backseat to the Internet
Last post on Dec 18, 2006, 09:23:31 pm
A report released by the U.S. Census Bureau documents the projected amount of time that the average American will devote to the different media platforms in the upcoming year. According...
Some Dudes Like The Zune
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 01:01:12 pm
After non-stop criticism throughout the Internet of Microsoft's entry into the portable media player market, the Zune has attracted the attention of males in a couple of age categories. ...
Yahoo On UGC Train To Taiwan
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:45:34 am
Yahoo! announced two major deals this week to expand its Web 2.0 offerings Taiwan. Shortly after Yahoo! Taiwan acquired user-generated-content site Wretch.cc, the company announced an agreement with GigaMedia to...
Wii Tops iPod For Most Wanted Christmas Gadget
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:45:09 am
A glut of web searches for the Nintendo Wii has made it the most desirable gadget for Christmas, surpassing the perennial iPod for the top spot.  To emphasize this point,...
Amazon Strikes Back At IBM In Patent War
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:44:45 am
Recently IBM sued Amazon.com over patent infringement. On Thursday Amazon fired back with a suit of it's own directed at IBM for patent infringement. The countersuit was filed in the...
YouTube: Cracking Down On Crime
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:44:16 am
Ontario police use the popular video sharing site YouTube to help catch a killer. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Wins Some, Loses Some In Korea
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:43:51 am
It's a bad news/good news situation for Yahoo in Korea.  Yesterday, it was announced that the nation's second largest portal intends to make a deal with Google when its agreement...
Outrank Your Competitors With Bully SEO
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:43:27 am
When another website or blog ranks higher than yours for certain keywords, there may be a quicker way to move up: send threatening emails demanding they remove themselves from Google...
Online Holiday Shopping Popular At Work
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:42:57 am
Shopping online is popular, especially during the hectic holiday season. Shopping online while at work is even more popular according to a new survey from CyberSource. The findings indicate that...
GoodSearch.com A Good Search Alternative
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:42:25 am
In the spirit of the season, one search engine deserves some special consideration.  For every query made through GoodSearch.com, a small donation will be made to (more or less) the...
Zune Searchers Are Just Looking
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:42:00 am
Hitwise has done an interesting analysis of searches related to iPod and Microsoft's three-week old competitor Zune. In just under a month, Microsoft has peaked curiosity, but buyers seem reluctant...
Yahoo Mail Feels The Need For Speed
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:41:35 am
The Yahoo Mail beta offers sophisticated desktop client-like email features, but in terms of speed has demonstrated a dismayingly slow loading pace. It's an issue that Yahoo has been working...
Online Video Becomes a Real Business
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:41:09 am
Welcome to the MoneyTube. To read the full article click here...
The Mouths Have It
Last post on Dec 16, 2006, 12:40:39 am
It is still a good idea to look someone right in the eye. To read the full article click here...
Google Puts Domains Up For Sale
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 12:24:39 pm
Not its domain names, of course, but ones that people may want to register while signing up for Google Apps for Your Domain services. It could be an indication of...
Internet Addiction: Fact Or Fiction ?
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 10:15:39 am
How much time do you spend on the Internet? Do you have trouble breaking away from games like World of Warcraft? Is your virtual life becoming more important than your...
An Evel AOL Lawsuit
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 09:30:59 am
Daredevil Evel Knievel performs his most death-defying stunt yet: suing search engine behemoth AOL. To read the full article click here...
Give The Gift Of Yahoo! Music
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:06:15 am
For the person on your list who has everything, a gift certificate to Yahoo! Music is sure to make their holidays brighter. To read the full article click...
A Google Christmas Wish List
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:05:49 am
It's Christmas time, a time for making wish lists that may or may not be fulfilled.  What do you want for Christmas?  What needs to be done before the family...
Apple's Stance on DRM Is Rotten to the Core
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:05:25 am
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates invited a slew of influential Web 2.0 bloggers to a one-hour, anything goes summit meeting this afternoon. While a bevy of topics were discussed, one item...
Find A Brand Advocate And Kiss Them
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:04:58 am
Yahoo! and comScore Networks published a study this week illustrating the power of the so-called "brand advocate," or for those that don't speak Corporatese, the people on the Internet that...
Media Multitasking Among Youth
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:04:29 am
A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation says that teens and kids do there fair share of media multitasking. One area that sees the least multitasking is TV. 55...
Microsoft Gives A Gift Of Santa
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:04:05 am
Trying to fight your way through the mall for a picture of your kids with jolly old Saint Nick always end up the same way, with you knuckle-punching some rude...
Young Women Like Tech Gadgets
Last post on Dec 15, 2006, 01:03:32 am
Gen Y women have digital cameras, phones and video games on their lists.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Microsoft, Baidu Seal Deal
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 09:12:58 pm
Microsoft and Baidu have reached a "strategic alliance" in regards to Chinese paid search listings.  According to an official statement, "Microsoft will display Baidu's paid search listings on the search...
XYPeak Online Shopping Hours: 9 to 5
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 09:11:44 pm
'I don't have time for a meeting now, I'm shopping.' To read the full article click here...
Blogging To Peak In 2007, Says Gartner
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:23:48 pm
The end, or at least the peak, is near, according to Gartner.  The research firm predicted that blogging will top out in 2007; bloggers have responded to the forecast with...
MSN's Procrastination Central
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:23:10 pm
The holidays are literally right around the corner, and MSN realizes that not everyone finished their shopping the day after Thanksgiving.  Thankfully, they created an online one-stop-shop for the shopper...
Searching For Commando Pics
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:22:39 pm
There's a lesson to be learned here:  if you are a fallen pop star that's getting loads of bad press because of a tabloid fodder marriage, there may be a...
Online Home Browsing More Common
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:22:10 pm
The number of people going online to seek housing information has doubled since 2000, the Pew Internet and American Life Project reported. As that number increases, it seems local advertisers...
StumbleUpon Struts To Find Videos
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:21:39 pm
The cool little utility that enables people to stumble upon interesting web content discovered by other Stumblers has a new feature called StumbleVideo going live today. To read...
Journal Register Co. Partners With Google
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:21:12 pm
The New Haven Register, which Journal Register Company describes as its "flagship newspaper," entered a print ad partnership with Google earlier today.  And as the parent company stated, the New...
Senator McCain's Proposal For The Web
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 06:20:44 pm
Senator John McCain, Republican from Arizona has recently introduced legislation that if passed could have major implications on the blogosphere.  The proposal called "Stop the Online Exploitation of Our Children...
New Headache for Music Industry
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 01:57:21 pm
"I'll take Madonna's 'Jump,' you can have Tiesto Ft. Maxi Jazz's 'Dance4life.'" To read the full article click here...
New Google Product Is Patently Useful
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 12:08:52 pm
The minds at Google have taken the less-than-intuitive search process for finding patents in the USPTO database and made it as easy as their signature search service. To...
Yahoo And ABC Expand Video Partnership
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:29:42 am
Yahoo News and ABC News have agreed to expand their relationship. ABC will be providing Yahoo News with additional video content. The new agreement will add several new features. ABC...
UCGV: University of California-Google Video
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:29:15 am
Get the best education money can buy from the University of California-Berkeley, for free on Google Video. To read the full article click here...
Interesting Discussion About Linkbait Games
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:28:50 am
The concept of linkbait exploded during the Las Vegas PubCon, thanks in large part to the drinkbait game.  While it's true there were a number of sessions devoted to concept,...
Google Earth's Christmas Toy Hunt
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:28:26 am
Never let it be said that Google doesn't embrace the holiday season.  From various logo designs to free Google Checkout use, Google has always been very festive during the month...
Online Movies Growing ?
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:27:58 am
Watching videos online is popular for sure. The online video market has exploded in the last year with sites like YouTube leading the way. It may come as a surprise...
Yahoo! Photo Holiday Gifts
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:27:34 am
If you have yet to buy gifts for everyone on your holiday list, look no further than a personalized DVD from Yahoo! Photo. To read the full article...
More Media, More of the Time
Last post on Dec 14, 2006, 04:26:40 am
Eighty percent of kids and teens juggle multiple media.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
FTC Gags Stealth Marketing
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:59:28 pm
If a company wants to try out word-of-mouth marketing, they need to understand that building buzz without disclosing who's paying for that marketing could cause them a Federal-sized headache. ...
Which Search Engine Is Safest?
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:59:01 pm
Can the results associated with your search queries send you to malicious sites?  It depends on which search engine you use, but the probability this would happen has decreased. ...
Florida Puts The Squeeze On AOL
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:58:35 pm
The Florida Attorney General's Office has reached an agreement with America Online concerning the erroneous billing of 6,000 customers in Florida. Attorney General Charlie Crist's Economic Crime Division began investigating...
Politico Blending Old Media And New
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:58:06 pm
When President Bush gives his State of the Union address on January 23rd, a new political website anchored by a pair of veteran reporters will debut at ThePolitico.com. ...
SEMPO's SEO And Legal Issues Webinar
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:57:40 pm
As a growing search engine marketer, there may be some legal issues you need to be aware of that you may not be.  However, when it comes to legal issues,...
Will Skype's Pricing Put Its Growth On Hold?
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 08:57:14 pm
Skype, an Internet communications company, is now offering U.S. and Canadian customers a paid annual subscription service that will allow registered users to make unlimited to any phones located within...
Google Sweetens Stock Option Pot
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 05:04:41 pm
Through the vehicle of transferable stock options, Googlers with vested options will have an opportunity to sell them to financial institutions willing to bid for them. To read...
Yahoo!, IBM Team Up With Enterprise Search
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 05:04:10 pm
IBM and Yahoo! have jointly announced the release of OmniFind Yahoo! Edition, a product designed to provide search functionality on both the local enterprise and web levels. To...
Leo Wants Some Answers
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 05:03:41 pm
Hollywood recruits one of it's biggest names to ask the tough questions about the environment on Yahoo! Answers. To read the full article click here...
China Cracksdown On Online Music
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 05:03:11 pm
China is cracking down on all imported online music and games. The Chinese Ministry of Culture is requiring all distributors submit the imported products for review to official censors. The...
Looking Around AskCity
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 05:02:43 pm
If you took a walk around AskCity, what would you expect to find?  What have other people been looking for while they were here? Thanks to Ask.com blog, we now...
Houston, We Have Google MLS Listings
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:52:51 am
With an ongoing lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice in the background, realtors have been under pressure to open their listings so online-only brokers can deliver them to prospective...
EFF, Bloggers, Everyone, Take On Web Bully
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:52:25 am
In his misguided desire to become notorious, Michael Crook has become the preeminent villain of the blogosphere, the target of a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a laughing stock,...
Mamma Knows Best
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:52:00 am
Mamma.com and Pixsy Media Search Platform  welcome the newest member of the family: a new video search engine. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Valuation Of Facebook Comes To Light
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:51:34 am
Not too long ago, there was a lot of hubbub about a possible Yahoo-Facebook deal (which never happened).  There were also a lot of questions about how Yahoo perceived the...
Online Video Market Continues To Grow
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:51:06 am
The popularity of Internet video is continuing to grow. During 2006 around one third of the US population will have viewed video on the Internet at least monthly. According to...
The Top Holiday Searches At Sortprice.com
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:50:40 am
Are "skinny jeans" or "women's ankle boots" on your holiday shopping list this year?  If so, you might be a user of Sortprice.com.  According to the shopping search engine, those...
Buycause For A Good Cause
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:50:16 am
My jaw literally dropped when I saw that online store Buycause.com is actually, gasp, giving away a substantial percentage of their profit to charities. To read the full...
Lee Odden Writes For Yahoo
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:49:50 am
When looking for advice concerning the marketing of a web site, it's wise to have an idea about who you should listen to.  There's lots of advice out there, but...
Dial-up Is So Over
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:49:21 am
As broadband access becomes cheaper, online business becomes more embraced, and more of the public comes to the realization we all come to at some point (that dial-up royally sucks),...
Google Web Toolkit: Now 100% Open Source
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:48:55 am
Version 1.3 of the Google Web Toolkit has been released, and it's completely open source.  While that may not seem remarkable in and of itself, it's part of a bigger...
Internet Adoption: The Long Tail at Work
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:48:27 am
The saturation point has yet to be reached. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Online Holiday Shopping in Europe
Last post on Dec 13, 2006, 10:48:01 am
Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noel! Frohliche Weihnachten! To read the full article click here...
Busted: Police Find Fugitive On MySpace
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 05:16:40 pm
MySpace aids Georgia police in tracking down a fugitive who made the mistake of using a public computer. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo, Google Bloggers Snipe Over Copying
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 04:20:31 pm
It's a meltdown of PageRank 9 proportions, as Jeremy Zawodny and Matt Cutts (of Yahoo and Google, respectively, but you knew that) took shots at each other's corporate masters over...
Microsoft Ready To Dominate VoIP
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 04:18:41 pm
Usage of Voice over Internet Protocol technology should start to rise at the business level, as Microsoft opened a private beta of its Office Communications Server 2007 for testing. ...
Isandnbsp;iTunes Singing Its Swan Song?
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 04:17:48 pm
A study conducted by Forrester Research shows that iPod owners are spending increasingly less at the iTunes store, indicating that Apple's digital music download service perhaps has reached the peak...
Google Joins, Endorses Eclipse
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 07:38:49 am
Google has joined the Eclipse Foundation, which describes itself as "an open source community whose projects are focused on providing a vendor-neutral open development platform and application frameworks for building...
YouTube, CBS Can't Handle The Truth
Last post on Dec 12, 2006, 07:38:24 am
The YouTube community is very important to CBS, which wants to spur viewership of its lucrative broadcast properties; the community just isn't important enough to eat at the same table...
Baidu's Blog Search Service
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 10:26:31 pm
China's top search engine Baidu launches blog search service on Thursday to aid bloggers in their navigation. To read the full article click here...
Online Holiday Sales Soar
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 10:26:06 pm
Online spending continues to increase at a record breaking pace. Cyber Monday the first Monday after Thanksgiving saw online sales reach an all time high of  $608 million. The record...
Google Ads Appear For Firefox, IE7
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 10:25:34 pm
Earlier today, an advertisement for Firefox appeared on Google's homepage.  While that isn't really too remarkable, the ad featured an "optimized for Google" tagline, which is interesting.  To complicate matters,...
Online Holiday Shopping in Full Swing
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 10:25:05 pm
Some 92.5 million consumers will buy online this holiday season, each spending an average of $263. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Putting the Online Video Market into Focus
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 10:24:39 pm
Who's watching Internet video? To read the full article click here...
Say It With YouTube Coke Cards
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:25:11 pm
In a clever holiday marketing ploy, Coca-Cola and YouTube have collaborated to bring joy to the world with their online video cards. To read the full article click...
Think Firefox For International Sales
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:24:38 pm
An American-based online entrepreneur may be willing and capable of handling sales to European destinations, but their websites need to be able to properly handle visits from those prospective customers...
Networks Want Their Own YouTube
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:23:54 pm
Old media is slowly waking to see the potential of online video content. CBS is a good example of this. Back in October YouTube launched a channel for CBS that...
Web Gets User-Generated 'Pop-Up Video'
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:23:26 pm
You remember all the fun we had watching VH1's "Pop-up Videos?" A start-up out of Israel has developed an interactive Web-based platform that lets users create their own pop-up videos...
Google Says Click Fraud Only 2 Percent
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:23:00 pm
Defying the third-party firms that sell themselves to customers amid claims of greater incidents of click fraud, as much as 20 or 30 percent, a Google executive claimed the actual...
New York Times Gets With The Times
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:22:33 pm
It seems odd at first glance that just because the New York Times caught up with the news-sharing concept by adding tools to submit to Digg, Facebook, and Newsvine got...
NFL Drops The Ball With Online Video
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:22:02 pm
Online video as a social marketing mechanism has hit full stride with the pervasive popularity of video-sharing site, YouTube. Network television and various record labels have begun to embrace the...
Of Ants, Dolphins, And Search Technology
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 07:21:34 pm
Research groups mimic the behavior of animals to make their search technology more efficient. To read the full article click here...
Debunking Matt Cutts
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 03:20:16 pm
The Google Toolbar doesn't fuel Google's index, nor is Google working hand in hand with the Central Intelligence Agency, even if Google did buy Keyhole, once backed by In-Q-Tel, the...
Vista To Be More Generous Than Santa
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 03:19:51 pm
Once Microsoft Vista gets into the marketplace, it will benefit the economy and drive job creation in the tech industry; no word on whether it will whiten teeth and freshen...
US Online Retail Breaks Records
Last post on Dec 11, 2006, 08:47:54 am
Records are made to be broken.sometimes very quickly. To read the full article click here...
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