Latest News
Online Advertising Reached £490m in UK and $5.6b in US
Online advertising reached £490 million in U.K. and $5.6 billion in U.S. in the first half of 2005. The increase is 62% for U.K. and 26% for U.S. [Read more] [Read more]
AOL To Update Privacy Policy
AOL Inc. is updating its privacy policy. According to the new policy, AOL will no longer share names and addresses with other companies. [Read more] [Read more]
FTC Catches Alleged Spyware Site, U.S. Court Orders Stop on Spyware Activity
The Federal Trade Commission caught a web business for infecting user’s PCs with spyware and adware. A U.S district court ordered the defendants to stop infecting PCs. [Read more] [Read more]
Amazon to Partner with Sidestep to Revamp Travel Store
Amazon will partner with Sidestep, the online travel agency, to revamp the amazon travel store. Sidestep will host a site in Amazon’s travel store. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Personalized Search out of Labs
Google Personalized Search has come out of Labs and is ready for “prime time”. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Search History to Include Google News
Google Search history will include Google News. All searches made and the pages visited will be saved in user’s search history. [Read more] [Read more]
eBay Introduces eBay Marketplace Research
eBay has introduced a new service, eBay Marketplace Research. This membership service is for searching the price history of any product on eBay’s electronic marketplace for up to 90 days. [Read more] [Read more]
MSN and AP to Develop Ad-Supported AP Online Video Network
MSN and The Associated Press are teaming up to develop a free, ad-supported service, AP Online Video Network. Over 3500 AP member websites will get MSN Video player, daily news video from AP and a share of the advertising revenues. [Read more] [Read more]
Software Company Sues Anti-Spyware Company
RetroCoder has sued Sunbelt Software. Sunbelt anti-spyware software has marked the surveillance software of RetroCoder as spyware. [Read more] [Read more]
Internet Use in European Union Reveals Digital Divide
A European Union study of Internet use has revealed a digital divide among Europeans. The age, income and education determine whether the continent’s citizens use the Internet. [Read more] [Read more]
Sundays and Fridays are Best for eMail Marketing
The click and open rates for emails are highest on Sundays and Fridays. The rates are lowest for the middle of the week, according to eROI study. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Tests Google Publication Ads
Google is testing a new service, Google Publication Ads. Advertisers can buy print ad space from Google through this service in beta. [Read more] [Read more]
