- Google and the Case of the Exploding Ads
- Industry Buzz & Snippets: 11/20/08
- 1/5 of Marketers Send Emails After Users Unsubscribe
- Google, P&G Conduct Labor-Swap
- Affiliates: Commission, Product & Brand Most Crucial
- MSFT to Pass on YHOO — But Search Might Do, Ballmer Says
- Mobile Users Tolerate Ads for Lower Bill
- 'Hyper-local' CitySearch: Facebook-, Mobile-Friendly
- Gift Card Spend Drops as Holiday Shoppers Chase Deals
- Samsung Unveils 115 ‘Charging Stations’ at Major Airports
- One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even After Consumers Unsubscribe
- Volvo Gets HD as Standard across Models
- ‘Cottage Living’ Folds
- ‘Project Runway’ Look-Alike Comes to Bravo while Lifetime Twiddles Thumbs
- Forbes Combines Print, Web
- Moms More Stressed, Worried about Kids
- Economy Gooses Some Magazines to Growth, Others Hunker Down
- Arbitron Continues to Fight for Smaller Markets
- Google Nears 72% of U.S. Searches in October
- Online Time Critical to Teen Learning, Development
- Q3 Internet Ad Revenues at Nearly $5.9 Billion
- Journalists Use New Media More than PR Pros Think
- US Mobile-Ad Viewers Top 100 Million in Q3
- Consumer Shopping Backlash Could Reverse ‘Misery Effect’
- Top 10 Brands Advertised on Radio - Week of 11-10-08
- Top 10 Financial Services Online Advertisers by Image-Based Impressions - October 2008
- Top 10 Cable TV Show Websites - Week Ended 11-15-08
- One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even after Consumers Unsubscribe
- Majority of Mobile Users Would View Ads to Get Bill Discount
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Online Consumers to Spend Less in Stores, Slightly More Online, for Holidays
Online consumers intend to spend less in stores during this holiday season than last, but slightly more online - where they expect free shipping and deals not available in stores, according to The Consumer Internet Barometer from The Conference Board and TNS.
Bargain hunting will remain the driving force behind online sales, notes the quarterly report, which surveys 10,000 households across the...
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Retailers Rank Low in Natural Search
Retail websites are not showing up near the top of natural search results even though they often bid heavily on the same terms in paid search, according to a study by Conductor Inc.
The study, carried out in conjunction with online ad research firm SpyFu, determined 10 keywords that each company in the Fortune 500 bid on frequently for paid search placement, then examined where the company...
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eBay Traffic Falls, Computers & Electronics Still Top-Tier
Though eBay consistently ranks among the top online retailers in terms of traffic, the number of unique visitors to its sites has been falling in recent months, according to Nielsen Online rankings (via Internet Retailer).
September traffic to two eBay apparel and beauty sites - eBay Clothing, Shoes and Accessories and eBay Jewelry and Watches - fell 19% and 44%, respectively.
Computer and...
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Skype, PayPal Lead eBay to Q3 Profitability
eBay posted revenue of $2.12 billion - a 12% increase and $228 million more than the same period last year - but not because of its online auction business, according to the Q3 earnings report (pdf).
Net income was $492 million, or 38 cents a share, a vast improvement over last year’s third-quarter $936 million loss (-69 cents a share), caused by a $1.4 billion charge from to the write-off of...
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August Website Traffic: Home Depot Up, Dell Down
The number of unique visitors to The Home Depot’s website in August increased 24% from Aug. ‘07, but traffic to Dell fell 12% in the same period, according to Nielsen Online data published by Internet Retailer.
Online DVD service Netflix’s unique-visitor numbers increase 19%, and traffic to the websites of consumer electronics retailers Circuit City and Best Buy also went up, 17% and 15%,...
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eBay Snaps Up Bill Me Later, Cuts 1000 Employees
As expected, eBay laid off 10 percent of its workforce, totaling about 1000 workers. But even as the company slims down for hard times, it found the capital to make two purchases: online payment company Bill Me Later, and a classifieds firm based in Denmark, MarketingVOX reports.
Bill Me Later, which enables people to pay in installments for purchases across sites like WalMart, Apple and US...
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‘EBay’ and ‘Webkinz’ Top Most-Searched Lists
Nearly 17 million searches were conducted for the term “ebay” in August, according to data from 58 representative search engines tracked by Nielsen Online, writes Internet Retailer.
Discount retailers “walmart” and “target” trailed, with about 4.5 million and 2.9 million searches, respectively.
Top 10 Retailer Searches
1. ebay, 16,917,000
2. walmart, 4,487,000
3. target, 2,855,000
4. home...
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Computers & Electronics: GameStop Wins, eBay Loses
The number of August unique visitors to GameStop.com jumped 57% from a year ago, making it the fastest growing destination in the computers and consumer electronics category, according to Nielsen Online, writes Internet Retailer.
Traffic for eBay’s Electronics and Computers sites in the category, however, fell by 19% and 20%, respectively. Both sites also fell about 20% in July as well.
Below,...
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eBay Dissolves Paper Payments
Beginning late next month, eBay will no longer accept money orders and checks for online purchases, reports Internet Retailer.
The change will benefit sellers, making payments faster and more reliable, wrote eBay in a blog posting.
Customer complaints are 80% more likely to occur when a consumer pays with a check or money order compared with a credit card or PayPal, making the paper format less...
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Indie Musicians, Labels Distribute MP3s on Amazon.com
Amazon MP3, which offers 6.1 million songs from major music labels EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG, among others, has now made it easier for independent musicians and labels to distribute their work.
The new service, called CreateSpace MP3, will enhance Amazon’s clout as a source of DRM-free MP3s - that is, digital music files without built-in rights management.
“Musicians and labels now...
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