Online Christmas shopping in Europe rapidly increased in 2010. In December the total order value rose by 38 percent, with downloaded products accounting for an increasing share of online shopping, according to new data.

Mobile companies need to learn how to become online retailers to be able to sell mobile broadband online, according to a new study.

Just what happened to the likes of AltaVista, Lycos and Excite? In its latest incarnation of the History of SEO, Greenlight charts the facts and stats celebrating 16 years in the evolution of search.

Sweden’s largest search marketing company Keybroker has launched in the UK, launching a challenge to what it calls an ‘unfair tax on ad-spend’ offered by traditional search marketing practices.

AOL has bought political news site The Huffington Post, for $315m (£222m), as the Internet firm continues its drive to boost its content services.

Yahoo has launched AdLabs, a service that will reportedly combine success-measuring ad metrics and science to stimulate innovation in the online advertising sphere.

Hackers recently struck the website of cosmetics firm Lush, leaving shoppers’ credit card details exposed to cyber thieves. Since then, many Lush customers have reported that their cards have been used fraudulently. Emily Gorton, staff writer for Choose.net,looks at the lessons learnt from the debacle.

Global beauty brand Avon has launched a new social media platform to consumers, Avon Connects, allowing customers to virtually ‘attach’ to an Avon Representative online.

Nearly half of European 11-16 year olds agree that they find it easier to be themselves on the internet than when they are with people face-to-face, and one in eight young people (12%) strongly agree that they find it easier to be themselves online, according to a new study.

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