Mobile broadband providers ‘need lessons from online retailers’
Mobile companies need to learn how to become online retailers to be able to sell mobile broadband online, according to a new study.
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AltaVista, Lycos and Excite- where are they now? Greenlight charts history of SEO
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.
Swedish search firm Keybroker aims to shake up UK market
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 snaps up Huffington Post for $315m
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! examines the science of advertising with AdLabs
Yahoo has launched AdLabs, a service that will reportedly combine success-measuring ad metrics and science to stimulate innovation in the online advertising sphere.
Right to reply: What can Lush teach us about tackling site hackers?
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.
News Round-up: 7th February 2011
This week’s movers and shakers in the digital industry: Bazaarvoice | Annot8 | Qype | Monetise | AVG & Netlog | Kiss My Ads | MIG and C5 | ViewRanger | GetJar | Webcredible | Anchor | Miniweb | Creature | eMosiaic | CMW and McCain | Artificial Solutions | Badoo | smartclip | CouponCoupon … [Read more…]
Anti-spam email provider Goodmail to shut down
E-mail services provider Goodmail Systems is to cease operations this month, following the collapse of takeover talks with an unnamed buyer.
UK survey: Over 35s prefer email ads, while under 35s prefer web ads
The under 35 age groups find internet advertising more acceptable than Email marketing but the opposite is true for the over 35s, according to the The British Population Survey.
Mobile augmented reality on rise as top brands get virtual
An increasing number of leading brands, retailers and mobile vendors are investing in mobile augmented reality (AR) applications and services, with global revenues expected to approach $1.5 bn by 2015, according to a new report.