It’s hard for me to imagine that people are dumb enough to risk their health, liberty - and even lives - taking illegal steroids simply for the sake of appearance. But it’s true and these foolhardy folks have been finding…

On January 25, 2005 I saw a banner ad on Yahoo advertising its improved Web hosting service.

The ad was for a mock business with a site located at www.TheFlyingOstrich.com. I figured “OK, I’ll bite” and went to see what the…

Mind control stories. Just the phrase has a sort of ominous sound to it, doesn’t it? But unless we live alone on a remote island or mountain, we’re all subject to control, or at least influence, of our mind in…

Ebay angered many sellers recently by significantly raising transaction fees.

…the cost of a monthly subscription for a basic eBay Store will go up 60 percent to $15.95. The cost of 10-day listings will double to 40 cents, and final…

Not that I really take it very seriously (especially in light of AdTech selling out this week) but AdTech’s survey claims that affiliate marketing doesn’t rank a “safe bet” for advertisers dollars when compared to (hu?) rich media and SEM.…

Alright, Porter, I’ll bite on this.

I’m sitting here sipping my morning tea reading the Wired piece… again and again. I keep shaking my head, asking myself “Doesn’t this mean that what we’ve done (in building an industry) is a…

Wired reports on a study performed by the Pew Internet and American Life Project that only one in six users on search engines can tell the difference between organic search results and paid advertisements.

With an offering similiar to IndustryBrains, Quigo launches yet another volley into the red-hot contextual marketing space and seems to be targeting Google’s Achilles’ Heel- the control and pricing of inventory for larger properties. The Private Marketplace is a private label…

Candida Kutz reported:

Update on the new Google Adwords, in effect now: Improved Adwords Conversion Tracking so that you can track conversions not just from Adwords, but also Overture, emails, banner ads, and all other sorts of online advertising campaigns.…

Google isn’t letting up. I’m going to set aside the AdWords API release to focus for a moment on their latest move that strikes at a core value offered by affiliate networks (granted, some seem to tout it more than…