Archive for May, 2006
eBay Fighting for Net Neutrality with Their Community
Just got this email from eBay, encouraging their membership to make their voice heard today and why we need Net Neutrality, Network neutrality is a voluntary but guiding principle of the Internet which insures equal access for everyone, without it…
Brand Names: When Is Their Use SEO SPAM?
I recently talked to a couple of people from a multi-channel merchant. The call was facilitated by the affiliate network. The company has stores, a website and a catalog. Your typical multi-channel merchant. I’m not going to mention the name…
Online Sales to Surpass $100 Billion in 2006?
Say it like Dr. Evil. 100 BILLION DOLLARS!
Gian Fulgoni, chairman of comScore Networks, predicts that e-commerce spending will continue to grow at a rate of at least 20 percent in 2006, and as a result “online spending for 2006
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PaidContent.org, The Best Email Newsletter I Never Read
Every day I get my daily email installment of the PaidContent.org email newsletter from Rafat Ali. And every day I do the same thing when I get it.
1. Try to read subject line, but it’s too long…
If Vonage Would Only Listen!
Some of the most important determinants of success in e-commerce that most merchants overlook are customer retention and how to foster positive brand equity during the process of customer attrition. So I present the following as a case study of…
Microsoft Looking to Acquire eBay
MarketingVox reports that Microsoft has been talking to eBay about a possible acquisition.
Microsoft has been in talks for several weeks about a possible acquisition of eBay, reported the New York Post on Friday, citing sources close to the issue.
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Apples to Oranges- Adware is not like Television
SeekMo, from 180 Solutions, popped up on my radar (as well as some other firms) today and I found it interesting given light to a recent, private e-mail exchange with some ad industry thought shapers. One of the cruxes of…
CJ Assassinated JFK
Or was it that Jimmy Hoffa is buried under CJ’s old offices? I can’t keep all of the CJ conspiracy theories straight at this point.
Is CJ’s Link Management Initiative – Phase I (LMI) being created to force out the…
Online Ad Spending to Overtake National Newspaper Spend
The Financial Times reports that Internet advertising will this year overtake national newspapers to become the third biggest advertising medium by spend at 13.3% to 13.2%. By the end of 2007, they project Internet spending will surpass local…
Controlling The Conversation 101 – Using Your Blog
If you’d like to see a perfect example of controlling the conversation using blogs, please take a look at Michael Arrington’s Crunchnotes blog (companion blog to his Techcrunch.com).
Mike’s a smart guy, and here’s why. He knows that…
