I am proud to announce the release of the first AffiliateBenchmarks research report. This survey was described in my last post where I listed the questions that were asked. The research report is available for FREE until 12/12 so go and get…

Live Search Stats Look Positive for Mircosoft

Microsoft is reporting that according to Comscore its Live Search Cashback program accounted for 12% of all commercial transactions on the web. The transactions came from the approximately 4.5 million unique users in the program.…

Sprint Nextel Reports Large Loss in Consumers and Capital

1.3 million was the number of wireless subscribers that left Sprint Nextel for competitors during the third quarter of 2008. The nation’s third-largest wireless provider reported it lost $326 million, or 11 cents…

This morning, imwave has announced that it has acquired move marketing’s performance search marketing business.  Although we are unable to disclose the financial nature of the deal, I would like to let you know my thoughts on why I think this…

Amazon Corrects SEO About Obama Gone Horribly Wrong

Chalk it up to on overzealous marketing or corporate dunderheadness but Amazon has done the right thing by removing a tag that designated a Barack Obama mask as a “terrorist costume”. Amazon…

Boutin Inserts Foot In Unfortunately Not Wired Mouth

The art of the shock jock is alive and well on the internet as Wired Magazine writer Paul Boutin demonstrated this week. His now infamous piece of linkbait entitled Kill Your Blog is…

Belts Tighten as Layoffs Increase

Layoffs hit several major companies this week as the market impacts were felt in the online tech sector. Companies announcing layoffs included:

Yahoo -According to the The Wall Street Journal an estimated 1,000 jobs are being…

Newspapers Take a Shot at Google and Yahoo

The World Association of Newspapers filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice and the European Commission to block an advertising deal between Google and Yahoo concerning newspaper ad placements. WAN’s main concern…

Welcome to the first installment of Cashing Out, ReveNews’ weekly compilation of news and announcements that we feel will impact your business, your pocket book, and as sometimes is the case in this industry, your sanity.

Democracy gets Squirrelly

Kevin Cogill, known…