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Register and ProStores Team Up
Domain registration site Register and ebay’s ProStores have teamed up. The objective is to provide emerchants capabilities such as inventory management, shopping cart functionality, payment solutions, search engine optimization, integrated with eBay marketplace. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Sitemaps – New Features
Google has announced that it has added new features to its sitemap. The new features provide information about the top position for the site in the search results and the top search queries from mobile devices that returned the site in the results. The information can be downloaded in any text editor or spreadsheet program. [Read more] [Read more]
Podcast Ad Market to Reach $300 Million by 2010
Podcast ad market will reach $300 million by 2010, according to a report by eMarketer. The report also predicts that the U.S podcast audience will reach 50 million by 2010. [Read more] [Read more]
91% of Email Sent to Indian PC Users is Spam
91% of email sent to Indian PC users is spam, according to a report by MessageLabs. The United Arab Emirates had the highest rate of virus transmission, one virus per 13.9 emails. [Read more] [Read more]
Companies Believe Online Marketing Will Play Important Role in Business
Companies believe that online marketing will play an important role in their business, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit. 45% of the respondents believe that the marketing department will become more involved in decisions regarding strategic partnerships. [Read more] [Read more]
MSN Launches Windows Live Expo Beta
MSN has launched Windows Live Expo in Beta. Windows Live Expo allows members to find and sell items, search for information and exchange messages with other buyers and sellers. [Read more] [Read more]
China Creates Own Domain Names
China’s Ministry of Information Industry(MII) has established its own set of new top-level and second-level domain names. The MII has temporarily set up Chinese versions of “.cn”, “.com” and “.net” domain names. [Read more] [Read more]
Internet Ad Revenues Estimated to Cross $12.5 Billion in 2005
Internet ad revenues are estimated to cross $12.5 billion in 2005, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The fourth quarter revenues totaled $3.6 billion. [Read more] [Read more]
Google Leads US Search Market in January 2006
Google has been reported as the market leader of the U.S. search market with a 41.4% share of all searches submitted. Yahoo had 28.7% share of all searches and MSN had 13.7%, according to comScore Networks’ monthly qSearch analysis. [Read more] [Read more]
Online Sales Up 17% for Week Ending Feb 5
Online sales were up 17% for the week ending February 5, reaching $1.78 billion. Online spending has grown at 30%+ in the first three weeks of the year and 23% in the fourth week, according to comScore Networks reports. [Read more] [Read more]
Europe Online Advertising Exceeds 4 billion Euros
Europe online advertising has exceeded €4 billion, that is nearly $4.77 billion, in 2005. The UK has accounted for 35.9%, France 27.3%, and Germany 22%, according to the data from 14 countries collected by IAB teams. [Read more] [Read more]
Coalition of 15 Million People Protests Against AOL CertifiedEmail
A broad coalition with about 15 million members have started a protest against AOL paid email services called CertifiedEmail. The coalition has people from conservative and progressive political groups, charities, nonprofits, small businesses, labor unions, and Internet advocacy organizations. [Read more] [Read more]
