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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 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 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’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 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 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 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 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]

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]

Google has announced a beta version of Google News for Mobile Devices. Using a web-enabled phone, mobile users can access top headlines, browse through news categories, or search for the stories they want to read. [Read more]  [Read more]

Internet ad spending has increased 13.3% in 2005 compared to 2004, according to TNS Media Intelligence. Internet display advertising registered a $8.3 billion gain in 2005. [Read more]  [Read more]

LookSmart has launched the new version of its AdCenter API. The new version allows advertisers, agencies and partners to connect any type of marketing or reporting software to LookSmart’s search network. [Read more]  [Read more]