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Negative Feedback on EBay’s Feedback Changes
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
But many experienced eBay sellers are up in arms this week over changes eBay has implemented to its feedback system that appear tilted heavily in favor of …

Man’s ‘dazed’ neighborhood quest to find who ‘ordered him on eBay …
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Melinda Rogers Posted: 12:22 PM- A man who went door to door through a Salt Lake City neighborhood asking residents if they had “ordered him on eBay” …

City Of Chicago Sues Ebay Over Taxes On Event Tickets
Tom’s Guide - Culver City,CA,USA
By Jane McEntegart, published on May 21, 2008 at 7:20 PM The City of Chicago is sueing internet auctioneering site eBay and its subsidary, StubHub for not …

City Gets Fee Envy, Sues eBay And StubHub
Chicagoist - Chicago,IL,USA
Because those Ticketmaster fees just aren’t enough of a pain in the ass, the City of Chicago is suing websites eBay and StubHub, claiming that as “reseller …

Chicago Sues eBay, StubHub Over Ticket Taxes
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
The city of Chicago is suing eBay and subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect an 8 percent amusement tax on tickets sold online. …

StubHub faces tix tax flap
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
Since 2000, parent company eBay and its subsidiary StubHub have sold tickets for thousands of Chicago events without paying city taxes, city lawyers charged …

ClassifiedFlyerAds Makes ‘Bid’ to Help eBay Sellers Spread the Word
IT Business Net - Newport Beach,CA,USA
eBay Store Owners Can Now Advertise Their Items for Sale to Thousands of Users Outside of the Ebay Site Thanks to ClassifiedFlyerAds.com By BusinessWire …

EBay Gets Little Love from Software Makers
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
Consumers and businesses can buy many things on eBay, and software seems to be a thriving category. But the Software & Information Industry Association says …

Ex-eBay/Skype Execs Let You Share Stories With Tokoni.
Washington Post - United States
Two ex-Ebay/Skype execs have created Tokoni, a social story sharing site that they hope will become the web’s virtual “front porch”. …

Google hosting malware? Google says they were!
ZDNet - USA
Google isn’t hosting malware anymore, but according to a tool they provide that lets you check up on any domain, their own google.com at one point was …

Google and Microsoft have nothing on - drum roll - the SuperNAP
Register - London,England,UK
You know, a facility run by a company such as Google or Microsoft that moves bits around and consumes more power than old-school metal processing plants. …

Q&A with WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell
Reuters UK - UK
Reuters: How would you characterize your relationship with Google, for which you famously dubbed the word “frenemy”? Sir Martin: We are a very big customer …

Google I/O conference set for developers
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Paul Krill At its Google I/O developer conference next week, Google will shed light on technologies such as Google App Engine, for building and hosting …

Condoleezza revisits Silicon Valley roots, via Google
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice addresses the media in the sunny quad of Google’s Mountain View, Calif., campus. We knew it wasn’t going to be an …

FCC Wants To Sell Yet More Airwaves, Google Perks Up
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Google must be licking its chops. RCR News is reporting that the new auction will be called AWS III. It will involve a 25MHz band between 2155 and 2180MHz. …

Google’s David Glazer expects to make peace with Facebook
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
On Friday’s Gillmor Gang podcast, Google’s point person on Friend Connect, David Glazer, took questions from the gang, which included Steve, Marc Canter, …

Google Eases Search Term Entry On Mobile Phones
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Google thinks it is annoying, too. It has been studying how to make filling out search fields in its mobile search products better. …

Google’s Page Goes To Washington To Promote ‘White Spaces’
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
By W. David Gardner Google co-founder Larry Page intensified the campaign to make “white spaces” spectrum available for use by mobile phones and other …

Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data
The Associated Press -
NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc.’s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the …

Affiliate Teachings, Ultimate Guide to Online Success
Press Release 365 (press release) - Miami,FL,USA
You simply sign up to a desired Affiliate Program Affiliate Teachings’ fundamental guide to becoming a power affiliate is designed for people totally new to …

BINGO AWARDS ACCOMPANY LONDON SUMMIT
Online-Casinos.com - Aabyhoej,Jutland,Denmark
The awards feature seven categories covering Best Newcomer, Best Online Bingo Portal, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Affiliate Program, Online Bingo Software …

Bullet To Hold Online Bingo Industry Awards 2008
IGaming (press release) - USA
Honours will be given out in seven categories including Best Newcomer, Best Online Bingo Portal, Best Marketing Campaign, Best Affiliate Program, …

Search Logic plc Launches Speed Ferries Affiliate Campaign
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Of course time will tell if SpeedFerries’ affiliate program is as successful as the other online campaigns developed with the help of Search Logic, …

Inside Gaming Partners with Income Access Software to Launch …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The affiliate program is powered by the robust Income Access software which will give affiliates in-depth reporting in traffic, player statistics and …

Microsoft Live Search Cashback Deserves Some Credit
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
It’s better in many ways than the cost-per-click plan that’s typical of Google AdWords, which makes the merchant pay but doesn’t guarantee a sale. …

Google AdWords Magnifying Glass Goes Missing
Search Engine Roundtable - USA
Yesterday afternoon at about 4pm (EST), the Google AdWords magnifying glass feature went missing. The magnifying glass is a little icon you can find in the …

Spam clogs the Web
ITWeb - Gauteng,South Africa
“In April, phishing e-mails purporting to come from the Google AdWords service emerged,” the report says. Google AdWords allows advertisers to intelligibly …

Google Phishing: the fastest-growing con on the Internet
Bigmouthmedia News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Online fraudsters are targeting Google AdWords users in an attempt to steal internet traffic and gain access to the banking details of businesses and …

Wunderman signs advertising deal with Google
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
Some of these products include Google Adwords and site-targeted advertising for both text and banner adverts for local, national, and international …

Disrupting Search: Live Search CashBack, Engagement Mapping, and more
LiveSide - USA
One, although they’re using Google adwords extensively, they’re open to other solutions. Managing keywords for adsense accounts is a difficult, …

Google AdWords Updates Billing Page
Search Engine Roundtable - USA
If you login to your Google AdWords account and visit the billing summary page, under “my account,” you will notice that the page looks different. …

Agoda Says ‘Shop Til You Drop’ at the Great Singapore Sale with …
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
In conjunction with the event, online hotel bookings website Agoda.com is celebrating with bargain hotel rates and promotions. …
 

Priceline.com, Inc.
Zacks.com - Chicago,IL,USA
The international business, which comprises Booking.com and Agoda.com, had $1 billion in gross travel bookings, an increase of 100% over the prior year. …

Ballmer: Yahoo was never the strategy we were pursuing
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
The money must burning a hole is his pocket, giving how ready he was to give it to Yahoo, when he now says that the combination was “the strategy. …

Yahoo Delays Annual Meeting, Urges ‘No’ Vote On Icahn Slate
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Yahoo delayed its annual meeting to gain more time to develop business alternatives that don’t involve Microsoft to present to shareholders. …

Here’s Why Yahoo! Postponed its Investor Meeting
FOXBusiness - USA
By Elizabeth MacDonald Yahoo! has postponed its shareholder meeting, even though it announced just two weeks ago the meeting would be held July 3. …

Report: Yahoo, Google search advertising pact could be in the offing
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. may announce an agreement covering search advertising by next week, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal, …

Yahoo Prepares for Board Fight
Washington Post - United States
Yahoo postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense — or negotiate a sale to Microsoft — that would …

Yahoo! vs Icahn, Yahoo! blinks first
Register - London,England,UK
By John Oates → More by this author Yahoo! has delayed its general meeting scheduled for 3 July and is facing another attack on its board. …

Yahoo postpones annual meeting
guardian.co.uk - UK
The internet company Yahoo has postponed its annual meeting as its board struggles to escape a shareholder uprising led by the billionaire corporate raider …

Yahoo courtship resumes - sort of
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Martin J Young HUA HIN, Thailand - Microsoft’s on-off rough wooing of Yahoo continues its almost sado-masochistic passage, now through a complex deal …

Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting
VNUNet.com - UK
Yahoo has postponed its annual general meeting, which activist shareholder Carl Icahn had threatened to disrupt by attempting to replace the entire board. …

Microsoft CEO says Yahoo buy was never strategic
guardian.co.uk - UK
MOSCOW, May 23 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said on Friday the company had never seen buying Yahoo as strategic, …

Microsoft launches Live Search cashback
Business Feet - London,England,UK
Consumers responding to search engine marketing with a purchase from a site accessed via Microsoft’s Live Search portal will be eligible for a percentage …

LIFE SPAN labs Hires Anvil Media, Inc. to Implement Search Engine …
TechWhack (press release) - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Men’s health company LIFE SPAN labs confirmed today it has partnered with Portland-based search engine marketing agency Anvil Media, Inc. to orchestrate the …

Fast Web’s internet bra-vo
How Do - England,UK
“While Pay Per Click management continues to be part of the overall Search Engine Marketing strategy for Bravissimo, our long term aim is to boost natural …

SEM for SMB Conference Set to Demystify Online Marketing for Small …
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2008 — The search engine marketing needs of small- and medium-sized businesses will be discussed at an international conference …

Award-Winning Interactive Marketing Agency Marcel Media Sponsors …
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
In addition to this event co-sponsorship, Marcel Media has led Search Engine Marketing and Web 2.0 strategy for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare since 2003. …

Record Number of Participants Expected at SES Toronto Echoes …
Promotion World (press release) - San Diego,CA,USA
59% of these former SES Toronto attendees expanded their knowledge in search engine marketing from industries outside of traditional advertising and …

Fusionbox Recognized for Search Engine Marketing Work with …
The Open Press (press release) - USA
Fusionbox is a full-service Denver interactive agencyspecializing in search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and …

CRM’s Sedona, Study: CRM to Grow, CDC to Repurchase Shares …
TMC Net - Norwalk,CT,USA
… “originally hyped to provide complete transparency, measurability and accountability for online business is failing to deliver,” say study officials. …

Google should be scared of Microsoft
ITworld.com - Framingham,MA,USA
Microsoft has something that Yahoo - Google’s original main competitor - doesn’t: huge coffers of cash just waiting to be dumped into the online business to …

Future Publishing: Total Film is one of the company’s success stories
guardian.co.uk - UK
Spring pointed out this came in the context of a 50% rise in investment on the online business, from £3.5m in the first half of 2007 to more than £5m now. …
 

New Marketing for an Old Business, Antiques & the Internet
Examiner.com - USA
… I’ll reference them often in upcoming articles, but today, I want to pass along some some of the best resources I’ve found in the online business world. …

Microsoft’s Advertising Stunt
Forbes - NY,USA
“Because Microsoft is so behind in monetization in online business, they’ve gotta try tricks that few have tried,” said Citigroup analyst Brent Thill. …

M&S looks east as UK flags
Management Today - London,UK
Well, the main tactic appears to be to try and steer clear of the ailing UK high street – both by expanding the online business and by expanding …

Recognition for online business
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
A HUDDERSFIELD firm was among the winners in a competition to honour Yorkshire’s outstanding online businesses. Liquid Accounts, which provides accounting …

Analytics stifling online growth
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
… the analytics sector, originally hyped to provide complete transparency, measurability and accountability for online business is failing to deliver. …

A new look for Tri-Cities Business Review
MLive.com - MI,USA
We’d also like to host more local business bloggers to develop a more vibrant online business community. Contact me if you’re interested. …

M&S looks east as UK flags
Management Today - London,UK
Well, the main tactic appears to be try and steer clear of the ailing UK high street – both by expanding the online business and by expanding …

Recession ‘pushes online promotions’
Brafton - Boston,MA,USA
It recommended firms consider email campaigns, search engine optimization and paid search tactics to boost brand awareness and sales even during a gloomier …

OrangeSoda Selects Center 7 for Colocation
TechWhack (press release) - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Center 7, Inc., a leading provider of colocation and hosted business solutions, and OrangeSoda, the Internet’s pioneer in search engine optimization and …

Proper Keyword Research
Promotion World (press release) - San Diego,CA,USA
Cornering this one aspect of search engine optimization is extremely important, and can literally transform your site to one with modest traffic, …

Search Engine Optimizician, White Rose Productions / SEOPDX
Fast Company - USA
During the past five years I have specialized in Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing and have gained international attention with the …

Search Engine Optimization Tips
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA
I spend a good part of my day thinking about and advising clients about how to increase their search engine rankings. InternetRetailer reported on ways to …

CarThink signs with Auto Dealer Traffic for search engine marketing
InternetRetailer.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Auto Dealer Traffic Inc., an automotive search engine marketing company, will provide search engine optimization and marketing services to CarThink LLC …

Search Engine Optimization Through Hoax News
Google Blogoscoped - USA
Over at Search Engine Land’s Sphinn, people are discussing a search engine optimization tactic which tries to assemble backlink juice by posting a fake news …

Enter the Search Engine Marketing Scholarship Contest
Mashable - San Francisco,CA,USA
Submit an article related to SEO (search engine optimization), PPC (pay per click), or social media optimization (SMO). The prize package is valued at over …