Day: May 18, 2006

• PrimeQ Interactive Advertising unveils international co-registration path with improved optimization and lead delivery technology

  Mission Viejo, CA – May 17, 2006 – PrimeQ Solutions, Inc. and it’s UK subsidiary, PrimeQ Limited, (dba PrimeQ Interactive Advertising), a leader in online custom lead generation, interactive marketing and affiliate programs…

• DM Pimping Cartoon V31

  Persistent Screamers become comic book creations in the newest addition to the Confidential, DM Pimping. The Web Surfing Sinners get brought to animated life in this weekly cartoon for the online media masses. Click below to get flashed by the prettiest peons and ugliest underbelly of affiliate life.

• Social Networking Sites on a Roll

  Data released by Nielsen//NetRatings on Thursday have confirmed what everyone already knew: social networking sites are continuing their rampage through the Internet and all its users…

• 8.5 Percent of Sponsored Links

  According to a recently published study conducted by McAfee SiteAdvisor, 8.5% of sponsored links on major search engines led users to “risky” sites, as opposed to 3.1% of natural results. The study tested results of popular…

• U.S. Department of Justice: IE7 Not a Problem

  Despite Google’s cries of foul play, the Department of Justice has found nothing wrong with the default search box settings in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7, which is still in beta. Back in early May, Google filed a complaint…

• Listline e-Newsletter 05/17/06

  Health Benefits Direct Corp.’s database contains postal addresses for
  more than 1 million insurance buyers and inquirers. E-mail addresses are
  available for 966,697.

• Listline e-Newsletter 05/16/06

  Discover Media LLC tapped Saavoy List Management Inc. to oversee its 17
  lists. Among them is a master file naming 402,000 active subscribers of
  Discover Magazine.

• Anti-Spam Startup Blue Security Folds

  Blue Security, the anti-spam concern whose users received threatening e-mail from at least one irate Russian spammer, has thrown in the towel.

• Open and Click Rates Rally in Q1: EROI

  E-mail open and click-through rates came roaring back in the first quarter of 2006, compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, according to a new study by EROI.

• DM Merger and Acquisition Deals Total $9.1 Billion: Petsky

  A total of 128 merger and acquisition deals totaling $9.1 billion among direct marketing and related technology and service companies were completed during the first quarter, up 14% from last year, according to Petsky Prunier LLC