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The FTC is Watching – General Rules and Regulations

I’ve been getting quite a few emails asking that I cover more generally, the things which are most likely to be in the sights of the FTC. The big, general category that the FTC is monitoring is "unfair or deceptive advertising." The

The Current State of Incentive Marketing…Sort of

We at the Confidential have covered the incentive marketing space for almost three years. A lot has changed during that time. Had you taken a poll in 2004 asking those in the interactive space if they thought incentive...

Incentive Promotion Acting Badly?

At the Confidential, we loathe to criticize incentive marketing in general. In some ways, we feel a strange duty to protect and promote our own, not to mention that many of our sponsors have, and continue to, make their living...

News Brief

MATTEL: has signed a deal with Oasys Mobile Inc. to expand its distribution of mobile games titles to include Barbie, Uno, Magic 8 Ball and Max Steel.

Microsoft and UC Davis Examine Search Engine Spam

Spam is a problem that has primarily been known for its unwelcome presence in e-mail inboxes across the world, but the average Web user also knows that spam is a large inconvenience to their online search experience. Microsoft...

Comcast Considers Breaking Up with Google

Google edged out Microsoft to win a big AOL advertising deal in late 2005. However, it seems that Microsoft now has another opportunity to take a shot at Google, the company that is causing the most headaches for the Windows...

Google Drops the C-bomb

My heart almost stopped when I saw the subject of the Inside AdWords email sent, "[Inside AdWords] Pay-per-action beta test." That almost reaction almost doesn't make sense though. We work in the CPA space. We spend countless...

To See or Not to See

This week, upwards of two thousand people made the same trek as I, descending or perhaps ascending to Hollywood, California to check out OMMA:High Anxiety. On the day of my arrival to town, though, I received a notice...