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  • U.S. Still Leads ‘Dirty Dozen’ of Spam

    In its most recent “Dirty Dozen” report concerning the top twelve spam-relaying countries and continents during the second quarter of 2006, threat management solutions leader Sophos indicates that the U.S., once again, is…

  • Gotuit Starts Video Portal with Search and Ad Implications

    Gotuit Media, a video-on-demand content provider, recently unveiled Gotuit.com, which is an ad-supported broadband video portal. It hopes to use a tagging system as well as a sleek interface to give users a pleasant…

  • Lead Generation: Pay-Per-Action

    The June 20th cocktail party for Exchange Place could have doubled as a movie set. I was an invited guest representing ICMediaDirect.com and among some advertising professionals thoroughly enjoying views of the Manhattan…

  • Mortgage Lead Gen’s “Strive for 5”

    At the dealer where I take my car to be serviced, plain paper printouts adorn the walls reading, “We Strive for Five.” After asking, I learned that the service writers, that is, the one who handles your visit, receives more money if you give…

  • The Breaking Point

    Reading that the mortgage banking lead generation vertical might be showing increased signs of contraction will worry some people and have others pleased. For those who make their living off the vertical, they see the potential…

  • Lap Top Design Contest Draws Hundreds of Contestants

    Laptop Design USA was looking for a few good computer geeks to create a unique design for the cover of a lap top computer.

  • Comcast Debuts CD Sampler of Internet Sites

    There’s a new kind of premium that helps consumers tame the Internet. It’s a CD that lists—and links—the top Web sites on a given topic, from music or golf to diabetes or pet care.

  • P&I Postscripts

    CINGULAR WIRELESS: has been courting Ohioans with a…UNITED AIRLINES: is out with a new…

  • Discovery Channel Sinks Teeth Into Shark Stunt

    Discovery Channel is making sharks come alive with a new buzz campaign to promote its annual Shark Week programming, a weeklong marathon on sharks.

  • Guthy-Renker To Acquire Stake In RealtyTracker

    Los Angeles, CA (July 20, 2006) — Guthy-Renker, one of the world’s largest and most respected direct response television companies with sales of more than $1.5 billion per year, announced today a strategic partnership in which…