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  • Ad Pepper Acquires Crystal Contextual Ad Technology

    On March 16, Ad Pepper Media acquired contextual targeting technology provider Crystal Reference Systems for cash and stock worth up to $3.5 million.

  • Harris Interactive Hires Senior Consultant

    Market research firm Harris Interactive, Inc. has hired Howard Lax, Ph.D., as VP-senior consultant in its Customer Loyalty Management Research Practice.

  • Campaign Optimization

    So your pay per click campaign is up and running, now what? After your campaign has been running for a while and the data has begun to flow in, the next step in effective pay per click management is…

  • Google-Gov’t Impasse Resolved: Well, For Now

    The issue of Internet privacy rights in America has been a hot topic of late. The latest flashpoint was a showdown in San Jose, CA pitting the Department of Justice against the giant search engine Google. Essentially, the Department of…

  • As Search Engines Grow Smarter, Will You?

    As search gets smarter, tricks get cheaper and we get nearer to coming full circle to an original goal of Internet search: that content is, indeed, king. It cuts across the grain of some notions we’ve held in the industry for some time, that…

  • MySpace Messenger Coming Soon?

    Peter Cashmore, an entrepreneur and consultant who writes about Internet startups on his Mashable blog, recently said this: “I pointed out that when MySpace users aren’t on MySpace, they’re checking their email or chatting on…

  • Local Search to Approach $1 Billion in 2006

    In a new Borrell Associates report entitled “2006 Local Search Advertising,” Borrell projects that the local paid-search market will reach $987 million this year, which is more than double the $418 million it earned in 2005. This figure…

  • Google’s Growing Online OS

    Could Google be planning an online operating system? Despite their denials just about a year ago, recent moves and rumors seem to confirm these notions. This past week Google acquired Upstartle, a small startup that offers…

  • Bluestreak Launches BlueVision

    Providence, RI – March 15, 2006 – Bluestreak, a leading digital marketing company, today announced the launch of its BlueVision™ email diagnostic service.

  • Datran Reaches $1.1M Settlement

    After a six-month investigation by the New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, Datran Media was required to pay $1.1 million in penalties, disgorgements, and costs. The New York City-based company is a marketing…