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  • Ten Ways to be a hero in the Co-Registration Space

    As the Co-Registration space gets more and more crowded, one basic law continues to prove itself, over and over again: As any space gets more crowded, the amount of businesses giving said space a bad name will rise exponentially.

  • The Critical Coupon Code Step

    Affiliate marketing is becoming as competitive (and more affordable) as Pay Per Click marketing, Media Buys, email and other methods of marketing online. However, it takes more ingenuity and commitment from the merchants to make their affiliate…

  • Google vs. Microsoft

    The bitter battle between Internet poster child Google and behemoth Microsoft got even uglier in court recently with Google’s poaching of Kai-Fu Lee, hired to set up a research centre in China. Microsoft claims that Lee, a former vice president…

  • Court Refuses to Require Direct Response Technologies to Provide

    Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2005 – In its ruling issued on September 7, 2005, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County refused to require Direct Response Technologies, Inc., (DRT) a leading provider of online media and technology solutions…

  • Think Partnership’s PrimaryAds Subsidiary Obtains Court Order

    NORTHBROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 8, 2005–CGI Holding Corporation d/b/a Think Partnership Inc. (“THK” or the “Company”) (AMEX: THK – News) announced that its PrimaryAds Inc. subsidiary has obtained a Court Order issued by the Court of…

  • Trends Report – One Exit, One Entry

    Twenty-three months ago ValueClick made a move that consolidated the affiliate marketing space by picking up Commission Junction. The deal, worth approximately $58 million, left many people wondering why ValueClick would choose to purchase another affiliate…

  • Digital Thoughts – Boom Times

    When they opened their doors in 1997, Amazon made $147,000. By the end of 1998, they earned $600,000 rising to $1.6 billion by 1999. At the end of 2000, Amazon generated $2.7 billion in revenues. During the boom years, Amazon managed to go from nothing…

  • Hotels Exchange Loyalty Points For Katrina Donations

    Hotel chains are stepping up to aid those devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and offering loyalty program members extra incentives to do the same. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is offering members of its loyalty program, Starwood Preferred …

  • Digital Thoughts – Looking For Katrina, Part One

    This week saw one of the more unexpected and larger transactions of the year. After two week’s of little news on the acquisition front, one of Japan’s largest internet firms, Rakuten, announced its intent to purchase affiliate network pioneer and last…

  • Digital Thoughts – Hurricane Katrina, Part Two

    Anyone who has not been in a cave without any form of media has seen the almost incomprehensible destruction the waters have had on parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. For many reasons, this tragedy is unlike any other most of us have ever experienced…