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  • Consumers Trading Old Technologies for New

    U.K. telecommunications watchdog Ofcom has noticed a trend of people passing up older technologies in favor of newer ones. Everyone knows television and radio are attracting fewer eyeballs and ears lately, but so are…

  • E-Commerce Going Strong in 2Q07

    The most recent numbers released by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce show that retail e-commerce in the U.S. had a strong second quarter this year. On a not-adjusted basis, sales totaled $31.82 billion, which…

  • Marvel Entertainment Inks Licensing Deal with OnTrack Sports

    Marvel Entertainment has signed a licensing agreement with OnTrack Sports to produce a set of its accu-length expandable junior golf clubs branded with the superhero’s image and logo.

  • iLegal – Weight-Loss Patch Manufacturer Banned from Selling Weight-Loss Patches, Will Pay $180,000

    There are a lot of outrageous claims made by advertisers on the Internet, and as an affiliate, one needs to be careful not to get caught knowingly passing along bogus claims. This week the FTC announced that it has stopped a…

  • ComScore Unveils qSearch 2.0, Google is Happy

    A few weeks ago, Nielsen//NetRatings decided to shift its focus from page views to the length of visits on Web sites. On Monday, comScore followed up with a change of its own by introducing qSearch 2.0. Google in particular will…

  • Facebook is Costly for Australia

    Facebook has grown in popularity in Australia over the past several months, according to Hitwise. By the end of July, Facebook was one of the top 20 sites visited by Aussies across every category. This is great news for Facebook…

  • GDrive Looks Dead

    After a video titled “Googley Blues” was made public for a short while on YouTube (before being marked “Private”), it seems that the ominous GDrive looks to be on the backburner at the Googleplex, if not totally killed.

  • Online Back-to-School Shopping

    As August nears its end, swarms of college students are thinking of what they “need” to buy for the upcoming school year. The most popular items and the places where they intend to purchase them are not surprising, but this time of…

  • News, the Broken Variety: Billz

    This episode of Broken News is brought to you by our trusted industry insider, Cauldron Larynx. Cauldron utilizes deep knowledge, deeper skills and deepest relationships to make up the most breaking and relevant news in the Affiliate Marketing sector.

  • A Different Type of Subprime Fallout – Part 1

    The past three weeks have had more than just the financial markets on edge. They have caused the whole world to take notice. Included in that group are those in the mortgage lead generation market. After years of prosperity, that…