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  • Affiliate Summit Roundup

    This week, the fastest growing tradeshow that many have not heard of took place in Las Vegas. As was the case last year, and the year before that and perhaps at every show they’ve organized, this year’s show sold out. Several of…

  • MySpace Makes A Statement

    Those in the Web 2.0 world know Michael Arrington. The affiliate world has no direct equivalent, but one of its larger than life personalities, Jon F***** (he doesn’t like his last named shared), founder of Wicked Fire Forums, had site…

  • My Favorite Session at Affiliate Summit West: The Confluence of Search and Affiliate Marketing by Kris from Pepperjam

    I apologize for not posting frequent, live Affiliate Summit West event coverage as I meant to. After a late, exhausted arrival I was playing catch up the whole time and didn’t get to blog as much as I’d hoped-I’ll try my best to do a better job of this at future events.

  • Malware and Spam Thrives in U.S. and China

    According to a recent report titled “Security Threat Report 2007” released by Sophos, an IT security firm, the U.S. and China host the most sites containing malware and relay the most spam.

  • BBC and Google Get More Comfortable

    When unlicensed videos appear on a big online video site, the word “lawsuit” usually comes to mind. But in the case of the BBC and Google Video, the ending looks to be a lot happier, and a lot less legally sticky.

  • Kimberly-Clark, The View Team for Room Makeover Sweeps

    Kimberly Clark and daytime talk show The View are out with a sweepstakes awarding free room makeovers worth $25,000 each.

  • Ace Hardware Offers Store Ownership in Contest

    Ace Hardware is out with a national contest that offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to compete to win their own store, valued at $1 million.

  • Personal Service and Privacy

    According to a new survey called “Personalization Survey” released by ChoiceStream, it seems that consumers are warming up to the idea of exchanging personal information for an enhanced, more personal…

  • E-Mail Sites Losing Their Allure to Advertisers

    New numbers released by Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance show that e-mail sites received 44.2% of online display ads in December 2006. This number shows a noticeable decline from November’s 47.5% and October’s 51.1%.

  • Wazap Headed Stateside

    Don’t look now, but another search engine with a specific target audience is looking to make its way into the U.S. market.