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  • History Repeated? – Part 1

    Among almost all forms of performance-based online advertising, not many have enjoyed the fame and notoriety that incentivized marketing has. Its initial rise to prominence took place in a similar setting – a media…

  • Options Media launches new website

    First stage in transitioning all services under the Options Media brand name

  • The Value of a Top Notch Affiliate Network

    for the majority of publishers and advertisers, the advantages of affiliate networks have proven to be a solid foundation and should continue to out-pace the direct relationship

  • How to Save Newspapers? Radically Restructuring to Dominate the Digital Media Landscape

    New media investment banking firm provides report to newspaper industry with roadmap for restructuring core business model, generating new digital media revenue steams, harnessing the power of the blogosphere and outlining acquisition targets areas.

  • Paid Placement Took Lion’s Share of 2008 Search Marketing Dollars

    According to a report from the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) based on research conducted by Radar Research, the vast majority of search engine marketing dollars were spent on paid placement in 2008.

  • Internet Fraud Complaints Cost $265 Million in 2008

    The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported that in 2008, the organization’s Web site received 275,284 complaints of fraudulent and non-fraudulent issues on the Internet, a 33.1 percent increase from 206,884 complaints in 2007.

  • Google Launches Free Music Service in China to Gain on Baidu

    Earlier this week, Google unveiled a post-beta music service that allows Internet users in China to stream or download music at no cost, thanks to the ad-supported model it is based upon.

  • Google Chrome is the Fastest, But Does it Matter?

    Safety tests and market share are nice, but everybody loves a good race.

  • Flog 2.0

    When reviewing our list of flogs, we found some not expected surprises – several of the ones we found before no longer exist, e.g., Jeff’s Grant Blog and Jake Cutler, whereas some have turned into parking pages, e.g…

  • Private Network

    At a high level, many in those in the performance marketing space fall under the general umbrella that is affiliate marketing, i.e. acting as commissioned agents promoting a third-party product. But, are those in…