JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corp., forecasts that online display and search advertising spending will grow at an average annual rate of 10% between 2005 and 2010. The automotive and travel industries are projected to show the strongest…

As technology continues to be an important tool for online marketing it comes as no surprise that 2005 was an active year for affiliate marketers. Whether there were new challenges, improvements, or opportunities, 2005 brought about many interesting events and…

In “Finding the Sweet Spot,” last week’s article on the Internet advertising acquisition landscape, we grouped the majority of activity along four main lines – lead generation, comparison shopping, content networks, and ad/affiliate…

By now, almost everybody outside the Internet world has heard of Google. Similarly, thanks to its first mover status and ubiquitous blanketing of American mailboxes and retail outlets with CD-ROMs, you’ll be hard pressed to find someone that hasn’t heard of…

Persistent Screamers become comic book creations in the newest addition to the Confidential, DM Pimping. The Web Surfing Sinners get brought to animated life in this weekly cartoon for the online media masses. Click below to get flashed by the prettiest peons and ugliest underbelly of affiliate life.

Reunions of any sort follow the same template. People who have lost touch ask the same questions. Of the top three asked, the one that I have recently had to answer the most was “what do you do?” And with that, I confidently reply “I work for…

On Tuesday, December 20th a key component of New York City’s infrastructure gave out in the way of a massive transit worker strike and left most of ICMediaDirect.com’s staff stranded along with millions of others in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and…

Extraordinary is a good word. It’s a word that you call great people. I hardly ever call anyone something as special as “extraordinary”. The person must speak in person or through the phone with integrity, honesty, fun and professional enough…

NBC is giving viewers of its new game show Deal or No Deal a chance to get in on the action and win $10,000 via a live interactive game using their computer or cell phone.

A federal grand jury has brought an indictment against Kroger Co.’s Ralphs Grocery Co. division for allegedly hiring replacement workers illegally during the 2003-04 labor strike in California.