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…

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…

A captivating and successful Pay Per Click affiliate implementation encourages Internet visitors to leave a site through a profitable exit route, while still ensuring they will come back for return visits. Accomplishing this goal means integrating…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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