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  • Topix, ShopLocal Offer Local Online Ads

    Local news aggregator, Topix.net, and ShopLocal.com have teamed up to offer a way for big and small brands to advertise to specific localities online using a ZIP code-based system…

  • Health Search Engines Wanted

    According to JupiterResearch, 71% of online consumers run queries through search engines in order to find answers to health-related questions, but only 16% of them find the information they want. This seems to indicate that there…

  • Microsoft and Yahoo Open Up to Each Other

    Numbers two and three in the instant messaging realm have finally made visible steps towards an alliance that they announced back in October. In what would appear to be a viable threat to AOL’s number one AIM, Microsoft’s…

  • Agencies

    ‘Scene’ Tour Launches Back-to-School Season

    An annual mall tour targeting teens kicked off this weekend with sponsors CosmoGIRL!, Mountain Dew, Sprint, AmEx and Tweety Bird.

  • DMi Partners Launches New Affiliate Network,

    (PHILADELPHIA, PA) July 3, 2006: DMi Partners announces the grand opening of their affiliate network, The DMi CPA Cafe. The CPA Cafe (www.dmipartners.com/cpacafe) will act as a meeting place where merchants connect with an aggregate of…

  • Online Ad Spend to Reach 7% of Global by 2008

    ZenithOptimedia, a media services agency, recently modified its estimate of the portion of the global ad spend that would be held by the Internet by 2008. In April the agency estimated that the Internet would make up 6.5% of global ad…

  • Gmail Slightly Enhanced

    Deleting all of the spam that accumulates in your Gmail “Spam” folder has always been a bit of a hassle. Users of the Google e-mail service would have to “Select All,” and then click the “Delete Forever” button. Just recently, Google…

  • Publishers Clearing House Obtains Blingo

    In a logical marriage of complements, sweepstakes and direct marketing giant Publishers Clearing House (PCH) announced its acquisition of Blingo, Inc., the hybrid offspring of a Google-powered search engine…

  • Google’s Platypus is GDrive

    About two weeks ago Google’s rumored “GBuy” was finally unveiled in the slightly varied form of Google Checkout. Now it appears that Google’s rumored “GDrive” is also materializing right before our eyes in the form of a…

  • BlueLithium Named Top Innovator of the Year!

    SAN JOSE, CA -July 12, 2006- BlueLithium, Inc. has been named the Top Innovator of the Year by AlwaysOn, joining the ranks of past winners Google, Skype and Salesforce.com. Just two years old, BlueLithium is already one of…