Channel | Digital

Anyone who's ever owned pets knows how tough it can be to get them to do what you want. Likewise, online marketers occasionally have a hard time helping customers find the products they're looking for on their sites.

More than $18 billion was spent online during this Holiday season, an 18% increase over last year, according to ComScore Networks.

Back in 2002, Jon Hoch got an idea from a bad shopping experience. He couldn't find the lawn mower he wanted at the local big box or the neighborhood hardware retailer. This inspired him to go try online retailing.

Newsweek and the Media Bloggers Association (MBA) have launched " The Ruckus," a new group blog about politics for Newsweek.com.

Small businesses still rely mainly on Yellow Pages advertising to generate inbound telephone inquiries, but spending on Internet advertising media is expected to increase significantly, according to survey findings.

The European Parliament plans to conduct hearings in January to examine issues related to Google's plans to acquire online advertising tracker Doubleclick, according to wire service reports.

Consider the diversity of terms widely espoused over the past couple of years to describe a set of technology solutions now offered by upwards of 40 marketing vendors and deployed by a rapidly-growing number of major companies within the realm of consumer-generated content. These terms include brand monitoring, buzz monitoring, social media monitoring, market influence…

Ask.com, the search engine, has launched AskEraser, a service that completely deletes all future search queries and associated Web cookie information from its servers.

Ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, marketers typically haven't been slow in using new technologies to keep customers informed. So it's a bit surprising that RSS remains a niche tool.

Student Loan Financial Group (SLFG), a private supplier of student loans, has chosen Work Media, a Nashville, TN online marketing agency, to provide search engine marketing services.