Back in 1999, Cincinnati entrepreneur Al Alexander ran the Paramount fitness center, where he also sold vitamins on the side. But he started receiving customer complaints that they could buy the products elsewhere for cheaper prices. That led Alexander in 2001 to open Supplements To Go (www.supplementstogo.com)
Yahoo said yesterday it will merge its search and display advertising sales teams in the U.S. in an effort to streamline media buys for customers who want to advertise in a variety of formats, from search and graphical ads to videos.
Pay-per-click ads from eBay are back on Google search results pages after an absence of more than a week. But the online auction site says it is considering making a "significant" reduction in the ads it runs on Google.
The European Union will take a look at the privacy policies of many big Internet search engines, not just Google.
Video search engine blinkx will launch a video ad targeting platform later this summer designed to match TV-style ads to Web content.
Online holiday shopping this year is expected to be strong with 84% of survey respondents planning to spend as much as or more online than they did during the 2006 season, according to Advertising.com.
KeyBank has selected Omniture to measure the effectiveness of their online campaigns
After selling various types of jewelry through sites like Amazon and Shop.com, Troy Lemaire decided to start his own Web site, putting faith into a very specific niche
After 10 years in the corporate world, Michael Chick wanted out. He and his wife Susan put their heads together and decided to go into business for themselves, launching eggheadkids.com, a Web site offering toys to help children develop their brains while they're having fun.
Bringing a founder back into the fold seems to have done well for Apple and is at least being given a chance to work at Dell. Now Yahoo! has joined the ranks of those companies looking to a once and future leader for guidance through tough times.
