Channel | Digital

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. has finalized its acqusition of Golf Galaxy Inc. All outstanding shares of Golf Galaxy have been exchanged for $18.82 per share in cash.

EBay entrepreneurs wasted no time in attempting to cash in on Anna Nicole Smith's unexpected death last week. As of Friday morning, there were more than 2,900 Smith-related items posted on the auction Web site, a dramatic rise from the fewer than 200 posted before word of her death came out.

Online ad network MIVA has announced a restructuring plan that will reduce its work force by 20% in the hope of regaining profitability.

Search engine marketing was a $9.4 billion budget item for North American companies last year, according to the latest edition of a report issued annually by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization.

Direct-broadcast satellite companies DirecTV and EchoStar Communications, owner of the Dish Network brand, have dropped a pair of dueling lawsuits over the use of their trademarks as search engine keywords.

SideStep Scores Funding Round, Eddie Bauer CEO Resigns, Click Audit Firm Gets Investment

The European Commission has unveiled plans overhaul European Union consumer protection rules in an effort to increase confidence in online shopping and boost cross-border sales, according to wire service reports.

Many advertisers and advertising agency executives are concerned that their online impressions are not being properly recorded, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

In July, I misquoted Woody Allen in my article “Nine-Tenths of Search Success.” What Allen actually said is “80% of success is showing up.” My point from July remains that in search marketing, just showing up—for searchers at any stage of the consideration process—

Growth in both search volume and revenue per query contributed to a 46% year-over-year increase in Q4 2006 revenue for the media and advertising division at IAC/InterActive Corp., the parent of search engine Ask.com.