Archive for September, 2009

Soap Operas Of The Digital Age (Forbes)

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Entertaining videos with the faintest of marketing messages are the next big thing in online advertising.

Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online (Park Hills Daily Journal)

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world’s most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online.

Great Canadian online disconnect (National Post)

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Across all age groups, Canadians are spending an increasing amount of time online. But the advertising dollars aren’t following them

PB Advertising & Promotion Commission Sues Online Travel Companies For Taxes (Arkansas Business)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The Pine Bluff Advertising & Promotion Commission filed a lawsuit Friday against several online travel companies in an attempt to collect more hotel taxes.

Google online book control move postponed (p2pnet.net)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P:- Advertising giant Google’s efforts to gain control of online books has come up against a stumbling block. An agreement between Gargle and authors and publishers following a $125 million class action lawsuit theoretically allows it to distribute and sell digital versions of out of print, copyrighted books, say the [...]

Online Advertising Spend Seeing Significant Gains (WebProNews)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Time spent on social networking and blogging sites accounted for 17 percent of all time spent on the Internet in August 2009, according to a new report from Nielsen. “This growth suggests a wholesale change in the way the Internet is used,” said Jon Gibs, vice president, media and agency insights, Nielsen’s online division. “While video and text content remain central to the Web experience – the …

Google launches Fast Forward: How to get ahead in online advertising (Revolution)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

LONDON – Google’s search expertise has become world-renowned, but now the search giant is promoting its know-how in all aspects of digital marketing, through a series of videos aimed at helping the average digital marketer.

NewMediaHub.com Raves About Impact Engine’s Online Advertising Platform (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

NewMediaHub.com recently ran a feature named “Impact Engine: Advertising Software Gets Better and Better.” In the article, New Media Hub raves about Impact Engine’s online display advertising platform that allows clients utilize ad editing tools; run diverse ad units including video, widgets, coupons, and data collections; all while being able to see real-time ROI reporting.

Prof. Defends Online Advertisers’ Rights (The Harvard Crimson)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Google Adwords, the popular search company’s flagship advertising arm that matches online advertisers with related websites, is drawing flak from Business School Professor Ben G. Edelman for business practices he says deprive advertisers of basic rights.

Social online TV and invisible speakers among “DEMOgods” (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

An online network for farmers, social Internet television, and invisible speakers were among startups taking laurels this week at the DEMO technology conference here known as a launch pad for winning firms.