YouTube Looks to Go Mobile

Microsoft adCenter Under Fire

The data collection methods used by Microsoft’s adCenter service have been called into question. A complaint filed with the FTC equated adCenter’s contextual advertising practices to adware. According to a report in Security.ITWorld.com, two consumer advocacy groups called the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) filed the […]

Amazon Launches Clickriver

Amazon's realized that it's about time it launch its own sponsored search product for Amazon.com. With the beta launch of Clickriver Ads, Amazon will offer pay-per-click advertising using the "bid + performance" model made popular by Google and soon to be adopted by Yahoo.

Web 2.0 Lowers The Barriers

Here's a Web 2.0 story for you: I got an email pitch from a guy named Kevin the other day, letting me know about the Web-based classified ad service that he and his buddy Chad put together in their spare time. Called Listifieds.com, it's based in the thriving metropolis of Bowling Green, Kentucky (which I remember primarily because it's where John Prine says his grandmother…

Are Company Blogs Dead?

It's semi-official. Blogs have now joined hula hoops, Pro-Keds and lava lamps in the attic of abandoned obsessions.