Yahoo Disappoints With Weak Ad Sales

Advertising buyers in the financial and automotive sectors have been tightening their purse strings, in what is either a cyclical slowdown in ad spending that will perk up later in the year, or the frightening prospect that contextual search has beaten display advertising as the preferred method of grabbing eyeballs online.

Reaching The Online Latino Market

Though there are clear distinctions between the online habits of what AOL calls "acculturated" or "unnaculturated" U.S. Hispanics, the results of "The AOL Latino 200 Hispanic Cyberstudy" suggest that blended marketing is highly appropriate for this demographic.

Google Base Scrubs Its Face

The homepage for Google Base received a mild makeover in order to improve its usability, particularly by bulk uploaders who can enhance its value by placing a lot of items in Base in one go.

Napster Contemplates Sale

Napster's looking for a friend, or a sugar daddy, whichever one makes a better offer. The controversial and troubled music download service announced the company was seeking partnerships, or a potential sale.