Dot-US Domain Registry On The Rise

In the United States, where dot-com is still king, few have paid attention to the sudden spike in activity at the dot-us (.us) domain extension, which grew by 21 percent in the third quarter. Many of these .us domains are being bought by companies based outside the USA. Over the past 12 months, .US registry DNS lookups have increased by 250 percent to approximately 10…

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Straight Scoop On Gay Advertising

A poll conducted by Harris Interactive and Witeck-Combs reveals that gay and lesbian consumers are less bothered by advertising, either on TV, in print, or online, than the general population and are more likely to appreciate product information. But like other demographics, gays and lesbians have little tolerance for pop-up ads or ads that block content.

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Email Advertising Back In Fashion

For all the incessant attention paid to RSS feeds and Microsoft's SSE proposal to make them bi-directional, email marketing still has a place, even in the very tactile world of high fashion.

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Changing Consumer Attitudes Drive CRM

Changing consumer attitudes are driving Customer Relationship Management. Fuelled by Internet induced expectations and an even increasing mood of self reliance among customers, companies have to compete in an environment where communication, buying processes, data management, delivery and service are all-important in the battle for longterm, profitable relationships.

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CBS Querying Google On Video Search

Video on-demand and video search scenarios marked talks between CBS and Google executives as they will build on the successful showing of "Everybody Hates Chris" on Google Video.

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