Tagged.com Sued By NY AG

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that his office intends to sue social networking site Tagged for deceptive email marking practices and invasion of privacy.

eBay Live! Now Defunct

eBay has announced it will no longer be hosting its annual networking event eBay Live!, and will instead focus on a series of local gatherings. The company told sellers in a blog post Monday that it would be canceling its planned August 2010 event in Orlando, Florida. Its new plan is to host "more local events that don't require costly travel" for attendees, said president…

Nielsen Enhances Online Measurement Panel

Nielsen has announced the launch of an expanded panel and platform for measuring Internet audiences. The new panel increases Nielsen's measurement of websites from 3,00 to more than 30,000, providing better representation of Hispanic, teens, and cell phone only households, and improves coverage of multiple PCs in households.

Retail Boosts Search Spending In Q2

Search spending from retailers was up 36 percent year-over-year in the second quarter across all major search engines, according to a new report from SearchIgnite. The trend was not seen in other categories, such as travel and finance, and U.S. search spend was down 6.5 percent for the quarter. Retail search spend increased steadily as the quarter went on, with June showing an increase in…