Online Ad Spend In The UK Up 21%

Internet advertising expenditures in Britain grew to $2.95 billion (1.68 billion pounds) in the first half of 2008, a 21 percent increase year-on-year, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB).Marketers showed overwhelming confidence in online advertising at a time when all major advertising mediums experienced declines in expenditure.  The total advertising market was down 0.7 percent year-on-year, during the first six months of 2008. Without…

SMX East: Bill Tancer And Search Trends

Search is important in the business world, keeping companies like Google and Yahoo afloat and causing others to revise their sites in every way imaginable.  Search often indicates what society as a whole is up to, as well, and Bill Tancer explored this trait at SMX East.

SEO Marketing In An Uncertain Economy

With the economy in limbo what should search marketer's focus on? Webproworld spoke to Milind Mody, CEO of eBrandz Inc, an SEO and SEM firm, about online marketing and advertising.

AOL Cleans House

What once was considered an Internet powerhouse, seems to be dwindling away. AOL is getting rid of (or has already) more than 50 of its projects according to Silicon Alley Insider. We knew about AOL Journals and AOL Hometown, but this list is huge. The dead projects fall into a number of categories including video, audio, messaging, social, toolbars, desktop, safety, mobile, and email. Check…

Yahoo AOL Merger Rumors Resurface

Those old Yahoo-AOL rumors are persistent, if anything. Surfacing again are details related to a deal that could thwart a Microsoft takeover forever. But at the same time, it would seem damaging to an already heavily-scrutinized search ad deal with Google.