Cybersquatting Increasing
Complaints of "cybersquatting" where a person sets up a site using a trademarked name and profits by selling the name to the owner reached a record level last year according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Will It Blend? Google Says No
The line between a guideline and suggestion is a fuzzy one, but webmasters seem to agree a Google guideline is more of a stern warning. The most recent guidelines popped up on the InsideAdSense blog, instructing publishers not to blend ads with content.
Let’s Be Honest About Twitter
Twitter is a great new tool for the Internet savvy but it may already have past its prime as a way to keep in touch. Just looking around at Twitter profiles shows that most users are following hundreds of people which means your Twitter screen on the web has all new Tweets about every five minutes. Not exactly user friendly!
Vietnam War Memorial Now Online
The National Archives along with Footnote.com have launched an online interactive Web site of the Vietnam War Memorial."The Wall is more than just 58,000 plus names. Many of these people were my friends," Vietnam veteran Richard Schroepfer says in a video on the site.
Bronfman, Warner Music To Internet: Gimme
Music tycoon Edgar Bronfman, Jr., would like to bundle a fee into your Internet access in exchange for unlimited access to music.
DoubleClick, Quality Clicks In Google’s Future
Disappointed investors drove shares of Google down 3 percent yesterday amid flat ad click growth, but Wall Street may have to take a longer term view of the search ad company.
Google Continues Hiding Parked Domain Clicks
Webmasters might be forgiven if they didn’t notice the option to opt their ad campaigns out of Google’s AdSense for Domains.
Journalists Working Online More And Using Blogs More
The shift from print to online media is giving journalists more responsibility and making them more aware of the commercial side of the business according to the "2008 PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey."The survey polled 1,231 journalists including newspaper and magazine journalists, television, radio and online reporters, and bloggers.
Spot Runner Launches Political Advertising Program
In a move that’s either ingenious, scary, or both, Spot Runner has launched a new Political Advertising Program. Political campaigns of every size are supposed to buy preexisting video spots, personalize them, and then put the things on television.
Advertising To The Non-Web-Savvy Population
Now suppose you wanted to buy your special someone a nice diamond ring. You’d probably type "diamond ring" into Google, right? So would I. But what would your not-so-savvy dad do? Is it possible that he’d type "nicediamondring.com" into the address bar of his browser? Read on to find out how you can advertise to folks like your dad.