ValueClick Settles With FTC For $2.9 Million
Online advertiser ValueClick, Inc. will pay a record $2.9 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its advertising claims and emails were deceptive and violated federal law.The agency also charged that ValueClick and its subsidiaries, Hi-Speed Media and E-Babylon did not secure consumer’s sensitive financial information, even though they claimed to do so.
Social Media Buzz Words List: Part I
In December, as part of a tongue-in-cheek print ad, we listed 25 social media buzzwords that make you feel cool if you say them. Surprisingly, that post still gets a fair amount of traffic, and with so many people new to social media, we still get questions about, “What do these all mean?” The most recent request for definitions was just last night.
Student Won’t Be Expelled Over Facebook Study Group
A freshman at Ryerson University in Toronto has been cleared of cheating allegations for setting up a Facebook study group and will not be expelled from school.A disciplinary panel at Ryerson has ruled that first year engineering student Chris Avenir should not be expelled for being the administrator of a Facebook study group for chemistry started last fall and has restored his passing grade in the course.
Google Celebrates “Watershed Moment” For Mobile Web
We’re at an edge and about to go over it, according to Google. Only, at least for people who intend to profit off the mobile market, this is a good transition; the mobile Internet is becoming increasingly popular.
eBay Affiliate Program Goes In-House
I don’t know if this had anything to do with Shoemoney’s cajoling but eBay is going solo and bringing their affiliate program in-house. They’re calling it the eBay Partner Network and launched a new blog about it.
Destination Google, Thanks To Universal Search
Delivering search results beyond the ten blue links of yore on Google includes content from other Google properties in universal search.
Logfiles – Google’s Click Fraud Fighting Ally
The third in a series of We Heart Log Data posts from Google brings back an old friend and a controversial topic.
Yahoo Mobilizes March Madness
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament draws plenty of interest, with Yahoo on hand to help out people who may be away from a television during the games.
The U.S. Makes Up 21 Percent Of Global Internet Users
In January 2008, the Asia Pacific Region have over 300 million Internet users at least 15 years of age accessing the Internet from work and home computers according to comScore’s "Digital World: State of the Internet report.
Social Media Advertising To Succeed
Despite the fact that social media advertising has yet to hit its stride and is taking some lumps for low click rates when compared to high pageviews, it will succeed. Social media is a different type of advertising platform from information-oriented websites and the two should not be compared.