The Internet is changing the way people view the world, both in terms what’s out there and what’s not out there. With the prolific disaster along the Gulf Coast, FEMA requested media new organizations not show the dead in their coverage of the aftermath. As we’re finding out, bloggers and photographers are providing stories and images that probably won’t make the nightly news.
Online Community Aids in Katrina Relief Efforts
Along with our colleagues in other parts of the tech sector, the search engine community is starting to respond to the devastation Hurricane Katrina left along the northern Gulf coast.
Yahoo Makes Supernatural Debut Online
The WB series Supernatural’ arrived seven days before its broadcast debut as an online episode presented by Yahoo.
Food Network Serving Online Video Series
A new 13-part series will be shown on Foodnetwork.com as they attempt to skew younger.
Technorati Places Blog Finder Beta Online
A new version of the blog tracking site’s search engine lets users sift through millions of blogs based on topic tags.
Top Online Broadcast Media Destinations
The Center for Media Research published a brief on Friday detailing the metrics for online broadcast media advertising, audience and ads. The information covers what sites are being visited, who’s going on there, who the top advertisers are, the ad sizes and the ad formats. Also notice that MSN, AOL and Yahoo are all in the list.
Zooming Sales For Online Ads
The first half of 2005 has seen a big rise in online advertising spending, but not as high as some predicted.
Online Holidays 2005: Are You Ready?
Online traffic gets extra big for the holidays not just for retailers but many other websites as well. People look for all types of information so visibility is potentially quite high, which means advertising dollars can be maximized if you plan early.
High Oil Prices An Online Retail Opportunity
The threat of persistently high prices for crude oil through the winter could be a boon to web-based retailers.
Retailers Further Their Embrace Of The Hispanic Online Market
As the Hispanic penetration into the online world continues, slowly but surely retailers and site owners are being more conscience of this audience and the spending power they can provide.