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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

TNS to buy Compete, create new metric solution

The merge of TNS Media Intelligence, Compete Inc. and Cymfony will give global marketers greater insight into how their brands and messages are faring globally. TNS announced earlier this month that it would acquire Compete for $75 million. >>

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Yahoo, Click Forensics team up to tackle click fraud

Yahoo has become the first search engine to work with a third party click-tracking company to ensure online advertisers are getting what they pay for. >>

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Local search the next trend for ecommerce

In the beginning days of ecommerce offering free shipping or online coupons was enough of an incentive to draw online shoppers. Research shows, however, that now consumers expect free shipping. That isn't the only change: consumers want products instantly but do not want to drive all over their city looking for a specific item. >>

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Marchex: Local Online Ads Continue to Rise

Look for more of the same in 2008. That, according to a new report from local online advertising solution Marchex, which predicts that local online advertising will continue to rise, national advertisers will move into local advertising and that advertisers will increase their use of geographical targeting. >>

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Report: Some consumers would do away with packaging

Clever packaging may not be as necessary to consumers as originally thought. Though unique or colorful packaging may catch a consumer's attention, a new study from Nielsen finds that more than half of US consumers would get rid of all consumer packaging if it would benefit the environment. >>

Monday, March 17, 2008

Security concerns hamper m-banking, m-commerce

Security and scam concerns are just a couple of the reasons that consumers aren’t embracing mobile banking and shopping, finds an Harris Interactive survey. >>

Monday, March 17, 2008

Study: Multi-channel customer service disappoints

Many websites are still making their customers jump through hoops to find answers to simple questions, finds the latest of Transversal’s annual customer service studies. >>

Monday, March 17, 2008

1 in 3 videos viewed on YouTube

YouTube continues to hold on to the top spot for American video downloads. According to the latest information from comScore, YouTube accounted for 1 in 3 video downloads in the US during January. >>

Monday, March 17, 2008

OFT web sweep analysis revealed

Over 500 UK-based retailers’ websites were examined for the Office of Fair Trading’s latest web sweep, as they sought to identify websites not upholding their regulations and continued to raise awareness among online retailers. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

More net users in China than U.S.

Continued economic growth and improved broadband infrastructure have driven the number of Internet users in China to new heights. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

Community category added to OPA reporting

A fifth category has been added to the Online Publishers Association’s Internet Activity Index which reflects the importance of social networking websites. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

Younger news readers don't read newspapers

The generation gap for newspapers continues to grow, and that is not good news for marketers focused on print publications. According to a recent comScore report, younger news readers are not getting their news fixes from newspapers. They are reading news online. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

Mobile video ads to be served on The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel (TWC) is adding two new advertising sources for online marketers. First, video ads are being added to their mobile offerings for the coming year; then a new ad placement offering is available for local advertisers. According to TWC these placements should result in higher ROI for mobile marketers. >>

Friday, March 14, 2008

AOL/Bebo buy could create second-largest social platform

In a move that should help them secure a bigger slice of the social networking world, AOL has entered into an agreement to purchase social platform Bebo. The social platform boasts 40 million unique users worldwide; once joined with AOL's AIM and ICQ systems AOL that number will grow to 80 million uniques. >>

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Online auto insurance policy sales up

More consumers than ever are researching and purchasing their auto insurance online, according to a recent report from comScore. >>

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