A study by Forrester Research released today concludes that online retail will increase by 17% this year to $204 billion, with clothing, computers, and cars topping the list of sales categories.
“The State of Retailing Online 2008: Marketing Report,” is the first of a three-part series of reports based on the study. It forecasts $26.6 billion […]

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Ask.com has thrown in the towel in chasing internet search leader Google and instead will focus on a narrower market consisting of married women looking for help managing their lives.
Ask.com will lay off about 40 employees, or 8 percent of its work force.
According to it’s press release, Ask.com will return to its roots by concentrating […]

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In a report released today by Hitwise, Google received 66% of all U.S. Internet searches during the four weeks ended Feb. 23.

In the year-ago period, Google received 64% of all U.S. Internet searches.

Yahoo received 21% of U.S. Internet searches, Microsoft’s MSN Search received 7% and Ask.com received 4% of searches during the period.

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The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has posted their position on the  Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, proposed in congress on Monday.
The following is from the ICA:
 
Snowe Bill Threatens Domain Name Registrants with “Infringement” Enforcement That is More Expansive and Punitive Than the UDRP or Trademark Law
 
On February 25, 2008 U.S. Senator Olympia […]

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We know the bill is properly known as The Anti-Phishing Consumer Protection Act of 2008, but to the extent that creates civil and criminal offenses for owning domains having nothing to do with Phishing scams, we are calling it the Domain Stealing Bill.
To this end Mr. Larry Fischer, a brilliant guy and good friend, blogged […]

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As reported by various news sources today, a federal class action lawsuit was filed in California against Network Solutions for allegedly front running attempted domain registrations.

As most of us are aware last month, it was widely reported that Network Solutions engaged in a practice whereby they would temporarily register any domain name that someone did […]

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According to a published report released today, online advertising revenues exceeded $21 billion for the first time in 2007,
The Interactive Advertising Bureau  estimates that ad revenues grew 25 percent last year from nearly $17 billion in 2006. The estimated gain was $4.2 billion,  less than the 35 percent and $4.3 billion growth seen in 2006 […]

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This was the week that Yahoo said no to $31 a share offer by Microsoft.

It was also the week that Yahoo raised the possibility of seeking a marketing deal with News Corp, or a deal with AOL.

It is expected that Microsoft will increase its offer to $35 a share in the next week or two […]

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According to a report by the  Georgia Institute of Technology and Google Inc
Servers controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks.
The report estimates roughly 68,000 servers on the Internet are returning malicious Domain Name System results, which means people with compromised computers […]

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According to reports, News Corp. and Yahoo are in discussions about combining MySpace and other News Corp.owned online properties with Yahoo.
Reportly News Corp. would get a stake in Yahoo, and a private equity firm to contribute cash to the deal.
The deal would allow Yahoo to remain independent while giving News Corp. substantial control over […]

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