Those horrible ads with Bill Gate and Seinfeld are apparently no more. Phrase 2 of the ad campaign which was to be announced tomorrow, will instead announce the campaign is over. What the purpose of the ads is still a mystery and certainly highlights, against Apples ads, that Microsoft no longer "gets it". … [Read more...]
Mobile Search Advertising: $2.4 Billion By 2011
Mobile Content Networks (MCM) says advertising revenue from mobile Web searching could be worth $2.4 billion by 2011. "The mobile search business has started to move from an investment phase to the phase where it is a business on its own merits," Kimmo Paaso, a co-founder of MCN, told Reuters in an interview. As networks grow faster and most handsets now come with Web browsers, Internet … [Read more...]
Aftermarket Releases Teaser List
Aftermarket.com holding their first auction at TRAFFIC New York, released a teaser list of domains but no reserve … [Read more...]
Google Not Going To Wait For Feds On Yahoo
Google said today that they will not delay its proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo even if government regulators need more time to assess the deal. After voluntarily delaying the start of the Yahoo deal three months ago to give antitrust regulators time to review the potential impact, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt said he isn't willing to wait very much beyond an Oct. 11 deadline spelled … [Read more...]
Has the Economy Fundamentally Changed , Part 3
In June we first published a post entitled "Has the Economy Fundamentally Changed?" In July we published part 2. While some agreed, many thought the economy have not fundamentally changed. I wonder what your thoughts are now. Beside the Dow Jones down almost 900 points this week, the NASAQ hitting a 2 year low, there are low term consequences for the attempts to solve the problem that … [Read more...]
BBC Reports on Bank Merger Cybersquatters
The BBC is reporting on cybersqatters grabbing Domain names corresponding to recent bank mergers are that are already "being hoarded and sold online." Domain names for the merged Bank of America/Merrill Lynch as well as for Lloyds TSB/HBOS have been snapped up. In one case, the domain name has already been listed on eBay, with the site directing visitors to the auction. As reports of … [Read more...]
Rick Latona Auction Bidding Starts at 3pm
The auction list for Rick Latona TRAFFIC auction will start at 3pm today. Here is the … [Read more...]