VFlyer, a San Francisco-based online-content and classified-advertising platform, has added new features that allow online retailers enhance classified ads with maps and embedded video, the company said Tuesday.
The platform now enables users to display a small video thumbnail within each ad, which expands to an embedded version of a video clip on YouTube and other […]

From Howard Owens comes a link to a hilarious post by Amy Gahran at the Poynter Online site (where she edits the E-Media Tidbits feature). In it, she tries to describe this new information-delivery technology called a “news-paper” to her skeptical husband:
“Check it out,” I said, “It’s a different kind of news delivery technology. It’s […]

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Localadsplus.com is a classified ad website that expands how you will look at classified ads, and they partner with other companies to offer Member Discount while sharing revenue to generate income for that company.
The first thing you will notice is the absence of popup ads and all those words that clutter up a […]

The BBC’s governing Trust has deferred a decision on funding the international part of the BBC website with adverts.
On Wednesday, the Trustees discussed allowing advertising to help pay for parts of the planned BBC.com service.
A Trust statement said: “For the BBC to meet its purpose internationally, it must invest more online. It cannot use the […]

On 20 February Schibsted and SPIR Communications have entered into an agreement to merge parts of the French operations of Schibsted International Classifieds (former Trader Classified Media) with the French online car portal Caradisiac owned by SPIR. Closing of the agreement is dependent upon the approval of French competition authorities.
The operations of Schibsted International Classifieds […]

Internet auction site eBay is using more Yahoo search advertising in order to boost buyer activity, according to Reuters.
The website’s trial of Yahoo ads proved successful, despite fears on the part of eBay traders that incorporating online ads next to auction listings would take traffic away from the site.
eBay has also signed a deal with […]

The company said it signed agreements with “major global advertisers” including Hilton’s Embassy Suites, Infiniti, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) , Nissan, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble Asia Pacific and Singapore Airlines. The ads will run near the top of the Yahoo mobile home page and will be “interactive,” meaning interested consumers can call the advertisers instantly, or […]