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MySpace in advertising talks with Google and eBay

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Social networking website MySpace is in discussions with eBay regarding a potential advertising deal – a move which is delaying the finalisation of a separate deal with Google, it has been revealed.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the deal with Google, originally announced in late 2006, is being held up by ongoing negotiations with […]

Newspaper Headlines go SEO

Friday, February 9th, 2007

News.com.com says the art of writing newspaper headlines is changing due to reliance on search engines for traffic to newspaper archives. Forget about clever puns, double entendres and witty analogies: ‘News organizations that generate revenue from advertising are keenly aware of the problem and are using coding techniques and training journalists to rewrite the print […]

MySpace in advertising talks with Google and eBay

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Social networking website MySpace is in discussions with eBay regarding a potential advertising deal – a move which is delaying the finalisation of a separate deal with Google, it has been revealed.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the deal with Google, originally announced in late 2006, is being held up by ongoing negotiations with […]

Yahoo Switches To Panama Search Engine

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

In a significant move in the advertising segment of the Search Engine industry, Yahoo has announced that it is now completely doing away with the bid-to-position model of ads to give way for a more democratic “Marketplace Design” model, more similar to Google Adwords.
In the bid-to-position model, the ads alongside search results are based on […]

Newspaper Headlines go SEO

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

“News.com.com says the art of writing newspaper headlines is changing due to reliance on search engines for traffic to newspaper archives. Forget about clever puns, double entendres and witty analogies: ‘News organizations that generate revenue from advertising are keenly aware of the problem and are using coding techniques and training journalists to rewrite the print […]

UK Auction Info - Auction News

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Auction News and Information for The United Kingdom
UK Auction Info

Topix.net Classified Ads Deal

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Mark Walsh of MediaPost Publications reports that news search engine “Topix.net has forged a deal to power general merchandise classifieds on Tribune Company newspaper Web sites, starting with baltimoresun.com and extending to 11 others by May.” Under the partnership, Topix and Tribune Interactive will create co-branded classified pages for the 12 newspaper sites where consumers […]