Newspapers Form Alliance with Zillow.com

A group of 11 major U.S. newspaper companies representing 282 newspapers have formed an alliance with Zillow.com to extend their classified ads to the popular real estate site. Under the agreement, local advertisers who run print and online “for sale” and open-house ads with the newspapers will also have the […]

Making every click count: 12 top strategies for PPC success by Coast Digital

Coast Digital have launched a free 23-page publication designed to help businesses get the most out of paid search. With the continuing growth in spend around pay per click – following a 52% increase last year – this timely publication identifies advertising techniques which can really help accelerate sales and […]

INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES IN Q3 07 SURPASS $5.2 BILLION, SETTING NEW HIGH

Press Release NEW YORK, November 12, 2007 – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP (PwC) today announced that Internet advertising revenues exceeded $5.2 billion for the third quarter of 2007, representing yet another historic high for a quarter and a $1.1 billion increase, or 25.3 percent, […]

New York Daily News Joins Yahoo Classified Ad Network

The New York Daily News, the nation’s fifth largest newspaper, said Friday it has joined Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)’s classified advertising network of newspapers, becoming the latest publisher to partner with others in trying to grab a bigger slice of the online ad market. The Daily News becomes the largest newspaper […]

Facebook to Offer Classified Ads

U.K.-based software development company Fuzzle Media has released its latest application for Facebook, the social networking site that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MFST) recently bought a 1.6 percent stake in for $240 million. Workboard will offer Facebook users free classified ads to promote anything from upcoming weddings to job vacancies. The application can […]

Newspaper’s in talks about online ad network

Five US newspaper’s are taking steps to create a national online advertising network they hope will help them recapture revenue being lost to online website’s. Sources said Gannett Co., Tribune Co., Hearst Corp., Media News Group and Cox Newspapers may jion together to form a common ad sales force that […]

Upingme wants to mobilize classified ads

Upingme is a new free classified ads service in the UK that allows people to post adverts directly from their mobile phones. They call it “Classified ads 2.0″ because of Upingme’s real-time and active (rather than passive) “nature.” Users post their adverts by sending an SMS text “U” a space […]

Viacom Profit Rises 80% on Cable Ads and Music publishing business sale

Viacom Inc., owner of MTV and the Paramount film studio, said third-quarter profit rose 80 percent, fueled by cable advertising, the film “Transformers” and the sale of its Famous Music publishing business. The stock advanced as much as 5.1 percent after sales and profit beat analysts’ estimates. Net income increased […]

New York Times Adds Techmeme Like News Aggregation Feature

NYTimes.com has launched a new version of its technology section, which includes aggregation of news from around the Web. NYTimes.com/Tech Editor Saul Hansell told Read/WriteWeb in an email that Blogrunner “is our answer to Techmeme, integrated with our main site. It is technology we’ve built ourselves, based on Blogrunner, a […]

E-Commerce Advertising Firm, Offers Cash Bonuses

Website advertising firm, itsmymarket.com, has added new features to its free classifieds service, in an effort to enhance and improve customer interface satisfaction. Through the promotion, itsmymarket.com aims to further build the number of users and advertisers on the site and encourage more people to buy products within local areas. […]