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Microsoft making a move on Facebook?

News The aim of that proposal was to build an online advertising powerhouse to rival Google. Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo!

Tags: facebook, yahoo, microsoft

[08 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News But Ballmer has not been able to come up with another alternative that would enhance Microsoft's online advertising business the way Yahoo! I'd like to have a better position relative to the guy who sells the most advertising.

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Kids flocking to Blyk to bag free calls and texts

News It said the average cost to advertisers per response rate is 53p - which makes Blyk a more efficient form of advertising than online (£1.50), email (£2.00), direct mail (£12.50) and unprofiled mobile SMS (£2.22).

Tags: mobile advertising, blyk, mvno

[25 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Everyone using an iPod is advertising Apple. Technology businesses need to monitor and be aware of such social trends if they hope to succeed - taking advantage of blogs, virtual worlds and online search summaries to help keep up with the kids - he...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News stuck to its forecast for sluggish 2008 revenue growth of between three and 15 per cent in the face of weaker online-advertising demand in sectors such as finance, retail and travel. Yahoo! posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Google reports sterling quarter

News Internet leader Google said yesterday it saw no impact from a weakening US economy as it posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and waved off fears of an online advertising slump. and Microsoft in the market for online brand advertising...

Tags: profits, google

[18 Apr 2008]

Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods

News The company behind an ISP-based web advertising user-tracking system has denied claims what it is doing is illegal. Ertugrul said: "We're delighted to have a dialogue with FIPR but it has to be in the context of how today's online world actually...

Tags: ripa, phorm

[11 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com "We ask that the FTC.recommend adoption of voluntary industry guidelines that define 'sensitive data' to include the online activities of all persons under the age of...

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

Who's king of advertising? Web set to overtake TV

News The UK has the most developed online-advertising market in the world. According to the report by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Center, the UK online-ad market was worth £2.8bn in 2007.

Tags: tv, 4od, online ads

[09 Apr 2008]

Google not afraid of economic storm

News There's not a lot of advertising for any one market over another. Schmidt said: "There tends to be a flight in a global slowdown to higher-quality advertising and higher-quality advertising is determined by what sells.

Tags: google, advertising, marketing, economic

[18 Mar 2008]

Google voices Yahoo! bid concerns

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer pledged earlier this month that his company would gain market share against Google in online advertising and web searching, even if it led to his "last breath" at the company.

Tags: google, yahoo, microsoft, executive

[17 Mar 2008]

AOL snaps up Bebo for $850m

News The Bebo acquisition comes at a time when AOL is still struggling to make the transition to a leader in online advertising after amassing nearly $1bn in acquisitions - Tacoda, Buy.at, Quigo, and AdTech, to name a few - into its Platform-A ad...

Tags: bebo, acquisition, social networks, aol

[13 Mar 2008]

Microsoft unveils web tool betas

News Newly enhanced with a software development kit for in-stream advertising, Microsoft's Silverlight 2 programming model is designed for developing and distributing rich internet applications that use graphics, animations or video within the .Net...

Tags: microsoft, beta, silverlight, ie

[09 Mar 2008]

Guardian site gets million-pound makeover

News So, US readers will see US adverts and UK readers will see home-grown advertising against the same story. Guardian News & Media (GNM), the proprietor of The Guardian and The Observer is about to complete an 18-month project to revamp its website...

Tags: media, navigation, content management, management system

[29 Feb 2008]

Google to store patient records online

News But it refrains from advertising on some services, such as Google News. The company can sell advertising against such follow-up searches. Google is testing an online storage bank in the US where individuals can store and access their medical...

Tags: google, medical, us, records

[29 Feb 2008]

Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?

News The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has proposed new privacy guidelines related to online advertising that offer weaker consumer notice and choice requirements than the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants.

Tags: ads, ftc, iab, trade

[25 Feb 2008]

Top of the class for online ads? Search and social networks

News For online advertising, the word is portals are out but search, entertainment and social network sites are in. That's according to a report released by Avenue A/Razorfish, the ad agency part of online advertising firm aQuantive, which Microsoft...

Tags: ads, search, social networking, microsoft

[25 Feb 2008]

Microsoft/Yahoo! - should Google be afraid of the big bad bid?

News would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market but it also faces some major challenges and obstacles… Set to shake up the online world? Microsoft announced its much-rumoured bid for Yahoo!

Tags: yahoo, google, microsoft, money

[06 Feb 2008]

Can Microsoft/Yahoo! deal take on Google?

News The second reason, he said, is a straight "toe-to-toe online advertising fight" with Google. would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market but it also faces some major challenges and obstacles.

Tags: microsoft, merger, google, web

[01 Feb 2008]

Microsoft bids $44.6bn for Yahoo!

News According to Microsoft, the online advertising market is expected to double from 2007 to 2010, hitting $80bn in revenue, meaning the benefits of scale will become increasingly important. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said a tie-up will allow the two...

Tags: advertising, microsoft, online, bid

[01 Feb 2008]

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