The Web Marketing Association has announced the call for entries for its 11th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at Web Award Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including marketing web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for marketing web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2007. [Read more…]

Adam Goldberg, former Google sales manager, has left the search engine powerhouse to co-found ClearSaleing, Inc., an online agency that helps Internet retailers and direct marketers maximize profits from their Google AdWords and other search engine marketing and online sales campaigns. [Read more…]

Future Now, Inc. has launched a suite of free and paid products and services to support Google’s customers. Google Website Optimizers’ customers who want to get started can read Bryan Eisenberg’s non-technical technical guide “The 10 Minute Guide to Testing with Google Website Optimizer” here. [Read more…]

I’m glad to announce that we’re expanding our e-commerce services and hired Matthew Brown to head our e-commerce practice. I’m currently the head of our Search Engine Marketing practice here at Marketnet.com. [Read more…]

We’re all used to “product placement” in movies and on television. It’s becoming more of the norm nowadays. But here’s an interesting twist on product placement: now Oddpodz is using product placement for interactive ads. [Read more…]

Funambol, a mobile open source company, has issued the results of its recent survey of 500 people. Funambol’s survey found that the majority of consumers want mobile email. They’re also willing to pay for it, on average about $5 per month. [Read more…]