A patent portfolio related to keyword advertising and conventional search will be auctioned off on March 31st, 2011 in New York City. The patent portfolio discloses a content-based method that enhances conventional search. This portfolio will be … [Continue reading]
comScore has released the online video rankings for the month of February, 2011 in the United States. The comScore Video Metrix service shows that 170 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in February 2011 for an average of 13.6 … [Continue reading]
A company that sells guitar-lesson DVDs online has settled with the Federal Trade Commission for a whopping $250,000 over charges that the company "deceptively advertised its products through online affiliate marketers who falsely posed as ordinary … [Continue reading]
As you are probably aware, Google has been in the media spotlight lately about their search quality. And today, Huffington Post published a blog post titled "Content is Best Fresh, Not Farmed". … [Continue reading]
Chitika has reached a settlement with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) over online advertising. The complaint by the FTC was about behavioral ad targeting. Individuals could opt out of Chitika's behavioral ad targeting. Apparently Chitika had … [Continue reading]
Chase Bank is mining internet domain name whois data in the pursuit of credit card customers. When they encounter whois privacy on a domain name, they are disregarding it and alternatively sending the credit card offers to the domain owners' web … [Continue reading]