• Yahoo! Tests Video Search by Ross Fadner

    Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc. Wednesday night made available a beta version of a new search service for videos. Called Yahoo! Video Search, the search engine crawls the Web for different types of media files, including Microsoft's Windows Media, Apple Computer's QuickTime, and RealNetworks' Real Media. The engine also will soon include XML-based RSS feeds, podcasts, and other media formats, according to Yahoo! executives. ...Read the whole story

  • Yahoo! Nabs JibJab: Political Satire Meets Product Placement by Wendy Davis

    JibJab Media, created by political satirists Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, gave Yahoo! the exclusive rights to distribute two new animated videos online--"Grumpy Santa," which launched Thursday, and a short inaugural-themed spot to debut on the Monday before George W. Bush's inauguration. The deal, signed at the end of last week, was announced Thursday. ...Read the whole story

  • AdZone: Online Budgets Up In October by Wendy Davis

    Total online advertising expenditures rose in October to $741 million, up from $696 million in September, but still far below January's $826 million--the high for the year, according to new data released yesterday by AdZone Research. The Calverton, N.Y.-based company compiled the information by tracking impressions on approximately 2,500 Web sites, then estimated the ad spend based on the sites' rate cards. The company tracked banner ads, pop-ups, and text ads embedded in the pages. ...Read the whole story

  • Nielsen: Online Travel Surges by Gavin O'Malley

    The number of people who used online travel sites in November rose 13 percent year-over-year to 68 million, Nielsen//NetRatings said yesterday in its holiday e-spending report, done in conjunction with Goldman Sachs and Harris Interactive. Consumers spent $919 million online for travel during that month, according to Nielsen--up 11 percent from $828 million in November '03. This spike is attributed to record travel numbers, since Christmas and New Year's each fall on a weekend this year. ...Read the whole story

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