Google had revenues of $3.8 billion in the second quarter--a 6% increase from the first quarter and a 58% increase year-over-year. Top executives fielded questions about pending legal issues, monetizing YouTube and the strength of Google's overall advertising offering during its Thursday earnings call. ...Read the whole story
Scripps Networks' purchase of Recipezaar, a leading user-generated recipe and community site, is just one in a series of purchases planned to bolster its online lifestyle verticals. What's more, the company plans to announce the launch of a "hyper-vertical" ad network offering a "one-stop" ad solution across complementary partner sites. ...Read the whole story
Microsoft's online services businesses generated $2.47 billion for fiscal year 2007 -- an 8% year-over-year increase. But fourth quarter online revenues jumped nearly 19% over 2006. ...Read the whole story
Rapp Digital President Ricardo Pomeranz is now taking on the additional role of chief digital officer at Omnicom's direct marketing agency. It joins the list of agencies who are suddenly making the CDO position fashionable. ...Read the whole story
Click fraud in the second quarter averaged almost 16% industry-wide, according to Click Forensics, up one percentage point from last quarter. But average click fraud rates on search engine content networks--including Google's AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network--reached 25.6%. ...Read the whole story
In a white paper prepared by Frost & Sullivan for open source firm Funambol, mobile email is projected to grow 24% annually for the next four years--fueled by growth over everyday cell phones. ...Read the whole story
With new Pageflakes deals in place, consumers can now create their own branded versions of Rolling Stone, USA Today, CNN, The Washington Post, AOL, Newsweek Interactive, Slate, and "Entertainment Tonight." ...Read the whole story
Promoting its mobile-specific video content for Discovery Channel's 20th anniversary Shark Week, MobiTV teamed up with mobile entertainment provider SendMe on a low-bid auction game as SendMe's new game site SoLow.com launched. ...Read the whole story
The Mobile Marketing Association's latest 'Consumer Best Practices Guidelines" says kids receiving SMS and MMS ads must be apprised of charges, cancellation policies and other info. ...Read the whole story
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Nearly half of the pregnant teens in Shanghai met their partners on the Internet, the China state media said recently. That is either exceedingly good ... ...More
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