EU and US Reach Online Gambling Deal
Online gaming companies in Europe were dealt a blow on Monday as the European Union accepted a US offer to open some other services markets as compensation ...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

Digg Hires Bank, Hoping to Sell for $300 Million or More
It’s been a little more than a month since the last rumors surfaced about social news site Digg trying to sell itself for at least $300 million.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Can Blogs Do Journalism?
On the face of it, the question of whether blogs can do journalism is absurd — like asking whether sites published on Vignette can do journalism.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Weblogs Rack Up A Decade of Posts
The word "weblog" celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997. The word was created by Jorn Barger to describe what he was doing with his...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Start-Up to Create Market For Trade of Virtual Goods
A start-up plans to help game companies get a grip on the booming illicit market for virtual goods, including everything from currencies to magical swords that help...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

Scientists Abuzz Over More Efficient Web Servers
An intricate honeybee dance has generated a big buzz among scientists by serving as the model for an Internet server system that adapts in response to changing user demand.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Web Hosting & Domain Names

On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
A team of researchers is using the Facebook habits of students to study how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Automakers Will Steer More Spend From TV and Print Toward Digital
Next year could be a banner year for auto advertising -- online. Beleaguered U.S. automakers are in for another rough road in 2008, with Detroit worst hit.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

User-Generated Content Still a Minority Pursuit
Nearly two-thirds of consumers surveyed who watch video on their computers, mobile devices or digital media players are watching professionally-produced TV programming...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

'Tis the Season for E-vites
Evite and other providers of online invitations are reporting double-digit growth, thanks to higher postal rates and eco-conscious party givers.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

That Online Chat 'Assistant' May Not be Real
A start-up firm is using automated chat to keep online customers from abandoning their virtual shopping carts.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

Anatomy & Optimization Of A Local Business Profile
Many local companies depend upon their information's presence in various directories in order to advertise themselves, and the basic instrument of...
eBusiness Information | Posted 12/17/2007 | Search Engine Optimization

A Familiar Editor for Gawker
Nick Denton, the entrepreneur who has built Gawker Media into a formidable blog brand, will become the managing editor of his flagship site, Gawker.com.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Google’s Vint Cerf Interviewed
Google vice president and chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf was interviewed by Suisse publication Das Magazin in Zurich in late November. Here are some of his statements...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Help Wanted: A Vacancy In Google's Top Ranks
Everyone wants to work at Google. It’s a money machine with a stock price bouncing around $700. The employees are brilliant and free organic meals are served every day.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Top 10 Tips for New Bloggers From Original Blogger Jorn Barger
Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the term "weblog" Dec. 17, 1997 -- 10 years ago Monday -- to describe the daily list of links that "logged" his travels across the web.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Google’s Chief on What’s Different
During a lengthy interview at the corporate campus, Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, touched on managing amid rapid technology change.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

Online Ad Sellers Out-Local The Locals
In a historic first, online media companies collectively will sell more ads in local markets this year than such individual hometown media as newspapers...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Guess Who Gained Search Share
Early this year, Yahoo was rolling out its nifty search platform, Panama; Microsoft was bragging it would be a major long-term player in search no matter what the cost...
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Search Marketing

The Coming Exaflood, and Why It Won't Drown The Internet
In December, 1995, Bob Metcalfe wrote a famous column for InfoWorld in which he predicted that the Internet would suffer "gigalapses" at some point in 1996.
eBusiness News | Posted 12/17/2007 | Digital Media