The accidental 'friend' finder
Andrew Conru didn't aspire to be a sex-industry mogul. But his $200 million empire attests to the old adage: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/31/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Look at Facebook
Recent traffic statistics at social networking site Facebook are impressive and we're wondering if there's a wider story here.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/31/2007 | Website Analytics

Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Startup Entrepreneur?
If you've applied for a job before, you've probably fretted over how to answer questions like 'are you inclined to rely more on improvisation...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/31/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

Web 2.0 wonders: Yelp
When Jeremy Stoppelman was 14 years old he had a subscription to Forbes magazine and dabbled in the stock market.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/31/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

At Kink.com, a live tool against piracy
Lexi Love has thrown herself headlong into a four-hour shoot at Kink.com, an adult video company with a Web site that's pushing the envelope in both technology and taste.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/31/2007 | Digital Media

Is Google Too Powerful?
As the Web giant tears through media, software, and telecom, rivals fear its growing influence. Now they're fighting back.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

ICANN Board Member Calls .xxx Decision 'Weak And Unprincipled'
The U.S.-based ICANN, the group responsible for internet domain suffixes, has once again rejected calls to create a .xxx domain for adult sites.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Web Hosting & Domain Names

Why Everyone's Talking about Twitter
If you ever fancied yourself a blogger but didn't have the time or energy to post thoughtful or silly missives at regular intervals, a new service called Twitter could set your...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Yahoo's Director of Search Engine Marketing
Welcome to Search Engine Journal's new column, In-house SEM, which features an in-house search marketer each week.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Search Marketing

Selecting Servers for the E-Commerce Operation
The first major decision for any company planning to establish an online presence is whether to go with a hosted e-commerce solution or create its own in-house data center.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

The Anti-Spam Militia
If you are like most US e-mail users, you're pretty experienced at it. You fight spam with purpose and multiple tactics, according to a new survey by...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | eMail & Viral Marketing

'Media Meshing' Comes Easy to Hispanics
Roughly 80 percent of U.S. Hispanics are said to be broadband users, according to a quantitative survey by Experian Simmons Research, conducted from November to...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/30/2007 | Website Analytics

Love Doesn't Equal Loyalty: Online Dating in February 2007
The first quarter of the year represents a busy time in the online dating world, and 2007 has been no exception, with traffic to mainstream dating sites growing by 15%...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/30/2007 | Website Analytics

DoubleClick Sale Could Risk Publisher Exodus
The stale world of online ad serving just got interesting again, as a possible acquisition of ad management firm DoubleClick was floated yesterday.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Ruining the User Experience
While in Seattle for a recent business trip, I spent two nights sampling the local cuisine. I enjoyed each meal immensely, however one clearly stood apart from the other. But why?
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/30/2007 | Website Design & Development

BlogRovr Fetches Content From Your Favorite Blogs
BlogRovr is an interesting new way of getting blog information, on the go while you're surfing the Web. It is a download plugin for Firefox 2.0, which works cross-platform on...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Close Harmony: Bands and Web 2.0
Josh Epstein began his bid for rock stardom the 'old-fashioned way.' The 24-year-old jammed with some kids from his suburban Detroit neighborhood, recorded a demo...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/30/2007 | Digital Media

VCs ponder whether Google's still hip
When a renowned investor suggests that Google -- one of Silicon Valley's biggest homeruns and the biggest hit on the Internet -- is passé it sort of perks your ears up.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Venture Capital

Web 2.0 wonders: StumbleUpon
The web has evolved into an indispensable tool for our daily lives. But who are the people driving this growth? All this week the BBC News website is speaking to young, talented...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Wisdom of Crowds Is Dead
The problem with the human condition is that it involves humans. Bringing that condition online, fostering it with the Wisdom of Crowds philosophy, is slowly but surely proving...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

How Much Is Photobucket Worth?
Silicon Valley/Colorado based photo and video sharing site Photobucket has 36 million registered users and adds another 85,000 per day.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Incentives That Create More Sales
What makes a customer commit to that profit-boosting holiday purchase? One respondent to a survey conducted by the e-tailing group summed up the...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

Google searches for ads offline
If there was any doubt about the scope of Google's ambitions in the advertising world, one of its recent job postings should dispel them: It seeks a "head of national...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

A Radio Station Just for You
Services like Pandora, Last.fm and Slacker evaluate your musical tastes, then serve up a continuous stream of programming to match.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Digital Media

Do TV Ads Work Better Online?
TV spots shown during Web programs click better with viewers than the same 30-second ads on TV, according to a new study by Millward Brown.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Looking at Google AdSense Placement on MySpace
Google and MySpace put together a major partnership last year with a focus on Google Advertising. About two months after the partnership, Google AdSense contextual ads...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/29/2007 | Adsense & Other Context Ads

EBay Pirate Gets 27 Months for Selling $700,000 in Counterfeit Software
Coutney Smith, 36, of Anderson, Ind., was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for selling $700,000 worth of counterfeit...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/29/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

Dispatches from the Blog Battle Zone
Threats against a prominent female writer reflect the worst of online discourse. But is speech any more hateful on the Net than elsewhere?
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Cutting through the Twit Chat
The script sounds like the Web 2.0 version of Frank Capra's classic movie 'It Could Happen to You.' And the plot goes like this.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

DoubleClick eyes sale, talks with Microsoft
Report: Online ad firm could fetch $2 billion. Online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. is exploring a sale and is in talks with Microsoft Corp. and other...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

The next Silicon Valley: Siberia
A tech boom is giving life to a former Soviet center for science. IBM, Intel - and even Oprah - are paying attention.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Venture Capital

Traffic Stats for Web 2.0's 25 Sexiest Sites
Because you asked for it here is eBizMBA's survey of traffic data for the top 25 largest web 2.0 sites ranked by a combination of Compete and Quantcast data-sites...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Yahoo users get unlimited e-mail storage
Yahoo announced Tuesday it was giving users of its web-based e-mail service unlimited storage capacity as a tribute to Yahoo Mail's 10th birthday and today's data-rich...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Google's New PPA Program Opens Up New Opportunities for Bloggers
Last week, Google announced the beta test of their new pay-per-action (PPA) advertising program. In addition, Google mentioned a new ad format...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Beating The Unbeatable Google
Topix CEO Rich Skrenta thinks someone out there can compete with Google, and he offered suggestions on how that might happen (hint: think vertically).
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

How Not To Be Buried On Digg
Six or so months ago, it used be easier to get on the homepage of Digg. Lately, sites have been having problems.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/28/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Marketing

Learning to market in virtual worlds
Think the recent flurry of big media and technology operations setting up shop in virtual worlds like Second Life is a passing fad? Think again.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/28/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Marketing

Data Mining: The Heart of Analysis, Part 2
Now that it's been a month since discussing how to push the needle in paid search via analysis, it's time to consider what's next.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/28/2007 | Website Analytics

Coghead Raises $8 Million
Silicon Valley based Coghead is announcing an $8 million Series B round of financing this afternoon, adding to the $3.2 million raised previously from El Dorado Ventures in...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/28/2007 | Venture Capital

Adobe to take wraps off Creative Suite 3
Adobe Systems on Tuesday plans to launch Creative Suite 3, a showcase for the company's merger with rival Macromedia that is designed to smoothly combine...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/27/2007 | Digital Media

Cost breaks help get Web businesses going
Scott Robbin has a big idea for how people can use their mobile phones to read news stories, visit social sites or just browse.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

My Favorite Ideas for Ringside Startup to Use
These are some hand-picked ideas from my Techquila Shots vault that I think are the best and most practical (given the anticipated budget) for Ringside Startup.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School
Here's a summary of the more compelling tips given by several tech industry luminaries - including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

The Wired 40
The Wired 10th annual list of the most innovative companies in the world. 1 Google - The masters of the universe are busily converting ad dollars into a global network of fiber...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/27/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

10 Quick Tips for an Easier CSS Life
As with most things, a logical and structured approach is the best way to go. Therefore I have put together 10 quick tips (in no special order) to help make...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | Website Design & Development

Is Google a Semantic Search Engine?
Semantics are said to be 'the next big thing' in search engine technology. We technology bloggers routinely drum up articles about it and sell it to you, ...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | Search Engine Optimization

Seven Insurance Issues For Merchants
When an ecommerce business begins to grow, new risks mount and site owners should examine insurance options.
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/27/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

Battle of the Network Sites
NBC Universal and News Corp.'s new video site might significantly change the game in the network Web site battles...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/27/2007 | Digital Media

At PayPal, fending off phishers--and Google
If you have an e-mail account, chances are you're used to seeing messages that purport to come from PayPal but which are actually spam from attackers trying to get you...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/27/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

YouTube presents awards to its first stars
With a virtual drum roll, online video-sharing Web site YouTube on Monday announced the winners of its inaugural awards...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Digital Media

Print Isn't Dead Just Because Bloggers Say So
Upon news that 30-year-old magazine InfoWorld was shutting down its print operations and moving online, and that the San Francisco Chronicle is also in trouble, a debate...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Yahoo! Removes Category (Directory) Links From Under Search Results
David at Search Engine Roundtable Forums reports that Yahoo! has removed the directory (category) links from within the search results (directly under each search result.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Search Marketing

Citizendium aims to be better Wikipedia
In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

So, how many podcasts did you download today?
Simon Kelner of 'The Independent' caused a stir last week when he said he didn't know anyone who'd used a podcast. What a dinosaur! But, discovers Tim Luckhurst, he...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Digital Media

Zimbra Desktop Launched - Growing Trend of Offline Access to Web Apps
Zimbra, one of the Web Office vendors we've been tracking for a while, will later today announce the launch of Zimbra Desktop - which enables offline access to...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Digital Media

Fuzzy Critters With High Prices Offer Lesson in New Concepts
The cuddly stuffed animals called Webkinz have gained notice among Internet executives for their ability to bridge the online and offline worlds.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | eBay & eCommerce

AdMob secures new $15 million investment
AdMob has secured a USD 15 million investment following a series B financing round led by Accel Partners. Sequoia Capital, a previous investor in AdMob, is also contributing.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/26/2007 | Venture Capital

Venture capital investment in Web 2.0 on the rise
Venture capitalists continued to favor the innovative activity of Web 2.0 companies, deploying substantial sums in the segment throughout 2006, according to the latest...
eBusiness Information | Posted 3/26/2007 | Venture Capital

Unlikely alliance against '.xxx' domain
Online pornographers and religious groups are in a rare alliance as a key Internet oversight agency nears a decision on creating a virtual red-light district through a '.xxx' Internet...
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Web Hosting & Domain Names

When the box switches on to the web
When the former US vice president Al Gore launched his new television channel, Current TV, he said the programs were designed to be 'snacked on'.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Digital Media

It's Still Very Early, But Scribd Looks Like A Winner
We reported on the launch of Scribd, the 'YouTube For Documents' a little over two weeks ago. The site drew a significant amount of traffic at launch.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Digital Media

Artificial Intelligence, With Help From the Humans
Why not use the Web to create marketplaces of willing human beings who will perform the tasks that computers cannot?
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Audible Magic emerging as top copyright cop in digital revolution
Vance Ikezoye didn't set out to become one of the digital revolution's top copyright cops when he first began tinkering with the technology that launched Audible Magic.
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Digital Media

WSJ: Weekend Interview with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
Where are you from? 'Dobbs Ferry.' What's your major? 'Mostly computer science but also psychology.' Where did you live? 'Kirkland House at Harvard.'
eBusiness News | Posted 3/25/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs