Wenda Harris Millard says get rid of the science

  "Where is the creative innovation in advertising?" she asked, faulting publishers and third-party ad networks for driving down prices and overweighting online advertising with "math and science." As usual, Wenda's right -- or at least partially …

The inauguration of Barack Obama by the numbers

… to the distribution of news and information around the world. It also demonstrated that the maturity of internet infrastructure. While Keynote Systems measured performance declines of as much as 60% on the internet's top 40 websites as the inauguration …

Digital Britain: Lord Carter hints at UK internet plan

Lord Carter, who has an extensive career in the media industries – including being the first Chief Executive for Ofcom – was appointed in October 2008 by Gordon Brown to help maintain the UK's position as a 'global leader' of the digital, media and …

What will Apple do without Steve Jobs?

… has given Apple the ability to drum up press attention on demand. To passionate Apple customers and tech journalists, Jobs' keynotes at MacWorld were a religious experience and the value of Jobs' marketing prowess should not be underestimated. Jobs alone …

comScore - ecommerce shrinks first 23 days of November, will Black Friday, Cyber Monday save the day?

… Kohl's and Saks had performance issues and even Amazon.com and some of its partners experienced a minor slowdown according to Keynote Systems. Hopefully all this traffic was not for naught and browsers were doing some buying as well. And with today being …

E-consultancy lands in OMMA, New York

… -19 September, we'll be on booth 413 at OMMA Global New York event. I'm personally really looking forward to some great keynotes including Chris Anderson from Wired Magazine and Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu. While we're there, it would be great to meet you …

The Web Week in Review

… thieves out of the castle?" Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued Mark Zuckerberg used his keynote at the second annual Facebook developers conference to make some zany comparisons about Facebook applications. …

Irish search market is flourishing - new research report

… from the specifics of the Ireland market, Search Engine Land's Chris Sherman had earlier kicked off the conference with a keynote which looked at the global landscape and trends in search. Google's dominance in Ireland is as absolute as almost anywhere …

Nike to kick the Flash habit?

In his keynote, Chris Shimojima, the firm’s global VP of e-commerce, talked about how it had used web-based personalisation and community tools to tap into the enthusiasm of its customers. It helps, though, when they include the likes of self- …

Drama 2.0's Web Week in Review

… BS from Joe Schmoe either. Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com After Mark Zuckerberg's now-infamous keynote at SWSX, he sat down with Caroline McCarthy to discuss Facebook. The two most amusing comments: "Most of the …

“Don’t pollute the river”, affiliates told

What we heard from the Mahalo founder and CEO wasn’t quite as controversial as his “SEO is bullshit” comments made in December 2006, but his message was nonetheless quite clear. Calacanis said there was a place for publishers that add real …

Countdown to Affiliate Summit West

… What are the stand-out events scheduled for this year's Affiliate Summit West? I’m excited about the keynote from Jason Calacanis, as I think he’ll have some provocative words that challenge the crowd. The Video Innovation in Affiliate …

Ann Summers to relaunch website

Still, the company’s Ian Wallis stepped into the breach and gave an interesting run-through of the numerous challenges Ann Summers has faced over the years. It gave you a sense of how hard the company has had to work to develop its network of 135+ …

Publishers face up to challenges of atomisation

Atomisation in the context of the digital landscape was the subject of Ashley Friedlein's keynote talk at Internet World earlier this year when E-consultancy's CEO talked about how website content is being parcelled up and re-distributed with …

Steve Jobs, Blue Peter and usability

… Apple’s flagship London store to launch the iPhone in the UK, but I can guess what he was like – I watched the keynote at Macworld last year.  I am sure he was genuinely delighted with the phone and enthusiastic about its features, although I’m sure …