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Blinkx shares surge following London IPO

Shares in Blinkx, the video search engine that has floated on London's AIM market, rose by more than 40% on the first day of trading.

The company's share price leapt from 45p to 64p, something that increased Blinkx's valuation to £170m and subsequently prompted a number of mainstream media journalists to dredge up the words 'dotcom' and 'boom'.

Blinkx indexes more than 12m hours of video content, and claims to be the world's largest video search engine. The Times says Blinkx had about 1.1m searches a day last month and about 700,000 unique users daily.

by Graham Charlton 23 May 2007 10:54am 0 comments

Google launches online security blog

Google has been addressing the issue of online security lately, and has launched the Google Online Security Blog as part of this effort.

by Graham Charlton 22 May 2007 16:42pm 0 comments

M&S needs to learn lessons from Tesco Online

M&S has recruited internet starlet Martha Lane Fox in a bid to push its online operation, which appears to be performing well below its potential.

The former lastminute.com co-founder will join M&S as a non-executive director, it was announced today in tandem with the release of the company’s annual results.

by Chris Lake 22 May 2007 14:19pm 1 comment

Virgin Wines relaunches, adds 'wine auctions'

Virgin Wines has relaunched its website, giving it a new look, and has added a new auction feature, so customers can bid against each other for cases of wine.

by Graham Charlton 22 May 2007 12:53pm 2 comments

Amazon bans Zlio from selling its products

Zlio, a French startup which lets users set up their own DIY shops, has suffered a blow, as e-commerce giant Amazon has stopped Zlio shopkeepers from listing its products.

Interestingly, this ban only applies to the US, and Zlio shopkeepers in Europe will still be able to list Amazon's products. Zlio users set up their own DIY shops and earn affiliate commission on the products they sell.

by Graham Charlton 22 May 2007 12:39pm 4 comments

Interview with Richard Spalding of Kontraband

Richard Spalding is the MD and co-founder of Kontraband - owner of the popular distraction site of the same name and viral marketing agency The 7th Chamber. The company's currently self-financing but has just appointed investment bank GP Bullhound to secure funding for an assault on the US.

We asked Richard about his plans for the future, and why viral is still an under-thought-of part of the marketing mix....

by Richard Maven 22 May 2007 12:00pm 0 comments

Online Customer Service Tech market growing at 50% - new report

The UK market for Online Customer Service Solutions is growing at 50%, according to a new report published by E-consultancy.

by Linus Gregoriadis 22 May 2007 11:44am 0 comments

Free Email Marketing roundtable briefing

The latest report to drop off the E-consultancy production line is our Email Marketing Briefing which is the output from a roundtable we hosted in London last month. This report is free to registered users.

by Linus Gregoriadis 22 May 2007 10:59am 1 comment

Google opens deeper search trend data

Google has opened up more of its search analysis data to the public in a new product offering called Hot Trends.

A cross between the search giant's parallel Zeitgeist and Trends offerings, which give journalists and other consumers access to search query popularity metrics, Hot Trends displays the hottest web searches on a more frequent basis.

by Robert Andrews 22 May 2007 10:02am 0 comments

GPS comes to promotion marketing

Orange has unveiled a viral web game that uses a GPS tracking device attached to a bull in a field somewhere near Somerset.

Spot The Bull exploits the mobile network's sponsorship of the Glastonbury festival, offering prizes to players if they can correctly predict the location of the creature.

by Robert Andrews 22 May 2007 09:46am 0 comments