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Online research group Hitwise has been bought by Experian in a $240m (£120m) deal.
The credit information provider says it will use the acquisition to extend the range of online and offline marketing services it can offer its clients.
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by Richard Maven
19 April 2007 09:57am
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Zlio is a new service that allows you to create and personalise your own online shop, choose your stock from a range of online retailers and earn affiliate commission on sales.
It is nice and simple to use, and you can have a range of products for sale very quickly. After a brief registration process you can start adding products.
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by Graham Charlton
19 April 2007 09:23am
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Praise be! Tim O’Reilly, aka the man who coined the term ‘Web 2.0’, appears to have decided to drop plans for a blogger code of conduct that he proposed as recently as last week.
Speaking to Wired, he says: “I've come to think the call for a code of conduct was a bit misguided.”
Damn straight.
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by Chris Lake
18 April 2007 14:04pm
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In an attempt to add an extra layer of security to online banking transactions, Barclays Bank has sent out 'PINsentry' machines to its online account holders.
Over half a million Barclays customers will be sent the free PINsentry card readers by the end of the year, which will be used to prevent online banking fraud.
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by Graham Charlton
18 April 2007 13:39pm
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Ted Speroni heads the European operations of HP.com, as well as the tech giant’s regional preferred online partner programme – an interesting case study in how to incentivise resellers via the web and drive sales through third parties.
We spoke to him recently about the challenges of running and managing the programme, as well as future plans for improvements.
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by Richard Maven
18 April 2007 13:24pm
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The US Copyright Royalty Board has rejected an appeal by internet radio broadcasters against a plan to increase royalty fees.
Many US web broadcasters are saying that the royalty hikes, which will be backdated to January 2006, will put them out of business, as well as affecting the diversity of music available online.
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by Graham Charlton
18 April 2007 10:03am
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The future of Online Revolution, the UK franchiser of eBay drop shop brand iSold It, appears to be in the balance amid reports that it has gone into receivership.
The company is refusing to comment on its future, referring enquiries instead to accountants BDO Stoy Hayward.
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by Richard Maven
17 April 2007 16:28pm
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The joys of being acquired by Google, the search behemoth and all-round cash mountain, have worn off quickly for the founders of Dodgeball, the location-based mobile alerts service.
Both Dennis Crowley and Alex Rainert bailed out of Google less than two years after the search giant paid an undisclosed sum to buy their startup.
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by Chris Lake
17 April 2007 14:38pm
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The impressive growth of German-based business network Xing is continuing, with the company announcing that its membership has now passed the 2m mark.
Xing recently recorded massive user growth in its end of year results for 2006, achieving membership growth of 149% last year, from 680,000 to around 1.6m members.
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by Graham Charlton
17 April 2007 13:01pm
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A new study from comScore has questioned the validity of using cookie-based data to measure website audiences, claiming that unique visitor counts for websites may be overstating the actual visitor totals by as much as 150%.
The measurement group, which surveyed 400,000 home computers, found that three in ten US internet users regularly delete cookies from their computers.
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by Graham Charlton
17 April 2007 10:59am
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