Brian Morrissey

Mega portal Yahoo! on Monday unveiled the new version of Yahoo! Search, embedding search more deeply in its network and looking to build more revenue from it. As expected, search will be a more integral part of Yahoo!’s network, with search boxes following a user throughout the site. The search itself has a variety of […]

America Online and Univision announced Thursday that they renewed and expanded their 18-month-old co-marketing pact. Under terms of the agreement, AOL for Broadband will carry some Univision programming, including celebrity clips, news and entertainment features. Also, some Univision articles and photos will appear in AOL Latino, the Internet service’s Hispanic-focused area. “This new alliance is […]

Spam fighter Habeas announced Friday that it filed two lawsuits earlier this week to test its unique approach to fighting spam with copyright and trademark law. The first suit was filed against online mortgage service Avalend and its parent company InterMark Media, alleging the company infringed on Habeas’ trademark by using Habeas’ haiku in their […]

WebSideStory Debuts New Hitbox Tools Internet analytics company WebSideStory has launched a new reporting tool for its HitBox analytics platform users that allows them to create customized reports. The company also launched a data warehousing service. With DecisionBuilder, HitBox licensees can use an Excel form to create customized reports, making it easier for executives to […]

Indiana’s House of Representatives voted 90-0 to pass a bill with a number of anti-spam measures, including a provision to penalize senders up to $500 per piece of unsolicited e-mail. The bill now goes to Gov. Frank O’Bannon for final approval. House Bill 1083, introduced by Evansville Democrat Rep. Jonathan Weinzapfel, requires a sender to […]

E-mail marketing provider Bigfoot Interactive announced on Wednesday it added features to help marketers avoid having their messages tagged as spam to its Direct Response E-mail Application Manager (DREAM) technology platform. The DREAM platform will now have list hygiene and content scoring components built in, instead of as add-on products. Bigoot will also offer a […]

NetRatings announced Tuesday the availability of its syndicated Hispanic Web measurement service, in a further sign that online marketers want to reach the top U.S. minority group. NetRatings’ new Hispanic measurement panel will consist of 3,600 self-identified Hispanic Internet users selected through random digit dialing (RDD). NetRatings will measure all manner of online activity for […]

Overture Services and Microsoft denied an analyst’s report on Wednesday that said Microsoft would develop its own paid-search service that would put its relationship with Overture in jeopardy. In a research note, SoundView Technology Group’s Jordan Rohan cited an internal memo and remarks Steve Ballmer made last week as evidence that Microsoft, whose MSN service […]

Swedish vodka manufacturer Absolut on Tuesday launched a new interactive campaign for its latest flavor, Absolut Vanilia. The interactive campaign is heavy with rich media and carries the tagline “A Different Kind of Vanilla.” The ads will run on a variety of sites, including Maxim.com, EntertainmentWeekly.com, style.com and Wired.com. The campaign was announced earlier this […]

SportLine.com announced Monday it partnered with search leader Google for both algorithmic search and paid listings. The multi-year agreement calls for Google to provide Web and site search capabilities, in addition to serving up to five paid listings on the results page. The exact duration and financial details of the deal were not disclosed. SportsLine […]

Salon Media Group, the publisher of online culture and politics site Salon, said on Friday it received an $800,000 round of funding that would give it the needed breathing room to reach profitability. The funding, led by previous investors Bill Hambrecht and John Warlock, is on top of $1.3 million Salon has raised since last […]

Google has signed distribution deals with two ad networks, Burst Media and Fastclick, for its newly released content-targeted ad offering. Just three weeks after unveiling the content-targeted ads, which serve paid listings on content pages, Google has signed deals with the two ad networks representing a total of 24,000 sites. The deals promise to help […]