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eShare Inc. delivered version 2.0 of its NetAgent online sales and customer care system NetAgent 2.0 acts as a communications conduit between suppliers and their customers by providing real-time dialog capabilities that both automate and improve Web-based commerce, customer support and service, the company said. “E-customers are more likely to buy when their questions and […]

Closing date for entries in the International Web Page Awards is Nov. 30. Entries are being taken from Web page designers, advertising agencies, corporations or individuals who wish to spotlight their creative achievements in interactive graphic design. Entry fees are $85 per Web site, per category. Winners will be notified in February 1999 and receive […]

GeoSystems Global Corp. in Phoenix unveiled a new MapQuest interface and a series of corresponding new advertising products for the site that claims 42 million page views per month. The new interface features a compass rose to guide users through the multiple services. The site is now more clearly organized to allow visitors to choose […]

Internet auction site ONSALE Inc. launched its Ad+Vantage Program to increase awareness of manufacturers’ product offerings by guiding ONSALE customers to participating manufacturers’ Web sites. Manufacturers selling transition and re-manufactured inventories on ONSALE’s Web site “can earn thousands of dollars a month in advertising credits to promote new products on their respective sites and leverage […]

Seattle-based Go2Net Inc., which operates a network of technology- and community-driven Web sites, hired Ellen McManus as the company’s national sales director. McManus previously supervised the sales efforts of Yahoo! Canada, @Home Canada, Quicken Canada and CNET Briefs Canada, as sales director for Rogers New Media. McManus also represented Rogers in the launching of Canada’s […]

San Francisco-based ad network Flycast Communications and promotions company RealTIME Media Inc. are partnering to offer an integrated “instant win” sweepstakes program. Flycast said that as a result of the arrangement, it will be able to offer advertisers the ability to launch interactive promotions across the Flycast Network. Advertisers, working with RealTIME Media, can now […]

Remember looking through the Sears toy catalog “wish book” when you were a kid? Dreaming? Hoping? Now your kids can do it online. Sears put the whole toy catalog online at wishbook.com, offering more than 2,300 toys and gifts and various services–from helping customers identify the hottest toys to sending wish lists to friends and […]

A $100,000-plus online campaign emphasizing the superiority of Real Media’s Open AdStream (OAS) ad server software launched on 10 major online sites and networks that focus on technology leaders. The campaign, featuring a series of nine dynamic banners, was created by San Francisco-based Lot21 Interactive Advertising Group, launched in February by Kate Everett-Thorp. “Key to […]

InterVU Inc. delivered a new management service for Web publishers, advertisers and agencies that enables automated audio and video content publishing and content and audience management. The new service, known as Audience, includes tools for audio and video content publishing, event scheduling, ticketing, branding and audience targeting that are designed to help develop and grow […]

Ad rep company 24/7 Media Inc.in New York signed Knight Ridder’s Real Cities and cars.com to its 24/7 Network. Real Cities, a network of more than 40 Web sites, and cars.com together will generate approximately 45 million impressions per month for the 24/7 Network. “Real Cities and cars.com are category leaders that present advertisers the […]

Ingalls Moranville Advertising was selected by Adauction.com as its agency of record and launched a print and online campaign designed to increase awareness among advertisers and media planners. Adauction.com, which plans to spend up to $2.5 million through 1999, awarded Ingalls Moranville its account for creative and media following a competitive review. “Ingalls Moranville is […]

Wired Digital in San Francisco, a division of Lycos, is running an ad for Hewlett-Packard’s new color printing campaign that takes the screen from black and white to full color. When visitors arrive, the site’s front door is devoid of bright color for the first time in its four-year history. The page will extend flashes […]