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Citing a successful relationship so far, Concentric Network Corp. today announced it renewed its contract with Intuit, Inc. to provide Internet services for certain Intuit customers for an additional three years. The agreement supports existing and new Intuit customers who register for Concentric’s value-added IP services through current versions of Intuit products, including Quicken, TurboTax […]

go2net, Inc. a provider of technology and community-driven Web sites, acquired Hypermart, a provider of free Web hosting for businesses. The transaction is being accounted for as a pooling of interests. Financial terms were not disclosed. Hypermart, which reportedly serves over 60,000 member businesses from approximately 175 countries, said it is growing at a rate […]

In a move aimed at further expanding its e-commerce offerings for customers, leading Internet retailer Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it signed agreements to acquire two Internet companies in deals valued at around $280 million. In separate transactions, the company agreed to acquire PlanetAll, a Web-based address book, calendar, and reminder service, and Junglee Corp., a […]

Lycos, Inc. today announced it acquired GuestWorld, a provider of free online guestbook services, in a stock deal valued at approximately $3.9 million. Under terms of the agreement, GuestWorld becomes the exclusive provider of guestbook services on Lycos’ Tripod community site, and will also continue to be available for free to home page builders across […]

ValueClick, a provider of cost-per-click advertising, said it posted an 83.3 percent increase in revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 1998, compared to the previous quarter. Founded a year ago, privately-held ValueClick said it saw steady revenue growth rate averaging 30 percent per month for the past year, and “is today the industry’s second […]

Hearst’s New Media and Technology Group named CKS Group as advertising agency-of-record for the HomeArts Network, a site for women. The deal between Hearst and CKS includes all marketing communications and media buying for both online and offline programs. Billings were not disclosed. “CKS’ expertise in strategic brand building, online media and advertising make them […]

ChannelSeven’s TurboAds.com reports that new online commercials called transitionals are set to take advantage of rich media technologies, and by late August, should begin beaming messages to users during the time it takes for a Web page to download. Space that was essentially 20 seconds of downtime is now considered prime real estate by brands […]

Atlanta-based iXL, an Internet solutions company, said it acquired Image Communications, an eight-year-old full-service new media firm. Image Communications specializes in the integration of marketing communications with enabling technologies and is a key component of iXL’s expansion in the Washington, D.C.-region, iXL said. Financial terms were not disclosed. Image Communications, which will now be known […]

NetRatings released its BannerTrack service top 10 Web ads for the week of July 19-26. The top ads were: Hotmail: Bookmark Hotmail to save typing Goto.com: Type in what you’re looking for Catalog Link: Click here to request free catalogs Hotmail: Click banners; easy return to Hotmail Hotmail: Make Hotmail your home page Catalog Link: […]

Marketing firm Boerner Inc. is doing PSA work for the National Crime Prevention Council, and will launch a Web site offering kids and parents Halloween crime prevention and safety tips from McGruff the Crime Dog. The site will offer children a new safety and crime prevention tip each week during October, which is National Crime […]

WebConnect said its new ICS System can track an advertiser’s ROI (return on investment) from impression to click to sale on every site on the Web. Jay Schwedelson, founder of WebConnect, said the service “set a new standard for ROI analysis in Web advertising measurability.” “Regardless of what closed-network, search-engine, or Web site the advertisement […]

Although only a handful of cable TV operators offer Internet service via television sets today, the cable industry will dominate the “Internet-on-TV” service market within the next ten years, according to a new study by SRI Consulting. SRI’s “Internet on Television” report said that fewer than half a million consumers worldwide currently subscribe to an […]