InternetNews Staff

AT&T today debuted the first of its AT&T Inter@ctive Communications telephony services that integrate voice network and Internet technologies on leading portals Excite Inc. and Lycos Inc., as well as on AT&T’s WorldNet service. Today’s announcement introduces the first in a series of jointly distributed applications that will be offered under AT&T’s agreements with Lycos […]

Lycos Inc. today added the new “SafetyNet” feature to its popular search and navigation guide, a free filtering service targeted at parents concerned about their children accessing adult content on the Internet. The move comes at a time when parental fears continue to grow about the kind of content children are being exposed to on […]

Pasadena, CA-based GoTo.com, the search engine that allows Web sites to purchase placement within search results via a bidding process, said it has signed up more than 1,000 paid advertisers. Advertisers are spending anywhere from one cent to a dollar per click-through for highly targeted search terms as part of GoTo’s pay-for-performance pricing model, the […]

San Francisco-based Flycast Communications Corp. said the Flycast Open Network now provides a potential reach of 39% of the American Web audience. Results from RelevantKnowledge research for May reported visitation from 22.3 million unique visitors to the 400-plus sites in the network during the reporting period. The May results represent an 8% increase in reach […]

San Francisco-based Adauction.com said a variety of Web publishers plan to offer ad inventory in its June 25 auction, including Red Herring Online, Match.com, FEED magazine and the den. “Sellers are learning how best to optimize their online ad sales by designating a percentage of their ad inventory for rate card buys and assigning a […]

Classified Ventures LLC, a national online resource for local classified advertising and related information, launched a 16-city preview of NewHomeNetwork.com, a source of new- home listings, community information and homeowner services. The service is aimed at buyers, builders and owners of newly constructed homes. With NewHomeNetwork.com, Chicago-based Classified Ventures is adding a new category of […]

NetRatings reports that the top 10 banner ads viewed during the week ending June 20 were: Music Boulevard: Storewide Sale Goto.com: Type in what you’re looking for Speedlane: WARNING: Your browser is going too slow Yahoo: Now the UK has its own Yahoo! Spree.com: Grab the Palm Pilot III Music Boulevard: Everything on sale now […]

Hermes Europe Railtel (HER), a subsidiary of Global TeleSystems Group (GTS), acquired a majority interest in Ebone A/S, one of the largest Internet backbone providers in Europe, for 90 million ECU. As part of the transaction, Ebone will gain long-term capacity rights on the HER network. Ebone is a Tier-1 Internet backbone provider based in […]

Internet service provider MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. made headlines this week with news of its three-for-one stock split and the acquisition of New Orleans-based I-Way Networks Inc.’s subscriber base. MindSpring said it expects the transfer of I-Way customers to be finalized within the next two months. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Lately, the […]

Instant Video Technologies Inc. in San Francisco signed Asylum as its advertising agency in preparation for the commercial launch of Burstware, described as a “faster-than-real- time” video delivery software. Founded in June 1995, Asylum is led by creative partners Mark Decena and Tim Breitbach, formerly of Anderson, Lembke. Estimated billings were not disclosed. “Burstware has […]

Engage Technologies in Andover, MA, said seven new customers including The Password, KOZ, ImageNet, RegionOnline and AccountingNet Inc. have purchased its AdBureau Ad Management Service. Said Paul Schaut, president and CEO of Engage: “The use of a (outsourcing) service model is a growing trend among online advertising sites. Engage offers a smart, cost-effective service that […]

Centraal Corp. in Palo Alto, CA said it is seeing steady growth in subscribers to its Real Name System Internet navigation service. In one month, over 6,000 Real Name addresses have been subscribed, the company said. Over half a million Real Name resolutions (one name resolution is the equivalent of one direct link similar to […]