Channel | Digital

A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that while 31% of American adults get lots of productivity and satisfaction out of using Internet-connected technology, 20% use such devices grudgingly

Monitoring a Web site used to be a fairly straightforward proposition. Leading indicators like traffic, page views and sales gave a pretty good idea of how things were going. A more sophisticated check might involve observing how many visitors came through search results or affiliates rather than navigating directly to your page.

Almost nine in ten search marketers monitor return on investment from their campaigns, according to a study released today by search marketing firm iProspect.

Merkle has named four new executives in its interactive services group in its Denver office.

Agency.com has appointed Jordan Warren president of its San Francisco office.

Google’s made a major change in the way it displays its general search results. And while the impact may at first be small, the significance of that change will grow over time and eventually ripple through the very concept of optimizing Web pages for search. At least, that’s how it looks now.

Autobytel, one of the pioneering sites that hooked up new car shoppers and dealers in the mid-1990s, has launched a new one-stop Web shop aimed not just at auto seekers but at anyone with automotive needs

With all the talk about the magical things users will be able to do with their mobile phones, from watching TV to surfing the Web, developers may have lost sight of the thing most people are likely to want their handsets to do most often: help them find their way to goods and services they…

The Federal Trade Commission will reportedly check the antitrust impact of Google's intended $3.1 billion purchase of ad management firm DoubleClick.

Real estate search engine Trulia announced it has secured $10 million in third-round funding from a group led by Sequoia Capital and including previous venture investors Accel Partners and Fayez Sarofim & Co.