Month: October 2009

• Idaho is Most-Spammed State, Halloween and Christmas Spam Beginning

  According to recent reports released by MessageLabs and its parent company, Symantec, Idaho is the most-spammed state in the U.S., while holiday spam has begun honing in on Halloween and Christmas.

• PLYmedia Introduces New Ecosystem for Online Monetization with First Web Video Affiliate Network

  PLYmedia confirms Forrester research revealing online video as best way to achieve first-rate ranking on Google

• Agencies

  Letters to the Editor

  Steve Kalsch, Dustin Wilson and Bill Cartwright of XP Innovation, LLC take strongly worded exception to UPS’s new sampling and promotions program. Does it, as they claim, threaten to circumvent list broker functions and provide unwelcome access to hotline customers? Their arguments follow.

• October/November Issue 2009

  Coldwell Banker is Rebuilding Home Selling on a Web 3.0 Foundation; Marketers Need to Make Peace With Twitter; Is Targeted Advertising a boon or a privacy violation waiting to happen?