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  • Eons.com Targets Social Networking at 50+ Crowd

    Founder of Monster.com, Jeff Taylor, unveiled his latest project: Eons.com, a social networking site aimed at Web users aged 50 and over.

  • Google Talk Upgraded

    It is a well-known fact that Google Talk has been just another of Google’s product offerings that has not been able to find a faithful following. According to comScore, Google Talk has been installed 976,000 times, but in June it only…

  • Lycos and the Importance of Linguistics in Search

    Remember Lycos, the search offspring dot-com bubble poster child CMG Information Services, Inc? Well, Lycos is still around, quiet, but still around after changing hands a few times. Now Christopher Mohn, heir to the…

  • Futuristic Fashion Goes Viral

    No matter how good (or should I say busy?) times are for professionals in the interactive sector, we can never take any status quo in our profession for granted; I believe the old adage “if you snooze, you lose” is applicable…

  • And a Pony

    A colleague in the office has hooked me on a particular phrase, “…and a Pony!” Jeff Atwood coined the phrase and first published on his Coding Horrors blog at the beginning of this year. Those who avidly follow the…

  • State of Remnant Advertising

    Two weeks ago, we looked at the impact that sites like MySpace have and will continue to have on those in the direct response / lead generation space. Historically, lead generation advertisers have found a way to succeed on…

  • Marketing to the MySpace Generation & The Economics of Social Networking

    Examine the history of online social networking and the circumstances which led to the development of MySpace and its subsequent acquisition by …

  • From Potlucks to Blogs

    Potluck season is in full swing here in the Upper Midwest. We wrapped up the school year with a picnic outside the old middle school curried rice, mac

  • U.S. Still Leads ‘Dirty Dozen’ of Spam

    In its most recent “Dirty Dozen” report concerning the top twelve spam-relaying countries and continents during the second quarter of 2006, threat management solutions leader Sophos indicates that the U.S., once again, is…

  • Gotuit Starts Video Portal with Search and Ad Implications

    Gotuit Media, a video-on-demand content provider, recently unveiled Gotuit.com, which is an ad-supported broadband video portal. It hopes to use a tagging system as well as a sleek interface to give users a pleasant…