Despite the Internet’s heralded usefulness for targeting ads and reaching the right consumers, a recent Adweek Media/Harris Poll survey found that the majority of adults in the U.S. say they disregard Internet ads more than they ignore ads on other media.

According to the latest MobiLens report from comScore, smart phones are now owned by a quarter of all mobile subscribers, and Android is continuing its greedy surge in the smart-phone OS market.

The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) recently announced its long-expected Mortgage Assistance Relief Services (“MARS”) Rule (the “MARS Rule”). Under the MARS Rule, the FTC will subject…

Almost six months ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled, “The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets.” They prefaced the piece by saying, “A Journal investigation finds that one of”…

Moss Networks announces the inaugural Ultimate Affiliate Event (www.UltimateAffiliateEvent.com) taking place on January 9, 2011, to kick start Affiliate Summit West, the premier affiliate marketing conference in Las Vegas.

During a webinar given by Craig Macdonald, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of SEM and SEO software and agency services provider Covario, two surveys were taken to gauge the top PPC and SEO priorities for advertisers in 2011. Not surprisingly, social media was a big part of both responses.

According to Millennial Media’s Mobile Mix report for October, mobile ad requests on Android devices grew 65 percent month-over-month, while requests on Apple devices grew 12 percent. Also, among smart phones, Android has pulled even with Apple iOS in terms of market share.

According to Coremetrics, an IBM company that provides Web analytics and marketing optimization services, found that the U.S. online retail sector experienced a healthy year-over-year gain in online Black Friday sales.

Mobile Web usage is more popular in developing nations than it is in developed nations, according to data found by Pingdom via StatCounter. It appears that Opera has a healthy lead in the mobile browser market worldwide.

RingRevenue, Inc., announced the closing of a $4 million round of funding led by GRP Partners and Rincon Venture Partners, bringing the company’s total financing to $7.5 million.