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  • Ice.com Seeks Blogging Gold

    Many marketers are treading gingerly around the notion of adding a blog to their Web site. Some are worried about the time and effort required to keep the blog active, while others are uncertain that consumers will show sufficient interest in the feature to make it useful. But don’t count online jewelry retailer Ice.com among the pussy-footers. The Montreal-based e-commerce site has not one but three blogs up and running and linked to its Web pages.

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  • Google Looking for Smooth Landings

    As if online marketers didn’t have enough to think about, in early December 2005 Google snuck a lump of cyber-coal into their stockings in the form of an announcement that it was adding something new to its “Quality Score” measure: an evaluation of advertisers’ search ad landing pages.

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  • ‘truth’ Tour Gears Up Edgy Giveaways

    The “truth tour” has stockpiled a cache of hip premiums to spread its anti-smoking message to teens.

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  • Loose Cannon: Federal Feet in the Data Industry’s Shoes

    It must have been quite the Memorial Day for the 26.5 million veterans whose personnel files were stolen as a result of a government employee’s negligence. Nothing makes beer and hot dogs go down smoother than the prospect of having to spend months, and thousands of dollars, trying to clear up one’s credit history.

    Last year’s Congressional data theft hearings set expectations for what some members view as the steps private firms should take to correct data breaches. Yes, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs will spend $25 million notifying veterans via traditional mail and telephone. But will it provide the level of credit monitoring and other restitution members of Congress had previously demanded of private companies that experienced similar breaches?

  • Mail Stream: A Report on Incoming Direct Mail

    FootSmart Spinoff Struts its Stuff Healthy shoe and foot products marketer FootSmart mailed a spring preview edition of its new spinoff, WalkSmart, a catalog that ramps up the fashion angle while retaining the company’s traditional emphasis on comfort. …

  • Cadillac Wagers its Fast Cars on Xbox Racing Game

    Owners of an Xbox 360 car-racing game can now download free content that puts high performance vehicles from Cadillac on the racetrack.

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  • Much To Do About Video

    Keeping on top of the latest technology takes effort. Everyone should be so lucky to have at least one friend, that no matter what the technology, can help make sense of the situation and enable you to become proficient with it. For me, this was the case when trying to understand the relationship between…

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  • Bigdaddy Lays Down the Law at Google

    The news of Yahoo!’s impending changes to its pay-per-click (PPC) platform has tended to overshadow similarly sizable news at rival Google. The Bigdaddy update is fully operational, and Daddy’s kicking some inferior-link ass and booting some low-grade duplicate content. And Web operators need to take note of those facts and optimize their sites to avoid his size 13 EEE shoe.

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  • Toyota, Lexus Team Up for Monday Night Football Promos

    Toyota, Lexus and ESPN have teamed up to launch a host of promotions that will include