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  • IProspect Names Tawadros COO

    IProspect, a search engine marketing firm, has promoted John Tawadros to chief operating officer from vice president of client services and technology.

  • Online Ads Boost Cereal Sales at French Supermarkets

    Online advertising increases supermarket sales, according to French survey findings released by the digital marketing agency Adtech AG.

  • AOL Video Streams QVC Channel Live

    AOL has started streaming live video from the QVC cable shopping channel on its AOL Video portal, the two companies announced Friday.

  • Google Checkout Flunks Out on Customer Satisfaction: Report

    Google Checkout has reached 6% penetration in the online payment market since its launch eight months ago, but will need to resolve customer satisfaction issues before posing a serious threat to PayPal, according to a J.P. Morgan survey.

  • Tech Companies to Set Code for Global Privacy, Freedom

    Microsoft, Google, Yahoo! and voice carrier Vodaphone Group PLC will work with a coalition of nongovernmental organizations to arrive at a code of conduct promoting freedom of speech and privacy, the companies announced Friday.

  • TheFind.com’s Color Search Raises Funds for Global Doctors

    Shopping search engine TheFind.com announced that its “Color for a Cause” fund-raising promotion raised $10,000 for the Doctors Without Borders medical aid organization.

  • MediaBrains to Build Online Directories for 1105 Media

    MediaBrains, a business-to-business online advertising agency, has teamed up with 1105 Media Inc to build and manage online industry directories for seven of the company’s publications

  • People in the News

    Richard Lysinger has been named vice president, marketing of Quickparts Inc. (www.quickparts.com), an online provider of custom designed industrial parts

  • A Look Back at the Next Holiday Season

    You’ve got about eight months to get your holiday 2007 search campaign in shape. Are you psyched?

    If not, no one could blame you. But it’s probably a good idea to examine some of the stats from the season just ended in order to optimize your online marketing performance next December.

  • Oodle Classifieds—Now with Market Efficiency!

    If you or a loved one are addicted to the classified-ad section of your local paper, you know the syndrome. Users spend a lot of time in research mode, checking listings simply to figure out what constitutes a good deal on that Mazda Miata or two-bedroom rental of their dreams. Online classified-ad aggregator Oodle has realized this and has introduced the Oodle Index, a comprehensive real-time, locally-based price gauge for some of the most popular categories of ads it offers.