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Say goodbye to JellyFish and SmackShopping
For those who aren’t familiar, SmackShopping was a shopping engine that offered live shopping and sort of worked in a reverse way as typical shopping sites. It has changed a bit since it was purchased by Microsoft in 2007.
It had a service called the Deal of the Day. When the Smack Deal of the Day [...]
Amazon.com Launches Game Store - FREE Games!
Amazon.com continues to flex some innovation muscle. On Tuesday, Amazon.com took its first step into the downloadable game market by launching in beta the Amazon Game Downloads store. The game store features over 600 games and nicely priced from $6.99 to $9.99.
If you are like me and prefer to play a game once or twice [...]
Amazon.com announces 18% increase in sales Q4
Despite a weakened U.S. economy, Amazon.com announced a net sales increase of 18% to $6.70 billion. Up from $5.67 billion in Q4 2007. This comes as a surprise to Wall Street. This large increase was triggered by holiday discounts and came at the expense of lower profit margins. The loss in profit margin makes [...]
Click fraud at an all-time high
An article published on CNET News, by Stephen Shankland, describes how armies of compromised computers have driven click fraud to an all-time high in Q4 of 2008. The industry average for click fraud rose over 17% according to the latest ratings provided by Click Forensics.
Humans can click on ads, but increasingly fraudsters turn to botnets, the swarms of [...]
Become.com makes 2009 OnMedia 100 List
Become.com has been named to the 2009 OnMedia 100 list and will be awarded at the 2009 OnMedia 100 Conference in February. If you are unfamiliar with OnMedia be sure to check them out. This award is given to private and emerging technology companies based on growth, market opportunity, and quality.
Become.com was nominated for [...]
ChannelAdvisor Announces Restructuring
ChannelAdvisor has become a leader in ad channel management solutions and accomplishes this by integrating software and technology to help merchants maximize profits through various e-commerce marketing channels, such as eBay.com, Amazon.com, various comparison shopping engines, and search engines. A pretty good service if you want to outsource your data feed management.
ChannelAdvisor’s customers averaged 7% [...]