Microsoft released 11 patches on Tuesday to fix vulnerabilities in its software, including three critical flaws in the company's flagship Web browser, Internet Explorer 7.
Sitemasher's Website Platform Live Sitemasher introduced the full
availability of its website building platform today. Before you shrug this off as "one
more solution to consider," know that this is perhaps one of the more
all-in-one offerings I have encountered in my ten-plus years on the
commercial 'Net. The platform provides not just a website builder, but a content
management system, built-in analytics, search engine optimization features and
website hosting in one tool. The biggest advantage of using...
Uncovering Consumers' Real Online Ad Preferences iPerceptions announced the results of a study that reveals insights into which
types of online ads are popular with consumers. The analytics company collected
user-generated feedback from 14,000+ visitors on consumer advertising
preferences and their likelihood to click different types of ads appearing on
leading media sites during the month of August 2008. The study found that (and
budget-strapped marketers, this is where you will want to pay attention)
consumers are most likely to click...
WM Morning Wire: 10-6-08 Welcome to October 6th, 2008! Below are a few press release that caught our attention this morning that you might find interesting. If you have a news announcement you would like to share with the Website Magazine community, please contact Website Magazine editors now.
Jivox Adds Advanced Ad Creation and
Distribution Capabilities: Newest version of popular DIY online video ad
platform offers next-generation ad creation, significantly expanded ad
distribution via viral and local search...
Where Consumers Comparison Shop With the economy sagging, consumers will likely slow down their spending. While it doesn't mean people will stop shopping altogether, it's a good bet that consumers will start looking for better deals on the products they want and need. Couple our current economic crisis with rising gas prices and brick-and-mortar stores might take a hit this holiday shopping season. That also means that online retailers could see an uptick in usage. If that's the case,...
IT Expects Greater Hosting Spend A recent customer survey by Rackspace Hosting indicates that customer demand for hosting is likely to incrase over the next five years. Nearly 70 percent of customer respondents indicated that the number of IT functions they outsource to hosting, SaaS or cloud service providers should increase over the next five years.
Respondents also revealed that the amount they will spend on hosting is expected to increase over the next five years. 47 percent said they...
Online Clothing Sales Surpass Computers for the First Time; To Hit $22.1B in 2007 Americans last year spent more online on
clothing than they did on computers for the first time in history, according
to the first part of The State of Retailing Online 2007 report by
Shop.org and Forrester Research. The report found the apparel, accessories
and footwear category reached $18.3 billion in 2006 and is expected...
Tourism to Bring $110 Billion to Asia Pacific by 2009 Tourism should bring the Asia Pacific region
$110 billion in revenues over the next three years, with much of that
coming from travelers in the region, according according to the report
from the Pacific Asia Travel Association or PATA, reports AP.
US Agency Revenue Up 8.8% to $28.2 Billion U.S. agencies offering digital marketing
services led the charge as overall agency revenue grew 8.8% to $28.2
billion in 2006, reports
AdAge. Billings from traditional advertising and
media were up just 4.2%, reaching $13.1 billion. Income from marketing offerings rose from
13.1% to hit $15.1 billion.
Ranks of Millionaire Households at Record 9.3 Million The ranks of households with a net worth of at least $1 million grew 5%
to an all-time high of 9.3 million, according
to a report released Monday by TNS. he report covers the year through
mid-2006; the value of primary residences was not included.
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