20 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - More than half of teenagers in the US have profiles on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, while 64% create and publish content online, according to a new study.
17 Dec 2007
| by Simone Barratt
Christmas is just around the corner and many ISPs are ramping up their anti-spam programmes to make sure that consumers inboxes are filled with only the messages they want to receive this festive season, writes Simone Barratt, managing director of eDialog.
13 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Email delivery rates slid significantly between the first and second quarters, accentuating their recent downward trend, according to a new report by the Direct Marketing Association's Email Marketing Council.
13 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Luxury hotel chain Rocco Forte Collection is running a Stephen Francis Whitson-devised email and mailing CRM campaign, encouraging previous customers to visit the chain's five-star luxury hotels again.
06 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Facebook has apologised to users over its new Beacon ad serving feature, a tracking system showing recently visited websites, and will now allow users to turn off the function altogether.
03 Dec 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - UK internet users are being bombarded with 20bn unsolicited emails a day, making the country the third biggest target for spam in the world, according to a new report.
30 Nov 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Online security company Garlik has launched an internet measurement website allowing people to analyse and compare their digital profile based on information taken from social media sites, blogs and online activity.
29 Nov 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Yahoo! Europe has appointed Kristof Fahy, formerly brand marketing director at BlackBerry Europe, as its vice-president of marketing.
LONDON - High street retailers received more than half of all UK Internet visits to online retailers during October, suggesting that brick and mortar brands will have a better Christmas online than in past years.
14 Nov 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - The Internet Advertising Bureau is to endorse the Direct Marketing Association's revised best practice guidelines for email marketing, which aim to raise standards of online marketing across the industry.