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Internet ad revenue climbs by 26 per cent

News Overall, search ads accounted for 40 per cent of Internet ad sales, in line with last year, the group said. Banner ads and classified listings were the next-biggest ad categories, attracting 20 per cent and 18 per cent of the spending, respectively.

27 September 2005, 10:05

Google pays big for MySpace's ad space

News Google has won a highly prized deal with MySpace to serve Web search and advertising listings to the nearly 100 million members of the News Corp.owned social network, beating rival Yahoo in the bid. On Monday, MySpace parent company Fox Interactive...

8 August 2006, 9:20

UK is top dog for online ad spending

News The UK has the largest proportion of online advertising worldwide, with 13.5 per cent of ad revenues going to online this year, according to media forecaster ZenithOptimedia. By 2009, Zenith predicts 21.5 per cent of UK advertising will be on the...

6 December 2006, 10:23

Dell removes AMD Opteron ad

News Dell has removed an advert for an AMD processor from its Web site after the posting fuelled rumours on Wednesday that the PC maker was about to start selling AMD-based servers. Dell's position on use of AMD processors in Dell systems has not...

25 March 2004, 9:45

Microsoft wins Facebook ad deal

News Microsoft failed to sign MySpace to an advertising deal, so the software giant went out and landed Facebook, the second-largest social-networking site. Late on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Facebook had agreed to allow the software company to...

23 August 2006, 9:14

T-Mobile and EMI trial ad-funded music video service

News T-Mobile is working with record label EMI and Rhythm NewMedia on an advertising-supported mobile music video service being tested in the UK. The companies announced the partnership on Monday, a day before the mobile industry gathers in the US for...

12 September 2006, 9:40

News.blog: Facebook enables ad ratings

News Finally, I can now do something about all those tacky speed-dating ads that show up on my Facebook profile. Blogger Rob Webb appears to have been the first to notice that the social network now allows members to rate the site's ads with a thumbs-up...

Tags: ads, facebook, dating, thumbs

6 June 2008, 9:23

BBC's Web ad plan 'not satisfactory'

News The BBC has been told to rethink its plan to carry online advertising on Auntie's Web sites accessed from outside the UK. The BBC Trust, which governs the organisation, said it is not currently satisfied it has all the information necessary to...

26 February 2007, 9:44

Vodafone: cheaper bills can ad up

News Vodafone has revealed that it will partner with Yahoo to offer its subscribers the chance to swap cheaper phone bills for adverts on their handsets. The pair announced a strategic alliance yesterday that will see them club together to place adverts...

15 November 2006, 9:12

Google expands video ad programme

News Google is expanding the pool of companies that will showcase video ads on its AdSense publisher network to include The Wall Street Journal, two Conde Nast Web sites and Life/Style Television, a Google spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

25 January 2007, 7:50

Dubious PS3 import ad spotted in UK

News An advert has been put up in a central London train station boldly proclaiming "PlayStation 3 -- Order now for Christmas" with a phone number in red underneath, beginning with the prefix 0906. Above the number is an old photo of the console with...

8 November 2006, 11:49

Philips invents TV ad enforcer

News An invention from Philips prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content. Viewers would be released from the freeze only after paying a fee to the broadcaster.

20 April 2006, 10:20

News.blog: Last.fm launches on-demand service

News It's no secret: ad-supported streaming music, held up as an alternative to both paid downloads and free-for-all piracy, has hit some twists and snags. So it was a bit of a surprise when CBS' big announcement about Last.fm, the music-based social...

Tags: streaming, fans, ads, labels

24 January 2008, 8:23

Vista creates a puzzling buzz

News It started with a cryptic ad on an official Internet Explorer blog, and it quickly led curious puzzle players to what may be one of the most ambitious interactive sweepstakes in history. The ad, which appeared on 21 December, showed a small black...

15 January 2007, 10:13

UK kids taking the Blyk for free calls

News An ad-funded mobile network that offers free calls and texts to 16- to 24-year-olds has signed 100,000 UK users in the first six months of operation. MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives users 217 free texts and 43 free voice...

Tags: rate, cent, ad, response

28 April 2008, 9:16