News tagged with internet ad

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

(AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

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created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 14

Congress weighs landmark change in Web ad privacy

(AP) -- The Web sites we visit, the online links we click, the search queries we conduct, the products we put in virtual shopping carts, the personal details we reveal on social networking pages - all of this can give companies ...

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created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Yahoo fires Bartz as CEO, names CFO to fill void

Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO Tuesday after more than 2 1/2 years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn't steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround.

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created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google adds button to endorse search results, ads (Update)

Google Inc. likes the way Facebook gets people to share their recommendations so much that it's adding its own option for endorsing search results and online ads.

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created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7

Google braces to pay at least $500M in ad probe

Google Inc.'s lucrative online advertising system is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation that is expected to cost the Internet search leader at least $500 million.

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created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google social net is about preserving leadership

Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook. Rather, Google's new social-networking endeavor is about trying to gain valuable insights into people's lives and relationships. ...

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight

(AP) -- Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the ...

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created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

FTC clears Google purchase of mobile ad service (Update)

(AP) -- Federal regulators have approved Google Inc.'s $750 million acquisition of the mobile ad service AdMob despite worries that the deal will enable Google to extend its dominance of Internet marketing ...

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created May 21, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Investors to get Google records on online drug ads

(AP) -- A Delaware judge has given Google Inc. until April 9 to give a pension fund investors company documents involving what authorities said was the illegal online marketing of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers by ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Internet ad revenue hits record $31B in US in 2011

Revenue from Internet advertising in the U.S. hit a record $31 billion last year, according to a study released Wednesday.

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created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft to unveil new search engine Kumo next week

Microsoft is expected to unveil a new version of its Internet search engine next week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Facebook gets big slice of online display ad pie

Facebook served up nearly a third of the 1.11 trillion display ads delivered to US Internet users in the first three months of this year, industry tracker comScore said on Wednesday.

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created May 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google runs TV ads to promote Chrome browser

Google has floated its first US television advertisements, a campaign to promote its Web browser Chrome, which has captured just a tiny share of a market dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook to pass Yahoo! in display ad revenue

Facebook is on track to pass Yahoo! in US display advertising revenue this year while Google will also gain market share, according to a forecast published on Monday by digital marketing firm eMarketer.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estonians, Russian charged in Internet ad scam

Six Estonians and a Russian were charged Wednesday with infecting computers, including NASA machines, with malware as part of an online advertising scam that reaped at least $14 million.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0