A recent survey shows that many people say they are becoming concerned by the amount of sexual imagery in advertising, but I think some of the respondents (and you can guess who), may be telling porky pies. (more…)

Even more bad news for newspapers is on the horizon, with Internet ad spending expecting to eclipse newsprint’s market share by 2013. (more…)

A survey of over 2,000 US adults have found advertising on the Internet is ignored by the majority of people; and in particular, banner ads. (more…)

I used to work with a guy who believed there was no such thing as bad publicity. He learned the hard way. Another merchant has learned this lesson too after getting the attention of Google. (more…)

Hotlinking is where a site displays an image or object on a page that is stored on another site. Usually people will hotlink images without the permission of the owner of the site being referenced, causing additional bandwidth consumption for the source site. (more…)

That was the subject line of an email I received recently. It wasn’t spam, it was from a merchant I’ve spent a bit of cash with. Obviously I’m not missed enough if they don’t know my name :). (more…)

It seems that the U.S online retail sector had an impressive Black Friday 2010, with double digit growth on 2009. (more…)

In Australia, consumers can currently buy goods online from overseas merchants up to a certain amount without being slugged with our 10% goods and services tax. That may be about to change as the penny has dropped with retailers that people do buy stuff from beyond our shores over the Interwebs.. and a lot of it. (more…)

Ever had a page that no matter what you did with it, Google just didn’t seem to like it? An XML sitemap might be the way to go to turn that frown upside down. (more…)

A recent study has found rich media and personalization are critical to establishing brand loyalty and that regular online shoppers are more likely to want advanced shopping cart features. (more…)