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In General

Ferrit Unspectacular In Its Debut

sourced from NZ Herald
by Peter Griffin
10 February 2006

For an internet start-up with the hefty financial backing of Telecom, it’s been a fairly unspectacular debut.

Online retailer Ferrit.co.nz seems to have won more publicity for paying off the owners of the web domain Ferrit.com, which hosted pornography, than it has for its new online shopping service. Kiwi web surfers have paid relatively slight attention to the site’s arrival.

According to data from web monitor Nielsen//NetRatings, through most of January daily unique visits to Ferrit have been floating between 2000 and 3000.

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In Performance Media

The Performance Network

During 2005 we encountered a lot of demand from advertisers, publishers and agencies for new ways to place, run and pay for online advertising campaigns. There was a lot of interest in “cost per click” (CPC), “cost per lead” (CPA) and “cost per sale” (CPS) models.

This demand has been stimulated by overseas trends that now sees these forms of ad payment set to out strip the more traditional CPM rate card. Of course much of the CPC market is being driven by Google, Yahoo and MSN Search.

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In General

Manage Your Own Identity Online

Sourced From internetnews.com
February 27, 2006
By Clint Boulton

Computer users’ identity information is managed online today by several different data collection agencies. But imagine the freedom people would feel changing their address with one keystroke?

Microsoft is working on such technology with its InfoCard identity metasystem. Now IBM, Novell and startup Parity Communications are joining the Eclipse open software foundation and Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to tackle the challenge.

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In General

A (Non-controversial) Alternative to Google Print / World Digital Library

Sourced From SearchDay
By Gary Price

Google Print has stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy, but another company has been offering online book search capabilities, with the blessings of publishers, for years.
ebrary has been around since 1999. The company offers numerous services including one that lets you search and read over 20,000 in-copyright books for free. You pay only to print and copy text.

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In General

Activities and Pursuits Online – Report

Sourced from Pew Internet & American Life Project

Search engine use shoots up in the past year and edges towards email as the primary internet application.

Search engines have become an increasingly important part of the online experience of American internet users. The most recent findings from Pew Internet & American Life tracking surveys and consumer behavior trends from the comScore Media Metrix consumer panel show that about 60 million American adults are using search engines on a typical day.

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In Performance Media

Xtra Hops On Ad Search Wagon with Overture

Sourced From stuff.co.nz
Published: 19 December 2005

Telecom’s XtraMSN hopes to persuade small and medium-sized businesses to advertise online by selling low-cost pay-per-click advertisements alongside results from the website’s search engine.

Xtra has signed up Overture, a subsidiary of web giant Yahoo, to auction off keywords to New Zealand businesses.

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