Internet Advertising-Related News

Facebook's new online ad system is at the center of a controversy with its members over allegations of privacy violations.

Facebook launches Facebook Ads, a targeted ad unit that automatically adapts to what the site's users are writing about on their pages.

Podcasting is getting recognized with its own organization.

AOL is laying off about 2,000 employees so that the company can continue to move towards an ad revenue-based business model.

YouTube is working on an in-video advertising format that gives users the chance to click a banner while watching a video or minimize the ad.

A new $10 million ad campaign has Chemistry.com going directly after competitor eHarmony.

Search engine Yahoo and auction site eBay have announced a deal that puts the duo in head-to-head competition with Google.

Search engine Google has agreed to buy dMarc Broadcasting and integrate the company with its Google AdWords program.

Two men claim Match.com and Yahoo used their dating services to defraud them.

AOL is bringing back 100 classic TV shows and making them Webcasts with four :15 commercials in each episode.

Volkswagen has rolled out 120 :15 Web videos to help promote its 2006 Passat.

Yahoo is getting into the podcasting craze, a new medium to the Internet with lots of advertising potential.

The AskJeeves.com butler won't be a part of the search engine's branding strategy anymore.

Ask Jeeves is taking its first step in a major transformation since InterActive Corp acquired the search engine. First step: taking on Google.

We just talked about podcasting's advertising potential a week ago and new ads are already springing up in free podcasts.

Podcasts are predicted to remain free but you'll probably start hearing commercials along with your favorite podcast in the coming months.

America Online is tired of watching subscribers drop their subscription. The Internet service provider is changing its strategy to bring in more ad revenue.

Ask Jeeves has a new owner and the new company says Jeeves is getting a major branding makeover.

Site Targeting will take the Adwords program one step further, giving advertisers more of a say in where their ads appear.

XM Satellite Radio and AOL will team up to cross-promote each other's brands.

Initial reports show a big jump in the number of online holiday shoppers, supporting another quarterly increase in online advertising.

Major ISPs have teamed up once again to fight spammers. This time, AOL's newest lawsuit is taking on a different fight as well.

Amazon.com and Microsoft are teaming up to fight spammers fraudulently using their company names to send Email.

An AOL employee has been charged with stealing 92 million AOL screen names and selling them to a spammer.

The virus that shut down many businesses may have just been a teenager's way of promoting his mother's business.

Lawmakers in Maryland are cracking down on spammers with a tough anti-spam bill.

America Online, EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo are teaming up to fight spam.

BobVila.com is accused of sending unsolicited bulk Emails to one Internet Service Provider's clients.

The Internet Service Providers are stepping out in the fight against spam.

Watch out for Web sites that make you think you're putting yourself on the Do Not Spam list but are in fact giving spammers your Email address.

Customers using Google's advertising feature are finding the small fees are a big investment.

The anti-spam law is in effect but it's not the spammers who are suffering.

EarthLink Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against 100 people for sending unsolicited Email. Most of the accused are located in Alabama and Canada.

Pop-up ads don't have many fans. Or do they? A new study has surprising results.

Google has pulled the plug on ad dollars from unlicensed pharmacies.

If you surf the net, you're the prime candidate for a new trend: pre-paid Internet.

A Do Not Spam list could keep your inbox from choking from all of the unsolicited bulk Email.

Ad revenue is on the rise for the third straight quarter.

Microsoft is working on a new version of Internet Explorer that would kill pop-ups.

U-Haul gets packed up and shipped out of a federal courtroom after the company loses WhenU, a pop-up software company.

Three anti-spam Web sites are shut down after being attacked by suspected spammers.

Newspapers are seeing a decrease in the number of movies advertised. Internet spending for movie advertisers is up.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau is asking UK online media owners to put a cap on intrusive pop-up ads.

New toolbar blocks pop-ups but a new study shows pop-ups are actually effective.

Yahoo inked a big deal for $1.6 billion in hopes of squeezing out competitors Google and MSN.

DoubleClick Inc., the company behind these banner ads, is facing a nationwide class action lawsuit for allegedly deceiving millions of "unwitting Internet users."

The race to the White House has candidates turning to Web ads.