Classifieds Turn Into Net's Cash Cow
News Web publishers intent on reviving the comatose online advertising market with bigger and noisier ads might take a lesson from the quiet and unobtrusive world of classified listings. In addition, the US recession has caused a downfall in classified...
[November 30, 2001, 10:11]
Yahoo! Makes Offer For HotJobs
News Monster.com dominates the online job-listings business, which accounts for 50 percent of all online classified sales. By jump-starting its job listings, the company is hoping to get a bigger piece of a the classified industry, which is worth about...
[December 13, 2001, 12:35]
BT Unveils Multimedia Directory Plans
News Called BT Directories, it will include classified listings that UK companies can pay to be included in. This move back into the classified listings business will put BT into competition with Yell, which it sold last year for over £2bn.
[August 6, 2002, 12:49]
Camera Information Database
Downloads Great for eBay and classified listings that don't have any details on the cameras they are selling. Just enter a camera's model name and this program will provide details on it. Includes data on many 35mm cameras as well as some 110mm and digital...
[March 18, 2006, 21:01]
Automart.com Serves 1.3 Million Records To 2 Million Monthly Customers With Oracle And Zend
White Papers The company wanted more than 1.3 million classified records in the database and daily turnover of 20 percent. Automart.com part of Cox Auto Trader, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc.is the Internet's largest automotive website featuring used car...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Ekkeko
Downloads EKKEKO is a P2P program for creating, posting, and viewing classified ads for any product or service imaginable. An ad-creation wizard allows sellers to produce advertisements with unlimited content, and to post free listings on the central server.
[December 13, 2004, 21:01]
Newsletter Generator Utility
Downloads Simply create newsletters and classified ad postings using this Microsoft Excel based Newsletter Generator Utility. This Newsletter Generator Utility is also useful for posting colorful and professional looking Event or Ad Listings on Web sites...
[December 3, 2007, 14:31]
Will Yahoo!'s Fee Plan Set A Precedent?
News It's not that companies want to start charging for services such as online payments and classified listings. Excite@Home's Hoefer said sites listing classified advertisements for free may add a price tag to that service as well.
[January 4, 2001, 8:38]
BT To Snap Up Scoot For A Snip
News Scoot has been very successful in developing a comprehensive classified listings database and in establishing a highly efficient classified search engine," he said in a statement. If Scoot's shareholders accept BT's offer then the Internet and...
[June 27, 2002, 16:05]
BT Buys Online Classifieds Firm
News Through Ufindus's considerable expertise and experience in online classified advertising, we access further local classified product offerings, significant search traffic and new customers for this fast-growing part of our business.
[July 9, 2008, 13:40]
Report Criticises Google's Porn Filters
News It's perhaps unlikely that many humans would have classified a BBC News report on East Timor, Mattel's site about its Scrabble game -- the URL includes the word "adults" -- or the Nashville Public Library's teen health issues page as unsuitable...
[April 11, 2003, 7:56]
Commercial Applications Of Machine Learning For Personalized Wireless Portals
White Papers Consumers and businesses have access to vast stores of information on the Internet, ranging from newspapers, shopping catalogs, restaurant guides, classified ads, jobs listings, dating services to discussion groups and e-mail.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
EBay Grabs Hold Of Gumtree
News eBay has picked up two additions to its classified advertising business, called Kijiji. The community site, which offers listings for flat rentals and jobs, boasts 1.1 million unique visits each month.
[May 19, 2005, 15:30]
Google Base Became Porn Emporium
News Launched last week, Google Base is the search company's foray into free classified listings and other user-generated content. A technology glitch temporarily turned Google's new personal listings service, Google Base, into a vast, virtual red-light...
[November 24, 2005, 8:20]
Yahoo! Earnings Raise Hopes
News The turnaround stems partly from the success of an aggressive diversification program that has led the company to sharpen its focus and enter new businesses such as classified job listings. The light at the end of Yahoo!
[July 10, 2002, 12:10]
Online Ad Spend Rises
News Banner ads and classified listings were the next-biggest ad categories, attracting 20 percent and 18 percent of the spending, respectively. As of June, advertisers had spent $5.8bn to place ads online this year, a 26 percent increase compared with...
[September 27, 2005, 9:40]
EBay Reaches For Skype
News After weeks of rumours over potential partners for Skype, eBay will buy the VoIP company for $2.6bn in cash and stock, plus a further $1.5bn (£1.4bn and £820m) and if Skype meets certain financial targets.eBay is looking for the deal to enhance...
[September 12, 2005, 14:50]
VerticalNet, BT And ICG Form £140m Venture
News The sites will contain tailored editorial content including white papers written by key sector personalities, news updates, product information, classified advertisements and job listings. British Telecom (quote: BT.A)said Tuesday the joint venture...
[February 1, 2000, 14:34]
