Industry News

You've got (so much) mail
The IDC estimates that 31 billion emails are being sent every day

Unlimited......well maybe not
BT sets limits on its 'unlimited' services Anytime and Surftime

Espotting prepare for bold step into the future of PPC
On the first of October Espotting the European pay per click network, announced the appointment of ANNE LAKSTIGALA as their European business development director.

Espotting challenges Google model
Espotting have released a press statement arguing that the Google Adwords program is poorly targeted. Bigmouthmedia compares them side-by-side.

New markets open up in Africa
As information technology starts to take a down turn in much of the world, it has been reported this week by a U.N task force that internet and mobile phone use has started to take off in Africa.

Sherpa releases spam revenge game
Following the theft of over 10 million of its customers email addresses, MarketingSherpa launches 'Torture a Spammer'

Internet research institute holds first meeting
Last week saw the inaugural conference of the Oxford Internet Institute.
It is one of the world's first research centres dedicated to studying the internet and the social consequences that spin off from it.

Is AltaVista searching for top dollar?
The company says it's an isolated mistake by a salesman. But some say a recent pitch to buy top placement in search results speaks volumes about the service and its practices. (From BusinessWeek)

Microsoft no longer Google's No. 1 vision of 'hell'
Microsoft Corp. is no longer considered to be hell, according to the Google search engine. (From ComputerWorld - Hong Kong)

Alltheweb adds new advanced search filters
FASTSearch outlet Alltheweb has added new advanced search filters to it's popular search engine