Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Government to crack down on spam
New rules to curb unwanted and unsolicited e-mail should be in force by the end of October, according to a junior industry minister. (BBC News)
E-Bookers profitable
Ebookers, the pan-European online travel agency, has shrugged off the impact of the war in Iraq to record its first ever profit. (BBC News)
Over 11 million UK households online
Sky News looks at the ongoing growth
Six feet under or putting your foot in it?
CNN's website blushes after publishing pre-prepared obituaries for famous people including The Pope and American vice-president Dick Cheney (Sky News)
Email spam lawsuit
Earthlink has won £10.3m damages and a permanent injunction against an individual who sent 850 million unsolicited e-mails via its service
Google named number 3 top B2B media company
Google Press Release May 5th 2003
Pew Internet - The Internet population
New study from PIP shows there is far more fluidity in the Internet population than most analysts imagine.
Yahoo! Behind 1st Anti-spam Day
Yahoo! is to pioneer the first European anti-spam day to raise awareness about unsolicited junk e-mailing.
Looksmart Forecasts Gloomy
Despite the growth in organisations willing to pay for search engine inclusion, Looksmart.com warns of low earnings this year due to stiff competition.
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Google launches UK news service
Similar local versions of Google News have also been launched in Australia, New Zealand, India and Canada. (from ZDNet)
