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The new facility, which will be based in Ann Arbor, should employ up to 1,000 workers within five years.... Live from Chicago: Rough Times ahead for Web-only Merchants Jun 8, 2006, By Brian Quinton Multichannel retailers and established retail brands with a Web presence may have an edge over pure-play e-commerce merchants as the online marketplace develops, according to Safa Rashtchy, managing director of investment firm Piper Jaffray.... ICrossing Names Don Scales President May 3, 2006 Interactive marketing agency iCrossing, Scottsdale, AZ, has tapped Don Scales to serves as its president, effective April 24. ... Click Fraud Rates Near 14%: Study Apr 26, 2006 Click fraud levels reached 13.7%, according to a study from the Click Fraud Network, a pay-per-click fraud detection service.... Google Q1 Revenue Up, Click Fraud Settlement Approved Apr 20, 2006 Google Inc.s first quarter 2006 revenue was $2.25 billion, up from first-quarter 2005 revenue of $1.26 billion. The Mountain View, CA-based online services firms net income jumped from $369.2 million to $592.3 million during the same period. The quarter ended March 31.... Paid Search to Generate $10 Billion by 2009: Study Mar 8, 2006 While paid search advertising spending will slow from its meteoric rise during the last few years, it will still hit $10 billion by 2009, according to a new study from New York City-based Internet research firm eMarketer.... You May Go, Jeeves Feb 21, 2006, By Brian Quinton Its not like he didnt see the warning signs: the occasional disappearances from the Web site, the increasing tendency to drop his name from the company title, and the little digs from boss Barry Diller about his weight. Clearly, his days were numbered. So butler Jeeves cant be surprised that hes finally being retired from the Ask Jeeves search engine sitewith a retirement party set for Feb. 27. Following his departure, the search engine will do business under the Ask name. ... Oneupweb Elevates Its Search Game Feb 7, 2006, By Brian Quinton Search marketing firm Oneupweb has announced it will add a portfolio of new Web-marketing services in an effort to grow into an inclusive one-stop shop for online advertising. ... Googles $6B in 2005 Not Enough for Wall Street Jan 31, 2006 Google reported that both revenue and net income grew by more than 80% in the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to Q4 2004. But earnings per share for the top search engine did not meet analysts expectations, and Googles stock price dropped more than 16% following the after-hours announcement. ... Livedoor Acquires Innovation Interactive Nov 21, 2005 Livedoor, a Japanese Internet marketing company, has acquired Innovation Interactive, a US-based search engine marketing firm, for an undisclosed sum.... Live from Ad:Tech: iProspect Launches Offline Conversion Tracking Nov 8, 2005, By Brian Quinton Search engine marketing firm iProspect has announced it will offer its pay-per-click customers a way to track offline phone conversions from online ad impressions, filling what studies claim is a large gap in the measurement of the impact of paid search ads.... Ask Jeeves Appoints New CFO and General Counsel Oct 4, 2005 Ask Jeeves, Inc., Oakland, CA, has named Dominic Butera CFO and Dan Caul general counsel. Both will start their positions with the online search and marketing firm immediately.... Mobile Search? Only for Free, Consumers Say Sep 27, 2005 Search engines will have to get advertisers to pay for their transition to the mobile phone, because a new study by JupiterResearch finds that few cellular customers are willing to foot the bill.... Firms Lack Follow-Through On SEO Recommendations: Study Sep 27, 2005 Marketers may seek outside advice on search engine optimization, but theres a fair chance those suggestions wont be implemented without some kicking and screaming. Nearly two-thirds of organizations that outsource their SEO activities dont implement the recommended changes to their Web sites... Authors Guild Sues Google, Citing 'Massive Copyright Infringement' Sep 20, 2005, By Ken Magill The Authors Guild and some individual authors filed a class action suit yesterday in federal court in Manhattan against Google, alleging that its Google Library program is a massive copyright infringement at the expense of the rights of individual writers, the group said in a statement.... 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