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Disputes over the regulation of online real estate businesses that have surfaced in the last few years have caused the courts to recognize the importance of the Internet to the real estate industry. A recent case challenged the use of computer technology in relation to the method by which brokers pr...

The holidays are just around the corner, and this means a significant increase in sales for e-commerce businesses. The stakes this time of year are high -- online sales are forecasted to reach US$18 billion. That's over $8 million worth of transactions every hour in the fourth quarter. Is your onl...

Google Base, the search engine's bid to help organize a broad range of data, is now live and has begun accepting content for inclusion in the searchable, Google-hosted database. When users submit data, Google will suggest attributes or tags meant to structure to the information, making it easier for...

Here are ten clues that your entire branding campaign has gone overboard. From the emphasis of marketing schemes over original meaning to the idolization of outlandish creativity without concern for the nuts and bolts of innovation, corporations all over fall into these deep water traps. Get the lif...

For Thralow, Inc., the majority of its e-commerce customers come from two sources: Those who go directly to its various sites, including binoculars.com, and telescopes.com, and those who find it through Google's AdWords listings. Heading into the holiday season, hundreds of businesses are expected t...

Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock. Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communicati...

Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock. Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communicati...

Amazon.com and its investors got an early holiday present when Amazon shares were moved into the S&P 500 index, sparking buying interest in the e-tailer's stock. Amazon slid into the S&P 500 slot to take over the listing previously held by AT&T, which is being acquired by SBC Communicati...

Keynote Systems today announced the winners of the 2005 Keynote Performance Awards. Keynote said the annual awards program has two purposes. The first goal is to recognize and honor Web sites across a range of vertical industries. The second goal is to foster an environment of healthy competition am...

Seeking to entice more software developers to work with its platform and to keep pace with Amazon and gird for a potential war with Google, eBay said it will end its practice of charging fees for those who join its developer network. The change offers free access to eBay's application programming in...

In what could be a bid to assuage some of the publishers angry about its efforts to digitize millions of books and a glimpse into a new revenue model for book publishers, Google is said to be weighing a book rental program. Under the scheme that published reports say was pitched to at least one publ...

America Online today said it would become just the latest media company to embrace the Internet as an alternative outlet for television programming, striking a deal with Warner Bros. to offer free, ad-supported versions of classic TV shows online. AOL said it would use Warner content as the anchor f...

Google today announced that its hosted Web analytics service, Google Analytics, is now free. Formerly known as Urchin from Google, Google Analytics is designed to help businesses use performance data to improve their online marketing campaigns and Web sites. Google Analytics is already used by many ...

When it comes to outsourcing customer service tools, some companies have found it difficult to get a positive return on investment. Indeed, cross-channel customers who use the Web and phone independently have posed problems for firms: They drive up service costs, are harder to satisfy, and can't be ...

The success of Microsoft's decision to embrace the software-as-online-service approach, hailed by many as a landmark shift, may hinge on the software company's ability to make the platform work for advertising as well as for distributing software. Analysts say the move to offer online versions of it...