dot.COM articles from August 1998

dot.COM archives from August 1998

INDUSTRY NEWS: Agreement Creates Easy E-Commerce
August 1, 1998... Based on the successes of Viaweb (recently purchased by Yahoo!) and other "turn-key" online shopping solutions, Verio Inc., (8005 S. Chester St., Suite 200, Englewood, Colorado 80112; Tel: 303/645-1900, Web site: www.verio.net) and NetObjects,...

First Trials of GlobalFeed
August 1, 1998... SonicNet's upcoming Web casts of two of this summer's hottest music venues--The Fuji Rock Festival and Vans Warped Tour--will mark the first trial deployment of GlobalFeed, a new Internet backbone technology developed by NTT Multimedia...

Billions Seen for Web Grocery Sales
August 1, 1998... The online grocery market is a good example of an online business-- sales will climb to $33.6 billion by the year 2002, an increase of 3360% versus 1998, according to figures released by eMarketer (627 Broadway, New York, NY 10012; Tel:...

Advertisers Can Track Ad Effectiveness
August 1, 1998... A product such as the one available through WebConnect's new ICS System may be the boost that Internet advertising needs. Advertisers can now track their ROI (return on investment) from impression, to click, to sale on every Web site through...

PC Market Heats Up in Second Quarter
August 1, 1998... Despite economic difficulties in the Asia/Pacific region and Japan, the worldwide personal computer industry continued to post steady growth as shipments surpassed 21.1 million units in the second quarter of 1998, up 13.9% over the same period...

TRENDS: Where Have All the Surfers Gone?
August 1, 1998... "36 every minute, 52,000 every day, 365,000 every week, 1.58 million every month." These incredible statistics are numbers for first-time users of the Internet, according to a recent report that states that in fact the figures for 'net users...

Battle of the Web City Sites
August 1, 1998... Even though the Internet is the perfect vehicle for global marketing, local interest sites have sprung up. One of the leaders utilizing local content sites is Knight Ridder's Real Cities (50 W. San Fernando #700, San Jose, CA 95113; Tel:...

Company Measures Web User Patterns
August 1, 1998... Media Metrix, The PC Meter Company (35 E. 21st St., 3rd Fl., New York, NY 10010; Tel: 212/460-7980, Fax: 212/533-3036, Web site: www.mediametrix.com), included measurements of the "typical" Web user patterns in addition to their listing of top...

ADVERTISING: Impulse Purchases Increasing Online
August 1, 1998... Impulse purchase decisions are beginning to drive e-commerce, according to a national survey released by FreeRide Media, (460 Park Ave. S., 8th Fl., New York, NY 10016; Tel: 212/340-3800, Fax: 212/576- 1436, Web site:www.freeride.com). FreeRide...

Flycast Experiencing Strong Growth
August 1, 1998... Flycast Communications Corp. (181 Fremont St., Ste. 120, San Francisco, CA 94105; Tel: 415/977-1000, Fax: 415/977-1009, Web site: www.flycast.com), one of the leading Web advertising networks, grew by approximately 20% from May to June, 1998,...

Vendors Who Spend on Print Ads Gain
August 1, 1998... As the IT industry worldwide becomes increasingly competitive, targeted marketing is becoming more and more critical to gaining share and sustaining leadership positions. IDG's (International Data Group, One Exeter Plaza, 15th Fl., Boston, MA...

Tech Ads Need Proper Placement
August 1, 1998... Technology ads are read at a significantly higher frequency when they appear in information technology (IT) publications rather than in general business or consumer publications, providing technology marketers a greater return on their...

Toy Company Pushing Online Advertising
August 1, 1998... Hoping to cash in on the forecasts that report that e-commerce is expected to increase to $20 billion by the year 2000, the L.L.Knickerbocker Co., Inc. (25800 Commerce Center Dr., Lake Forest, CA; Tel: 714/595-7900, Fax: 714/595-7501, Web site:...

Search Engine Launches Ad Blitz
August 1, 1998... A new Internet search engine has more to worry about than just if their search software functions well. Search engine GoTo.com, (130 West Union St., Pasadena, CA 91103; Fax: 626/535-2701, Web site: www.goto.com), is devoting $6 million to an...

MARKETING: Ziff-Davis Offers Customer Profiling
August 1, 1998... Ziff-Davis announced the availability of Customer Profiling from ZD Market Intelligence (3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA 92037; Tel: 619/450-1667, Fax: 619/452-6857,Web site: www.zdintelligence.com), a new customer solution designed to...

Deliver 1 to1 CRM Solutions
August 1, 1998... Marketing1to1/Peppers and Rogers Group (PRG, 700 Canal St., Stamford, CT 06902; Tel: 203/316-5121, Fax: 203/316-5126, Web site: www.1to1.com) and Pivotal Software (Ste. 150, 1687 1114th Ave., SE, Bellevue, WA 98004; Tel: 888/275-7486, Web site:...

E-COMMERCE: IBM and Lotus Offer Up Source Code
August 1, 1998... IBM (New Orchard Rd., Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 914/765-1900, Fax: 914/765-7382, Web site: www.ibm.com) and Lotus Development Corp. (55 Cambridge Pkwy, Cambridge, MA 02142; Tel: 617/577-8500, Fax: 617/693- 1909, Web site: www.lotus.com) are donating...

E-Commerce Storefront, Promotion, Tools
August 1, 1998... The Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association (Mass eComm) held a panel discussion with marketing experts from a variety of companies, and these experts reported that for small- and mid-sized businesses wishing to profit from the "leveled...

New Guide to E-Commerce
August 1, 1998... Meta Group Inc. (208 Harbor Dr., P.O. Box 120061, Stamford, CT 06912- 0061; Tel: 203/973-6700, Fax: 203/359-8066, Web site: www.metagroup.com) announced the availability of Electronic Commerce: A Practical Business Guide, a report that presents...

Europeans Surf at Home
August 1, 1998... The home is the primary location from which European Internet users access the Internet, according to an International Data Corporation (IDC, 5 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701; Tel: 508/872-8200, Web site: www.idc.com) study. This report, based...

Billions Spent by Europeans on Access
August 1, 1998... Demand for Internet access is on the rise throughout Europe, as businesses expand their use of the Web for e-commerce and consumers move online in greater numbers. Overall access spending in Europe is expected to climb from $2.5 billion in 1998...

South African Company Inks Ad Tracking Deal
August 1, 1998... Nasionale Pers (Naspers, 40 Heerengracht, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa; Tel: 2721/ 4062121, Fax: 2721/4062966, Web site: www.naspers.com), a leading international publishing company will make its Web site one of the first to offer advertisers...

Eastern Bloc PC Market in Decline
August 1, 1998... The personal computer in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) continued to surge ahead, despite a weaker Eastern and Central European picture according to preliminary data released by International Data Corporation (IDC, 5 Speen St., Framingham,...

Eicon Dominates Europe's ISDN
August 1, 1998... Dataquest (251 River Oaks Pkwy., San Jose, CA 95134; Tel: 800/419- 3282, Fax: 408/468-8088, Web site: www.dataquest.com), a unit of GartnerGroup, announced the results of a recent market survey, confirming Eicon Technology's (9800 Cavendish...

SECURITY: Privada SolvesWeb Privacy Problem
August 1, 1998... In a response to Internet users complaints about filling out forms with many lines for personal data in order to receive information, a service has come along that ensures privacy. Privada Inc. (2 North first St., Ste. 506, San Jose, CA 95113;...

FINANCIAL/BANKING: 20 Million Households Will Be Banking Online
August 1, 1998... The market for online financial services will expand to nearly 21 million households by 2003, according to recent survey results from Forrester Research,Inc. (1033 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; Tel: 617/497-7090, Web site:...

MEETINGS: Leveraging Using E-Business Data
August 1, 1998... Leading companies around the world are beginning to deploy enterprise extranet applications in innovative ways--creating networks that bring suppliers, distributors, and customers together to sell products and to improve customer loyalty....

Financial Technology Topic of Expo
August 1, 1998... The Financial Technology Expo and World Conference program (www.financetech.com), Markets Without Limits: Transcending Global Boundaries, educates banking, insurance, securities and investment leaders on the ways technology is maximizing profits....

Forum Explores Online Marketing
August 1, 1998... Instead of using existing, traditional marketing for their Web sites, Web site owners will need to develop integrated marketing strategies that will take advantage of the Internet's capabilities to reach online audiences." Forrester Research...

CALENDAR
August 1, 1998... October 27-28, 1998, Jupiter's Consumer Online Forum/Europe Conference and Expo, Sheraton Park Lane Piccadilly Hotel, London, England. Web site: www.jup.com/. September 21-24, 1998, Electronic Commerce World 1998, Colorado Convention Center,...