Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News articles from March 2001

Sarah Stambler's Marketing with Technology News archives from March 2001

Physicians are willing to embrace the Internet. (New Markets: High & Low Income).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Although physician practices have been slow to make full use of the Internet in automating traditional tasks, doctors are willing and even eager to make their businesses more Internet-enabled, a new study contends. Although only about 7...

Sub-$25K Income Group tops in new surfer growth. (New Markets: High & Low Income).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Consumers making less than $25,000 took to the Internet at a higher rate than any other income group in the past year, according to new statistics from Nielsen//NetRatings. The number of new lower-income Web suffers rose 46 percent in 12...

Online grocery buying slowly catching on. (Rising Stars: Online Groceries & Online Bill Payments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Most consumers have never purchased groceries over the Internet, but the convenience of the Web offers merchants an opportunity to reach more customers, according to a new study. Internet quality measurement firm Gomez Inc. recently...

Online billing rapidly coming of age. (Rising Stars: Online Groceries & Online Bill Payments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Electronic billing is growing much faster than generally believed, and companies are spending big money on setting up e-billing systems that are less costly than the old way, researchers say. Half of the firms using e-billing said they...

News flash: -- Anti-Spam bill update.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A second bill to tighten the government's controls over unsolicited commercial e-mail or spam, but with stiffer criminal penalties than the first, has been introduced in the House by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA). Goodlatte's Anti-Spamming Act...

Time spent online at home jumps 59%. (Time Spent Online Jumps with More Surfing Going On).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Internet surfers stayed online much longer last month than in February 2000, especially at-home users, the latest Jupiter Media Metrix report shows. More time online could mean better results from Internet advertising, but the Net ad...

Three of four in US Surf the Net. (Time Spent Online Jumps with More Surfing Going On).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Nearly three out of four people in the US have Internet access and 81 percent surf the Net more than one hour per week, a new poll has found. The Web is more often used for research and e-mail than buying products, said Zogby...

Fast-track content for Webmasters. (Sites).(FindSticky.com niche Web directory)
March 1, 2001... Developers looking to quickly add some meat to their Web sites often turn to third-party providers of such widgets as scrolling stock quotes, bulletin boards or live news feeds. But tracking down such content in the quest for a "sticky" Web...

Store your contact details online. (Sites).
March 1, 2001... This site is billed as the first personal marketing manager on the Internet, allowing users to store all their business contact information in the right formats needed for online marketing and promotion. The system has been designed to build...

Masters of their own voice domains. (Sites).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Just as businesses are trying to decide if they should be protecting their corporate monikers in an ever-increasing universe of "dot-something" Internet domains, AboutVoice is asking them to sign up for their own voice-powered addresses. The...

Death to the Digital Divide?? (Editor's Corner).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A recent study by the Employment Policy foundation (EPF) forecast that 95 percent of upper-income households will own computers between 2003 and 2007. Households in the lowest income quartile will achieve 95 percent computer ownership levels...