The new ezine for UK online marketing best practice

January 2004

Search engine marketing predictions for 2004
- Sam Steane reviews what the industry experts are saying about the year to come, and adds her own insights

Email marketing: have we killed the golden goose?
- after all the hoohah of the new UK electronic commerce legislation, Robin Houghton assesses the damage

NEWS-U-LIKE

UK corporate websites show little ambition
- Annual review returns verdict of 'could do better'. From The Register

Google's (and Inktomi's) miserable failure
- Dubya gets Google-bombed. From searchenginewatch

Web's inventor gets a knighthood
- Honour for the ever-modest Tim Berners-Lee, as reported by the BBC

After 55bn web hits, Britney is world No 1
- Well, at least it's not that bratty wizard who should've gone to Specsavers. From the Guardian

Free internet kiosks in the UK's 18,000 sub post offices?
- If there are any left, that is. From Ananova

War on spam turns to open proxies
Spamhaus adds a new feature which they say will help ISPs and companies fight the spammers - from ZDNet

Row erupts over 'illegal' UK email invoicing
- Another heart-cooling tale of people's ignorance being exploited in the name of marketing. From The Register

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