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Idol Winner Has Download Success

Since "American Idol" for the first time has made downloads of performers songs available on iTunes, winner, David Cook has enjoyed great success.Cook's "The Time of My Life," has been downloaded 236,000 times, reaching the number 1 spot on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart and reaching the number three position on the Billboard Hot 100.

Google Thrives On Lack Of Advertising

Yahoo’s put out some amusing commercials, and we’ve had a good time making fun of Ask’s strange offerings.  Yet in all of this, where is Google?  The search giant almost doesn’t seem to believe in advertising.

GOOG-411 Advertised By Billboard

Google is one of the last companies you might expect to buy a billboard, and Olean, New York, is one of the last places you might expect a tech company to advertise.  Nonetheless, Google’s put an ad up in Oleans, and it’s for an out-of-the-way product: GOOG-411.

Billboard Top 100 To Include Streaming Music

Billboard said today that it is expanding its Hot 100 formula to include weekly streamed and on demand music data to the chart's mix of sales and radio airplay.

Ask.com Billboard Brings Up Unabomber

Lighting yourself on fire and running through the streets will get you noticed, but it may not be the wisest move to make.  Still, Ask.com seems determined to repeatedly torch itself, as, depending on one’s point of view, its billboard advertising campaign moves from bad to worse. "Ask.com Billboard Brings Up Unabomber"

Microsoft Just Doesn't Get Marketing

In an attempt to be innovative on the mapping front Microsoft has created bird's eye view 3D images of numerous cities.

Selling Billboard Space... Thru Craigslist? On the Inefficiency of Media Buying

As we know, the paid search auction has been the great shining tangible example of how inefficient markets can be quickly rationalized through an online auction scenario.

Sirius Plays On Billboard

For the first time, a satellite broadcaster will have its airplay impact the makeup of the Billboard Top 40.

Billboard Marketing

Billboards, banners and signs have long been a great way to market a product or service. This method is sometimes referred to as ~outside advertising~ because you can find banners, bumper stickers and much more around all over the place. It was one of the earliest methods of marketing and still is effective today.

TiVo Boards the Cluelesstrain

Engineer Jeremy back here again, a little late pulling into the station. Sometimes, the cluelesstrain is on time, sometimes it's not.