Internet advertising - Ask Jeeves Outpace Google, Yahoo, MSN In Second Quarter Growth

Internet advertising - Ask Jeeves Outpace Google, Yahoo, MSN In Second Quarter Growth

AOL, Ask Jeeves Outpace Google, Yahoo, MSN In Second Quarter Growth (TechWeb)
TechWeb - America Online Inc. and Ask Jeeves saw double-digit growth in the number of search queries in the second quarter, outpacing the top 3 search engines, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN, an Internet metrics firm says.

Scrum for tickets to Bayreuth Festival on eBay (AFP)
AFP - Tickets to this year's Bayreuth Festival, the legendary month-long summer music festival dedicated exclusively to the works of Richard Wagner, have become the object of feverish bidding on Internet auction site, eBay.

Study: Some Internet Terms Unfamiliar (AP)
AP - Podcasting and RSS feeds may be the latest craze in high-tech circles but the general public is largely unfamiliar with the Internet terms.

AOL, Ask Jeeves Gain on Google Search (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) remains the top dog in Intenet search, but AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ) are nipping at Google's heels, according to new research from Nielsen//Netratings.

Google Profits, Revenues Soar On More Ad Sales (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Google reports nearly a doubling in revenues in the second quarter and more than a fourfold increase in profits, as the company continues to benefit from the growth in online advertising.

Stars Deliver in Honor of Amazon.com (AP)
AP - Clay Aiken lurked outside a house, Emmylou Harris stopped by a university, Nick Lachey dropped in on a stranger's workplace and Moby played with dogs while making special deliveries in honor of online retailer Amazon.com's 10th anniversary.

New Spam-Fighting Technique Criticized (AP)
AP - Escalating the war on spam, a California company wants to let thousands of users collaborate to disable the Web sites spammers use to sell their wares.

China Internet users grow 18 pct to hit 103 million (Reuters)
Reuters - The number of Web users in China, theworld's second largest Internet market, grew by 9 millionpeople in the first half of this year to hit 103 million, theChina Daily said on Friday. The growth represented an increaseof 18.4 percent over the same period last year in a market thatstill has vast potential for further growth, the report said,citing a survey released by the"quasi-governmental"ChinaInternet Network Information Center on Thursday.