Postini is the latest pickup for Google, who paid a cool $625 million to obtain the web-based security provider.  The deal is set to close at the end of the third quarter and Postini will join Google as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Postini will carry their 35,000+ businesses and 10 million users over to the promised land of Google Apps.  Google Apps has already been an enormous hit on the Web, as Google is now trying to vie for market share with Microsoft.

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Revenues have risen once again through the first half of the year for Ebay, but the number of listings are down leading many people to question if there are some real issues under the surface that Ebay needs to address.

The growth of the Internet has created a far more competitive marketplace for online auctions and storefronts lessening Ebay’s domination in the early days of the Internet.  It seems like anywhere you look there are auctions for anything you could ever need or want.  Amazon, Yahoo and many others have joined in the game and have severed Ebay’s market share.  (more…)

Successful Affiliate Marketers know to look for niches to make solid money.  Seasonal niches can be very lucrative if optimized ahead of time.  There are already Affiliate Marketers preparing sites for the Holiday push later in the year.

Back to School comes once a year and parents will spend mad amounts of money to make sure their little ones have all the binders, pencils, paper and glue (not to eat, hopefully) that they will need to be successful in their academic endeavors.  If you are looking to target your eager parents purchasing school supplies online, look no further than young parents.  Don’t forget about all the college kiddies going back to school as well. (more…)

For any doubters out there, online video is a hit and demand for streaming videos online is higher than ever.  According to Internet Retailer, close to 75% of U.S. Internet users have downloaded or watched streaming video during the month of May. The report states that the average time watching videos was 158 minutes during May.

Not surprisingly YouTube is leading the Internet in watched videos.  Fox Interactive and Yahoo websites followed YouTube from a distance.  There are a number of blogs and Affiliate Marketers currently using and/or monetizing video.  A few examples of bloggers who use video:

Sean Collins – Affiliate Tip

ShoeMoney 

Jim Kukral 

Downtown Denver will play host to the next Affiliate Dinner on Thursday July 19th 2007. The Tavern Downtown on Market Street is the location for the event and is being sponsored by Walter Long and company. The event is actually during Happy Hour and you can RSVP through Affiliate Dinner. Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend as I am in the midst of moving to California.

Affiliates using Email Marketing as a source for targeted traffic need to optimize their newsletters and Email correspondences to achieve the optimal results.  Once you have begun capturing Emails you can develop an effective Email campaign designed to increase your affiliate revenue. (more…)